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HKU Graduate School holds Award Presentation Ceremony for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Students

19 Dec 2017

 

A total of 66 research postgraduate students of various disciplines received awards on December 13, 2017 (Wednesday) at the Award Presentation Ceremony of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Graduate School. The recipients were selected based on the quality of their thesis and academic performance.

The award recipients included six students for the Li Ka Shing Prize, 10 students for the Awards for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student, and 50 students for the University Postgraduate Fellowships.

In addition, 48 awardees who had 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 were also invited to attend the ceremony.

Professor Mee Len Chye, Dean of Graduate School; Ms Elley Mao, Honorary Director of HKU Foundation; Professor Paul K.H. Tam, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor; and Professor Dong-Yan Jin, Associate Dean (Internationlisation and Partnership), Graduate School were officiating guests at the ceremony.

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, Communications and Public Affairs Office, HKU (tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk)