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HKU Graduate School to hold Award Presentation Ceremony

07 Dec 2015

 

A total of 66 research postgraduate students of various disciplines will receive awards on December 10, 2015 (Thursday) 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 six students for the Li Ka Shing Prize, 10 students for the Awards for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student, 50 students for the University Postgraduate Fellowships.

In addition, 54 awardees have received other prizes, such as Hong Kong PhD Fellowships, Croucher Foundation Fellowships/Scholarships, Tse Family 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 10, 2015 (Thursday)
Time:     5:00 p.m.
Venue:   Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU

Officiating Guests:

• Professor Nirmala Rao, Dean of Graduate School
• Mr Tse Sik Yan, Honorary President of HKU Foundation
• Professor T.S.A Hor, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor(Research)
• Professor P.Y.S. Cheung, Associate Vice-President (Research)

For information about the awardees and their fields of research, please click here.

For details of the event, please contact Ms Tracy Cheung of Graduate School, HKU (tel: 2548 0486; email: tracy-cheung@hku.hk)

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