The Division of Social Science currently houses 28 faculty members with specialization across six disciplines: Economics; Geography; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology; & Science, Technology and Society (STS). One of the most unique features of our Division is its strong China research focus, in which over 70% of existing faculty members are engaged. The productivity levels of our faculty are uniformly high and they publish mainly in first-tiered and high-impacted disciplinary journals as well as prestigious scholarly outlets devoted to contemporary China such as The China Quarterly and China Journal. Their outstanding research achievements can be reflected in the numerous prizes received, including the prestigious Early Career Award from the American Sociological Association to promising young scholars researching on Asian societies.

The Division offers the most rigorous, if not the best, training for students who are interested in social science research. In fact, a recent Research Assessment Exercise 2006 by the University Grants Committee (UGC) ranked our Division as the top social science unit among all universities in Hong Kong. More recently, another study by Shanghai’s Jiatong University in 2009 ranked the Division as the best social science department in Asia as well.

We proudly offer a strong and growing graduate research program leading to the degrees of Master and Doctor of Philosophy. Many of our PhD graduates are now holding important teaching and research positions at Peking University, Zhongshan University, the National University of Singapore, and the Chinese Academy of Social Science, just to name a few. Also, a number of our M.Phil graduates have been admitted to the world's best PhD programs such as Harvard, Stanford and Cornell. We also offer a rigorously structured taught masters program in Social Science. You are strongly encouraged to check out our website and contact us (somaster@ust.hk) for more details, should you be interested in applying for any of them.

Sincerely,


Raymond Sin-kwok Wong
Head & Professor