Taught Postgraduate

Study Tracks
MNurs students are required to choose one of the study tracks, which are grouped under two concentrations:

The curriculum consists of 2 core courses, 1 concentration course, 3 specialty courses, 3 elective courses related to advanced nursing practice and/or clinical components of the selected specialty.  In addition, a capstone experience, which includes a Translational Nursing Research course and a Dissertation or Clinical Research Project, develops students’ competencies in evidence-based practice and translating scientific evidence into clinical and public health innovations to improve quality of care.

Core Courses

• NURS7102 Research Methods for Health Professionals
• NURS8240 Clinical & Professional Leadership
   

Concentration Course

1. All students under the Population Health and Health Care Management Concentration are required to take the following concentration course:

   NURS8102 Health Care Systems and Policies

2. All students under the Advanced Clinical Practice Concentration are required to take the following concentration course:

   NURS7204 Advanced Practice Roles

Specialty Courses

All students are required to take at least three specialty courses according to their study track.

1. Advanced Surgical Nursing track

   NURS8231 Managing Clients with Complex Surgical and Health Problems

   NURS8232 Therapeutic Nurse-client Relationships in Advanced Surgical Nursing

   NURS8280 Advanced Surgical Nursing Practice

2. Community and Public Health Nursing track

   NURS6015 Chronic Disease Prevention and Management

   NURS7103 Health Maintenance and Promotion

   NURS7106 Epidemiology and Critical Appraisal

   NURS8207 Advanced Practice in Public Health Nursing: Assessment of Aggregate Need

3. Critical Care Nursing track

   NURS8281 Advanced Critical Care Practice

   NURS8282 Advanced Health Assessment and Pharmacology in Critical Care

   NURS8272 Advanced Practice in Cardiac Nursing

   NURS8277 Managing Clients with Complex Health Problems

   NURS8276 Managing Clinical Emergencies and Injuries

4. Emergency Nursing track 

   NURS8282 Advanced Health Assessment and Pharmacology in Critical Care

   NURS8279 Advanced Practice in Emergency Nursing

   NURS8278 Disaster and Emergency Management

   NURS8277 Managing Clients with Complex Health Problems

   NURS8276 Managing Clinical Emergencies and Injuries

5. (v)  Gerontological and Palliative Nursing track 

   NURS8202 Gerontology for Advanced Practice

   NURS8255 Healthy Ageing

   NURS8265 Palliative Care Nursing

   NURS8275 Management of Complex Symptoms in Advanced Disease

6. Health Care Management and Leadership track

   NURS8274 Organisational Development and Human Resources Management

   NURS8273 Operations Management

   NURS8251 Health Economics and Application

7. Infection Control Nursing track

   NURS8225 Foundation of Infection Control

   NURS8226 Infection Control in Practice

   NURS8227 Future Challenges of Infection Control

   NURS8228 Administration and Responsibility of the Infection Control Team

   NURS8230 Infection Control and Hospital Infrastructure

8. Paediatric Nursing track

   NURS8266 Neonatal Care Nursing

   NURS8268 Child and Adolescent Health Nursing

   NURS8270 Paediatric Cardiac Nursing

   NURS8271 Paediatric Nursing

9. Perfusion Science and Cardiac Nursing track 

   NURS8260 Perfusion Technology and Techniques

   NURS8261 Clinical Application of Adult Perfusion

   NURS8272 Advanced Practice in Cardiac Nursing

   NURS8282 Advanced Health Assessment and Pharmacology in Critical Care

   NURS8270 Paediatric Cardiac Nursing

The MNurs Programme offers a broad-spectrum of advanced specialties and benchmarking with the international standard adopted by top university nursing schools in order to align with the ever-increasing professional educational need for nursing specialisation locally and globally.  In addition, the MNurs Programme has been recognised by the Nursing Council of Hong Kong as one of the local clinical master programmes under the “Voluntary Scheme on Advanced and Specialised Nursing Practice”.

Remarks: Subject to the applicant's submission of qualification proofs issued by the awarding tertiary institution specifying the specialty area of the applicant's Master of Nursing degree.

BL Wong Memorial Prize in Nursing Studies (Master of Nursing)

One prize shall be awarded to a student who has attained the highest total aggregate of marks in the MNurs Programme upon satisfactory completion of the Programme.

Lau Wing Kai Memorial Prizes

One prize shall be awarded to a student who has demonstrated the best performance in the first year of studies in the Part-time MNurs Programme.

Scholarship for Master of Nursing (Full-time)

Up to five scholarships, each of the value up to the full tuition fee of the MNurs Programme, shall be awarded each year to non-local students from low-income or lower-middle income countries* on the basis of academic merit and financial need. Students may be invited to a selection interview if necessary.

* Lists of low-income and lower-middle-income countries as defined by the World Bank will be adopted: http://data.worldbank.org/income-level/LIC and http://data.worldbank.org/income-level/LMC

Best Evidence Based Practice Dissertation/Clinical Research Project Award for Master of Nursing

One award shall be awarded to a student whose Dissertation/Clinical Research Project has been recommended as of the highest quality in the academic year according to the assessment criteria including the examiners’ comments and impact on nursing practices.

