Residence provides students with an opportunity to become immersed in the intellectual environment of the University.  Residence also includes periods during which students’ research requires off-campus field work or non-PolyU laboratory work approved by the host department.

The residence requirements for the MPhil/PhD Programmes are as follows:

All research postgraduate students must fulfil the residence requirement before thesis submission.

In addition to the residence requirement, full-time research postgraduate students are required to be on campus full-time and consequently in such geographical proximity as to be able to participate fully in University activities associated with the programme.