Courses/Admission

[2012-2013]

General Qualifications for Admissions

The basic qualification necessary for admission to postgraduate studies, whether by research or coursework, is a good honours degree from HKU or an equivalent qualification from comparable institutions. In addition, certain degree courses have more specific requirements. Qualifying examinations to test the applicants' abilities to follow the prescribed courses and/or interviews may be conducted.

Applicants with qualifications other than an honours degree will be considered on their individual merits. Applicants with qualifications from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong where the language of teaching or examination is not English are required (unless exceptionally exempted) to obtain

  1. a score of 550 or above (paper-based test) or 80 or above (internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); or
  2. a minimum overall band of 6 with no subtest lower than 5.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); or
  3. grade C or above in either the Overseas General Certificate of Education, the International General Certificate of Secondary Education, or the Cambridge Test of Proficiency in English Language.

TOEFL applicants should request the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send an official score report to the University (TOEFL code 9671) direct.

Since places for postgraduate studies are limited, it may not be possible to offer admission to all qualified applicants.

Application form for all research postgraduate programmes are available from the Academic Services Enquiry Office and the Graduate School office, and can be downloaded from the Graduate School's website at http://www.gradsch.hku.hk. Applicants should state clearly the curriculum they wish to follow and the completed application forms should be returned to the Graduate School by the appropriate closing dates.

 
Coursework Requirements

All candidates for the research degrees will be required to follow an approved course of study and research including coursework, from both the Graduate School and the Department.

Departmental Coursework Requirement (2012-2013)

MPhil students -
ELEC7001; and 3 RPG elective courses (or 2 RPG elective courses and 1 MSc course subject to approval)

PhD students -
ELEC7001; and 4 RPG elective courses (or 3 RPG elective courses and 2 MSc courses subject to approval)

 


Courses Offered (2012-2013)

RPG courses offered in the 1st Semester (2012-2013)

Code Course Title
ELEC8004 Digital signal processing I
ELEC8107 Pattern recognition and machine learning
ELEC8301 Photonic systems
ELEC8305 Flexible organic electronics



Courses List (2012-2013)
Please note that the list below is not final and some courses may not be offered every year.

Code Course Title Compulsory
(C)/
Elective (E)
ELEC7001 Seminar Module (for research postgraduate students of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering ONLY)
C
ELEC8001 Wireless communications
E
ELEC8002 Advanced topics in networking
E
ELEC8003 Linear algebra for signal processing
E
ELEC8004 Digital signal processing I
E
ELEC8005 Digital signal processing II
E
ELEC8006 RF Wireless systems and circuits
E
ELEC8007 Wireless networking and mobile computing
E
ELEC8101 Game theoretic algorithms and mechanisms: design, analysis and applications
E
ELEC8102 Computing grid resources management
E
ELEC8103 New queuing theory
E
ELEC8104 Current theories of real numbers, measure, probability, and stochastic processes: inconsistencies and remedies
E
ELEC8105 Performance analysis of computer and communication systems: mathematical foundation, principles & applications
E
ELEC8106 Reconfigurable computing systems
E
ELEC8107 Pattern recognition and machine learning
E
ELEC8201 Introduction to robust control
E
ELEC8202 Semidefinite programming duality and linear time-invariant systems
E
ELEC8203 Robustness analysis in uncertain systems
E
ELEC8301 Photonic systems
E
ELEC8302 Nanophotonics
E
ELEC8303 VLSI interconnect modeling and optimization
E
ELEC8304 Measurement techniques in photonics
E
ELEC8305 Flexible organic electronics
E
ELEC8306 Optoelectronics and lightwave technology
E
ELEC8401 System development of electrical applications in buildings
E
ELEC8402 Power system planning in the restructured industry
E
ELEC8403 Advanced topics in power electronics and drives
E
ELEC8404 Advanced topics in modern power systems
E
ELEC8405 Mathematical Tools for Modern Power System Analysis
E
ELEC8501 The Fourier transform and its applications
E
ELEC8502 Advanced topics in numerical computation
E
ELEC8503 Top Algorithms in Science and Engineering
E
ELEC8504 Polynomial optimizations via linear matrix inequalities
E
ELEC8505 Probability and random processes
E
ELEC8506 Lumped system theory
E
ELEC8507 Convex programming and applications
E
ELEC8601 Advanced topics in image processing
E
ELEC8602 Biomedical ultrasound
E
ELEC8701 Advanced electromagnetic waves and fields
E