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Joint PhD Programmes between HKU and the University of Toronto

08 Nov 2011

 

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the University of Toronto are committed to work closely on joint activities designed to foster and promote collaboration in the field of education, research and other scholarly activities.  HKU has signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding and an Addendum with the University of Toronto today (November 8) for joint educational placements for doctoral students.

Following the launching of joint PhD programmes with the Imperial College London and King's College London in the U.K., HKU is selective in seeking partnership on joint PhD with internationally acclaimed universities in North America.  The signing of agreement with the University of Toronto is an important milestone in HKU's Centenary Year.

The joint PhD programmes offer students the opportunities to benefit from shared research excellence in a wide range of disciplines between HKU and its prestigious partner.  Students will acquire enriching international experience in learning and research, an invaluable asset in their career development.  Joint PhD programmes are elite programmes that will admit only a very small number of high calibre students.  The annual intake will be no more than 5 students from each institution.

The first joint PhD programme will be made between the Department of Biochemistry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU and the Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.  The two parties have been collaborating extensively and further collaboration is likely in the fields of Developmental and Functional Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Genetics, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cellular Signalling, Protein Science and Structural Biology, and Synthetic Biology and Technology.

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