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Research guide

Find a possible supervisor from a department page and one paper

Check the current affiliation in an official directory, read one specific work, and leave recruitment as unconfirmed until a source says otherwise.

Last checked 2026-10-25

This is a method guide, not a university rule

This is a method guide, not a university rule. Department, degree and year rules come from that programme's official page. Editorial advice and university rules are labelled apart in the text.

Who this is for

Undergraduates, taught master's students and students at Hong Kong universities who are exploring research.

Last checked

2026-10-25

The point

Use the university or department directory to check the person's current affiliation, then read one piece of work whose contribution you can point to. On a private candidate card, recruitment stays unconfirmed until an official page or the person says otherwise.

The HKUST School of Science supervisor notes and the PolyU supervisor directory are places to look. They are not a list of people who are recruiting. A live page does not change that.

Record the official link, the work you read and the open questions on the supervisor shortlist. Next, save the candidate in My research, which only you can read.

What to do

  1. Write one aim for this round. Do not change three paths at once.
  2. Open the matching official page and copy only the year, eligibility and deadline that page states.
  3. Leave unstated cells unknown. Unknown does not become open and it does not become a negative mark.
  4. Put the draft in a template or in My research. Copying is not sending.

An example

Use the university or department directory to check the person's current affiliation, then read one piece of work whose contribution you can point to. On a private candidate card, recruitment stays unconfirmed until an official page or the person says otherwise.

The HKUST School of Science supervisor notes and the PolyU supervisor directory are places to look. They are not a list of people who are recruiting. A live page does not change that.

Record the official link, the work you read and the open questions on the supervisor shortlist. Next, save the candidate in My research, which only you can read.

Easy mistakes

  • Inferring that applications are open because the page still loads.
  • Treating contact with a supervisor as formal admission.
  • Merging different deadlines, or adding 23:59 to an unknown time.

Template

The template below this article can be filled in. Blanks stay marked unwritten.

How to use the sources

Source titles, links and the check date are listed under this page. Only sources checked for this round, and not marked search_only_403 or retired_redirect, are cited. The scope does not exceed what that source says.

Next step

Return to the research home and open the next list for the stage you saved.

Supervisor shortlist

One private card per person. Papers on a topic do not mean they are recruiting.

Name: 【未填写】
University / campus / department: 【未填写】
Official page: 【未填写】
Work I read: 【未填写】
Recruitment: unconfirmed unless the source below says otherwise.
Source and date: 【未填写】
Contact rule: unknown until the programme states it.

Blanks stay unwritten. Copying does not mark this as sent.

Download the blank sheet

Sources