M.Phil. in Risk Management Science

Admission and Enquiries

In addition to the general qualifications required for admission to the Graduate School, applicants should have majored in Risk Management Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or a related field. All applicants must also fulfill the “English Language Proficiency Requirement” as stipulated by the Graduate School before being considered for admission. Please refer to the “Postgraduate Prospectus 2017-2018” or Homepage (http://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/) for details on such requirement.

Programme of Study

M.Phil. in Risk Management Science
Students are required to complete a minimum of 30 units of courses for graduation.
15 units
First Year of Attendance
RMSC5003, RMSC8206, STAT 5010 and one relevant course of 5000-level or above approved by the programme.
15 units
Second Year of Attendance
RMSC5004 or other relevant courses of 5000-level or above approved by the programme, RMSC8301, RMSC8302
Note: Subject to the requirement of the programme, a student may be required to take an additional course chosen from RMSC4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005 or 4007
Total:
30 units
(a) Students are required to submit a research thesis and pass an oral examination for graduation.
(b) A student who obtains a cumulative grade point average (GPA) below 2.0 in the preceding term or receives a failure grade in thesis monitoring courses (for Research Postgraduate Programmes) will be put on academic probation. For details, please refer to Clause 13.0 “Unsatisfactory Performance and Discontinuation of Studies” of the General Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies which can be accessed from the Graduate School Homepage: http://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/.
(c) Complete an Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) module on “Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research”. This will be an online module and relevant information can be accessed from the website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/prodev/ipl.html.

Programme of Study

M.Phil. in Risk Management Science

Students are required to complete a minimum of 30 units of courses as graduation.

Coursework Requirement

15 units
First Year of Attendance
RMSC5003, RMSC8206, STAT 5010 and one relevant course of 5000-level or above approved by the programme.

Coursework Requirement

15 units
Second Year of Attendance
RMSC5004 or other relevant courses of 5000-level or above approved by the programme, RMSC8301, RMSC8302

Note: Subject to the requirement of the programme, a student may be required to take an additional course chosen from RMSC4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005 or 4007

Total:30 Units

M.Phil. in Risk Management Science

Other Requirements

(a) Students are required to submit a research thesis and pass an oral examination for graduation.

Other Requirements

(b) A student who obtains a cumulative grade point average (GPA) below 2.0 in the preceding term or receives a failure grade in thesis monitoring courses (for Research Postgraduate Programmes) will be put on academic probation. For details, please refer to Clause 13.0 “Unsatisfactory Performance and Discontinuation of Studies” of the General Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies which can be accessed from the Graduate School Homepage: http://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/.

Other Requirements

(c) Complete an Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) module on “Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research”. This will be an online module and relevant information can be accessed from the website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/prodev/ipl.html.

Application Procedure and Enquiries

Applicants can submit applications via the Internet through Online application. Paper application forms are also obtainable at the Graduate School Office (7th Floor, Yasumoto International Academic Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.)

Completed application forms and required support documents should be returned to the relevant divisions, as specified in the “Notes for Applicants” of the application form. All supporting documents, including transcripts from the universities attended by the applicants and confidential recommendations from two referees, must reach the relevant divisions before the application deadline.

Applicants who apply via the Internet: Online application, should quote the “Application No.” generated for their applications when they send the hardcopies of their supporting documents to the Graduate Divisions. For the list of required support documents, please refer to the Graduate School Homepage http://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/page/ApplicationforAdmission.

The deadline application for Main Round is 1 December 2023, and that for Clearing Round is 28 February 2024 (Applications in Clearing Round will only be considered subject to availability of places).

For general enquiries, please contact Professor Tony SIT at

Tel: (852) 3943-7931
Fax: (852) 2603-5188
Email: esthertam@cuhk.edu.hk

Fields of Specialisation
  • Risk theory and risk measures
  • Time series, statistical modelling of stochastic processes
  • Portifolio optimization
  • Fixed income modeling, credit risk and market risk
  • Pricing of risky claims
  • Actuarial science
  • Financial data analytics and machine learning
  • Deep learning in Finance
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