Conference Presentation and Publication Sponsorship

The Sponsorship shall be awarded to students who have presented in local/non-local conferences or published in journals with impact factors^*. 

* List of journals with impact factors as defined in the “Incites Journal Citation Reports (https://jcr.clarivate.com)” for the latest year will be adopted.

To be eligible for admission to the curriculum leading to the degree of Master of Nursing, candidates shall:

1. comply with the General Regulations;
2. comply with the Regulations for Taught Postgraduate Curricula;
3. be a Registered Nurse holding a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from this University, or from another university, or comparable institution accepted for this purpose; and
4. satisfy the examiners in a qualifying examination if required.

A candidate shall achieve the English proficiency as specified by the University’s admission requirements for the taught postgraduate programmes: https://admissions.hku.hk/tpg/admissions-requirements.

For non-local candidates who have obtained a nurse license in their country will also be eligible for application of the Programme. Please refer to the “Admission & Enquiries” tab for requested supporting documents.

Application for admission fee (non-refundable): HK$300

Composition fee (Subject to University’s approval) Part-time mode: HK$69,000 per year/ Full-time mode: HK$138,000 per year

Application can be submitted online via https://admissions.hku.hk/tpg/programme/master-nursing. 

The following documents should be submitted to the HKU School of Nursing as soon as you have completed the online application either by post ⁱ or in person:

1. Complete/ the latest official academic transcript(s) ⁱⁱ
2. Graduation Certificate(s) ⁱⁱⁱ
3. Test Report of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (non-home edition), or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (if applicable) ^iv
   [Applicants who are seeking admission on the basis of a qualification from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong of which the language of teaching and/or examination is not English is required to obtain one of the above examination results.]
4. Certified true copies of HKID (for local applicants) / passport (for non-local applicants) ^v;
5. Certified true copies of Certificate of Registration AND valid practising certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Hong Kong or the nursing authority in your own country ^v; (sample of declaration form in Hong Kong / sample of notary public in China)
6. Two academic referee’s reports (via the online application system) ^vi;
7. Other documents which you would like to bring the attention of the University.
    

Remarks

ⁱ  Please quote your application number and full name in all correspondence and supporting documents and ensure your mail items bear sufficient postage with return address.

ⁱⁱ Complete/ the latest official academic transcript(s)

• To submit e-transcript(s) issued by the awarding institutions directly from their systems to School of Nursing by email [mnurs@hku.hk]; OR
• To submit e-transcript(s) directly from third-party agencies (e.g. Parchment, National Student Clearinghouse, etc) authorized by the awarding universities to School of Nursing by email [mnurs@hku.hk];   

[For Mainland Applicants]

• To submit Online Verification Report(s) issued by the China Higher Education Student Information (CHESI) 中國高等教育學生信息網;
• To submit an online credential evaluation issued by Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) [中國留學網] for overseas qualification.    

ⁱⁱⁱ Graduation Certificate(s)

• Bachelor degree should be conferred on or before August 31 (for local applicants) or March 31 (for non-local applicants) of the current admission year respectively.
• To submit e-academic certificate(s) directly from recognisied third-party agencies (e.g. Academic Certificate Verification Platform);
• Applicants who are seeking admission on the basis of a qualification from a university or comparable institution in Mainland China are required to submit both Chinese and English version of the following reports, which validity period should be 6 months or the longest available:
  • Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate (教育部學歷證書電子注冊備案表) issued by the China Higher Education Student Information (CHESI) 中國高等教育學生信息網;
  • Degree Certificate/ Online Verification Report of Higher Education Degree Certificate (中國高等教育學位在線驗證報告) issued by China Higher Education Student Information (CHESI) 中國高等教育學生信息網.

^iv Test Report of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (non-home edition), or International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

• To submit valid official score report(s) directly from the examination authority to School of Nursing.
• Only TOEFL/ IELTS scores recorded in the two years before the date of application are considered.

^v Copies of the documents are duly declared as true copies before a notary public (e.g. a Commissioner for Oaths at a City District Office in Hong Kong). Copies of documents may be certified by the appropriate officials of your home institute if you are an overseas applicant.

^vi Applicants can log into the TOLA applicant interface and view/edit invited referees. The applicant can review the invited referees by accessing the “Academic/professional referees” section.

Important Notes

1. Applicants are strongly advised to submit their applications directly to the University and avoid the involvement of any intermediary agencies. Any misrepresentation will disqualify application(s) to the University and the University has the right to make a report to the relevant law enforcement agencies which may result in criminal prosecution.
2. Transcripts, diplomas, certificates and other submitted documents which are not in English should be accompanied by a certified translation in English.
3. All non-local students are required by law to obtain a student visa to study in Hong Kong and the Immigration Department normally issues student visas to students enrolling in a FULL-TIME programme in the University only.
4. The processing time of student visa applications is approximately 10-12 weeks.  It is the responsibility of individual students to make appropriate visa arrangement before they come to Hong Kong. Please click here for mainland students / here for foreign students for further details.
5. Submitted documents are non-returnable and will be securely destroyed in the event of an unsuccessful application.