Programme Information
MPhil-PhD in Translation Studies (Admissions are suspended from 2025–26 Academic Year)
The programme aims to cultivate high-level innovative talents in the field of translation and interpreting. Outstanding master's degree graduates with a background in translation, linguistics, literature or other relevant humanities and social sciences are welcome to apply for the programme.
The MPhil-PhD in Translation Studies has suspended admissions for the 2025–26 academic year.
| Course Groupings | Course Units | Minimum Grade | Streams | |
| MPhil | PhD | |||
| Pre-Candidacy Period | ||||
| I. Lecture Courses: Group A (Required) | Units Required for Graduation | |||
| TRA6010 Critical Theories for Translation Studies | 3 | C | 6 | 6 |
| TRA6030 Research Methodologies for Translation Studies | 3 | C | ||
| II. Lecture Courses: Group B (Elective) | ||||
| GGE5001A Academic Writing and Presentation | 2 | PASS | 6 units from the group | 15 units from the group |
| TRA5311 CAT and Post-editing | 3 | C | ||
| TRA5316 Corpus and Computational Linguistics | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6020 Translation Pedagogy | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6101 Translation and Mass Media Communication | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6102 Translation and Cultural Studies | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6103 Research Methods in Community Interpreting | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6104 Theories of Arts Translation | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6105 Professionalism in Community Interpreting | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6106 Discourse Analysis for Translation | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6107 Cognition, Stylistics, and Literary Translation | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6110 Research in Interpreting Studies | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6111 History of Translation and Interpreting | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6112 Research in Legal Translation | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6113 Special Topics in Translation and Interpretation | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6114 Translating the West for the Birth of a Modern Nation | 3 | C | ||
| TRA6115 Chinese Discourse on Translation | 3 | C | ||
| III. Lecture Courses: Group C (Required) | ||||
| TRA6210 Directed Reading (I) | 3 | C | 6 | 6 |
| TRA6220 Directed Reading (II) | 3 | C | ||
| IV. Thesis Research Course (students need to register in the course every term) | ||||
| TRA7010A Thesis Research | 6 | B- | 6 units per term | 6 units per term |
| V. Other Courses (students need to register in TRA7020 every term and pass TRA7030 in the pre-candidacy period) | ||||
| TRA7020A Research Seminars | 0 | PASS | 0 units per term | 0 units per term |
| TRA7030 Thesis Writing and Presentation | 0 | PASS | / | 0 units |
| Post-Candidacy Period | ||||
| VI. Thesis Research Course (students need to register in the course every term) | ||||
| TRA7010B Thesis Research | 12 | B- | / | 12 units per term |
| VII. Other Courses (students need to register in the course every term) | ||||
| TRA7020B Research Seminars | 0 | PASS | / | 0 units per term |
| Units Distribution | ||||
| Lecture Courses: Group A | 6 | 6 | ||
| Lecture Courses: Group B | 6 | 15 | ||
| Lecture Courses: Group C | 6 | 6 | ||
| Thesis Research Course | 6 units*No. of terms | 6 units*No. of terms in Pre-Candidacy Period + 12 units*No. of terms in Post-Candidacy Period | ||
| Other Courses | 0 | 0 | ||
Notes:
1. For MPhil students exceeding normative study period, each student is expected to register in TRA7010A Thesis Research (6 units per term) every term.
2. For PhD students exceeding normative study period, each student is expected to register in TRA7010B Thesis Research (12 units per term) and TRA7020B Research Seminars (0 units) every term in the Post-candidacy period.
*Applicable to students admitted in AY2024-2025
*The curriculum plan for the 2025-26 academic year is subject to notification after enrollment.
| Study Period | |||||
| Degree | Mode | Maximum Pre-Candidacy Period 1 | Normative Period | Maximum Period | |
| MPhil | Full-time | -- | 24 months | 48 months | |
| PhD (entering with a research master’s degree) | Full-time | 24 months 2 | 48 months | 72 months | |
| PhD (entering without a research master’s degree) | Full-time | 36 months 2,3 | 60 months | 84 months | |
| Notes: | |||||
| 1 Maximum period to pass the candidacy requirement, counted from first entry. | |||||
| 2 A student who fails to pass the candidacy requirement within the maximum pre-candidacy period is required to withdraw from the PhD study. | |||||
| 3 A student without a master’s degree who fails to pass the candidacy requirement within the maximum pre-candidacy period is allowed to switch to MPhil study. | |||||
Course and Unit Exemption
1. MPhil Stream: Students may be granted course and/or unit exemptions if they have taken similar or equivalent postgraduate courses with satisfactory performance (“B” grade or above). Supporting documents such as academic transcripts, course syllabus must be provided. Exemption for a maximum of six units may be granted. The application should be approved by the Dean of the Graduate School after the endorsement of the Programme Director/Coordinator and the Graduate Panel Chair.
2. PhD Stream: Students may be granted course and/or unit exemptions if they have taken similar or equivalent postgraduate courses with satisfactory performance (“B” grade or above). Supporting documents such as academic transcripts, course syllabus must be provided. Exemption for a maximum of nine units may be granted. The application should be approved by the Dean of the Graduate School after the endorsement of the Programme Director/Coordinator and the Graduate Panel Chair.
