The programme aims to:

1. provide students with environment in which to develop their intellectual, analytical and critical abilities and to enable them with the latest technologies to exercise these abilities in the built environment and the international project management field.

2. provide a basis for continuing professional development, and encouragement for professional specialization in the local construction industry. This platform is achieved by maintaining balance activities among research, intellectual and professional developments.

3. develop qualified and experienced real estate and construction professionals become professional managers and leaders in the field with the management principles and advanced techniques required for the effective management of the real estate development and construction process.

4. develop the potential professional manager’s leadership, maximising quality attainment in the built project, and developing the international vision on the project management field.

To be eligible for admission, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements and have:

• a degree in a construction related discipline which would normally be Architecture, Building, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, or Building Services/Civil/Structural Engineering, or
• obtained an equivalent qualification or provided evidence of academic and professional attainments acceptable for this purpose to the University.

Preference will normally be given to applicants who have the support of their employers in pursuing the programme and three years' post graduation work experience in the construction industry, preferably with managerial responsibility.

Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained from an institution where the medium of instruction is NOT English should also fulfill the following minimum English proficiency requirement:

• a score of 79 (Internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)^@#; or
• an overall band score of 6.5 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS)^@; or
• a score of 450 in the Chinese mainland’s College English Test Band 6 (CET-6); or
• other equivalent qualifications.

^@ TOEFL and IELTS scores are considered valid for two years. Applicants are required to provide their English test results obtained within the two years preceding the start of the University's application period.

^# Applicants are required to arrange with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send their TOEFL results directly to the University. The TOEFL institution code for CityU is 3401.

• Construction Project Management Stream
• Digital Construction Management Stream

The programme focuses on 6 key areas:

• Management Principles
• Financial Management
• Law and Contract
• Construction Related Information
• Economics
• Research

In general, application for credit unit transfer is normally not entertained. In case an application is considered fully justified by the Head of Department, the courses for transfer must be taken from master programme by the student within 3 years from the date of application of this transfer exercise. This arrangement does not apply to students registering for another stream after graduation from one stream. Criteria for granting credit unit transfer include the level, the duration and the content of the course.

Applications for credit transfer for work completed prior to entry to the University must be made in the first semester following the student’s admission, before the deadline set by the University. Applications for credit transfer for outside work completed after admission to the University must be made immediately in the semester following attainment of the additional qualification.

Please observe the Academic Regulations for Taught Postgraduate Degrees (including remarks) under Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies website (www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs) before accept the offer.

Course Descriptions
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
College of Engineering

The Hong Kong Institute of Housing
The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects