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HKU Graduate School to hold Award Presentation Ceremony

08 Dec 2014

 

A total of 56 research postgraduate students of various disciplines will receive awards on December 9, 2014 (Tuesday) at the Award Presentation Ceremony of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Graduate School. The recipients are selected based on the quality of their thesis and academic performance.

The award recipients include 6 students for the Li Ka Shing Prize, 10 students for the Awards for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student, 40 students for the University Postgraduate Fellowships.

In addition, 55 awardees have received other prizes, such as Hong Kong PhD Fellowships, the Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Scholarships, Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Award Programme and the Three Minute Thesis Competition Awards are also invited to attend the ceremony.

Members of the media are cordially invited to cover the ceremony, the details are:

Date:       December 9, 2014 (Tuesday) 
Time:      4:30 p.m.
Venue:    Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU

Officiating Guests:

·         Professor Nirmala Rao, Dean of Graduate School

·         Mr George J. Ho, Trustee of Jessie & George Ho Charitable Foundation

·         Professor Roland Chin, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor

·         Mr C.F. Man, HKU Council Member

For programme rundown, please click here.

For details of the event, please contact Ms Ada Chan of Graduate School, HKU (tel: 2546 7435; email: adacwc@hku.hk)

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office (tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk)