Over 10 scholarships funded by the Hong Kong Government as well as private donations are available for international students commencing full-time undergraduate studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in September 2009.

The value of the scholarships may vary from HK$80,000 to HK$125,000 per year. These awards are renewable on an annual basis and tenable for up to the duration of undergraduate studies undertaken by the awardees at CUHK, subject to continued satisfactory academic performance. To qualify for such awards, the students should have outstanding academic records and demonstrable financial need. All international applicants will automatically be considered for Scholarships once formal admission offers have been given. No separate application is required. For entrance requirement, application procedure and Programme details, please kindly refer to our website at

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm/intl

The application deadline is February 27, 2009.

It is expected to start the project from July 2009. The student must have a master degree or is expected to secure the master degree before the official registration at HK PolyU. Heshe will be awarded full scholarship for 3 years and enjoy relevant conference fees and training opportunities.

Further information can be obtained from:

Dr. Ying Liu
Email: mfyliu@polyu.edu.hk
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Please send me your full CV, three representative publications and a statement of research, if you are interested. Thank you.

Areas of Study

The studentships will be available for the following broad areas of study (listed in alphabetical order):

• Computational/ Corpus Linguistics
• Cultural and Cross-Cultural Studies
• Discourse and text analysis
• Linguistics and language studies (Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, etc)
• Syntax and Semantics
• Translation Studies

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics

The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics represents a dynamic body of teaching and research expertise embracing three disciplines of study:
Chinese, translation studies and linguistics. It is within the Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences of City University of Hong Kong. It hosts the following research groups:

• Chinese Philology Studies Group
• Cross-Cultural Studies Group
• Dialogue Systems Group
• Language Acquisition Group

It is at the same time in close cooperation with the following research centres:

• The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies
• Language Information Science Research Centre

Our offer

• Successful applicants receive stipends of HK$13,440 (about ?1,280 or US$1,730) per month for three years.
• The studentships require residence in Hong Kong for at least half of the study period and they must result in a Ph.D. dissertation.
• Research-degree tuition scholarships are also available which will waive tuition fees for one year.

Your profile

• an M.A. degree in a related field such as Linguistics, Computer Science and cultural studies, depending on your research area
• excellent academic record at undergraduate and Master’s levels
• strong ability to work independently
• keen interest in interdisciplinary research
• prior research experience and publication a plus

Application

Interested applicants should send a research proposal and a CV via email to Ms Peggy Tse (peggy.tse@cityu.edu.hk).

For information about requirements or online application, please visit:
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/sgs.htm

Additional information

For additional information, interested applicants are welcome to contact Dr Alex Fang (see contact information below).

Application Deadline: 25-Apr-2009

Web Address for Applications: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/dpt-acad/sgs.htm

Contact Information:
Alex Fang
Dept of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics
City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Hong Kong SAR
Email: acfangcityu.edu.hk
Phone: (852) 2788 8793