MPhil/PhD Courses Offered

Graduate Courses Offered in 2025-26

Graduation requirement for attending the seminar

• Four-year PhD students must attend at least 10 seminars per academic year throughout their studies.
• Three-year PhD and MPhil students must attend at least 5 seminars per academic year throughout their studies.

Seminar requirements by registration date:

1. Students registered in September
   • The full seminar requirement applies in every academic year.
2. Students registered from October to January
   • The first and last partial academic years together count as one full academic year.
   • Students must complete the full yearly requirement in the first partial academic year; the last partial academic year has no requirement.
   • Any full academic years in between: the full yearly requirement applies.
3. Students registered from February to April
   • The first and last partial academic years together count as one full academic year.
   • In the first partial academic year, students must complete at least half of the yearly requirement:
     • 4-year PhD: at least 5 seminars
     • 3-year PhD and MPhil: at least 3 seminars
   • In the last partial academic year, students must complete the remaining seminars from the first partial academic years to reach the full yearly requirement.
   • Any full academic years in between: the full yearly requirement applies.
4. Students registered from May onwards
   • In the first partial academic year, there is no seminar requirement.
   • The full yearly requirement applies from the following September onward.
   • In the last partial academic year, students must complete a full yearly requirement or the remaining seminars from the first partial academic years to reach the full yearly requirement.
   • Any full academic years in between: the full yearly requirement applies.

Schedule of the seminars

Seminars in Semester 1, 2025-26