Call for Scholarship Application – CUHK-MACUM Belt and Road Scholarship
15 January, 2025
Program: Master of Arts in Cultural Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
About the Scholarship
The CUHK-MACUM Belt and Road Scholarship provides an opportunity for citizens from Belt and Road countries, who are leaders or trailblazers in the fields of arts and cultural management, to pursue a taught postgraduate Master’s degree in Cultural Management. For more information on the scholarship, please visit https://www2.crs.cuhk.edu.hk/macum/scholarships
Eligibility
- Applicants must be citizens of countries within the Belt & Road Initiative. For the full list of eligible countries, visit: Belt and Road Initiative Countries.
- Preference will be given to applicants whose race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or nationality is underrepresented within the student body.
Scholarship Amount
- The scholarship covers full tuition, amounting to HK$155,000 for the academic year 2025-26.
Application and Review Process
- Applicants must submit their admission application materials by 15 January 2025. Please check https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/admissions/admissions/how-to-apply for the application process.
- A cover letter indicating interest in this scholarship must also be included.
- Applications will be evaluated based on academic qualifications, CGPA, work experience, and potential contributions to the field.
- Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a panel interview.
Announcement of Selection Results
- Scholarship recipients will be notified by March 2025.
The programme may choose not to award the scholarship if no suitable candidates are found.
About the Program
Master of Arts in Cultural Management is the leading postgraduate programme in cultural management in Hong Kong. Through an open, flexible, theoretically grounded curriculum including practical fieldwork experience, students are taught to meet the challenging demands of our ever-changing cultural and creative industries. A core value of the MACM Programme is its recognition of cultural management as more than just technical studies in management. It is an act of cultural mediation that touches on issues such as professional ethics, cultural rights, cultural identity, and the social dynamics within cultural representation. Students learn to interpret, define, communicate, and advocate for the dignity, values and cultural rights of all members of society. Graduates from the Programme become cultural mediators who bridge the art world and the public life of our local communities. For information on admission, please visit https://www2.crs.cuhk.edu.hk/macum/admission-information
Qualification Criteria
- Graduated from a recognized university and obtained a bachelor’s degree (major subjects are not restricted), normally with honours not lower than Second Class or achieving an average grade of not lower than “B”; or
- Completed a course of study in a tertiary education institution and obtained professional or similar qualifications equivalent to a bachelor’s degree; and
- Fulfill the “English Language Proficiency Requirement” as stipulated by the Graduate School before being considered for admission.
Procedures and Preparation
Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since admission is competitive, and applications are processed on a rolling basis. Therefore, early applications are strongly encouraged.
Applicants should upload supporting documents (in pdf format) via the Online System for Postgraduate Applicants at https://www.gradsch.cuhk.edu.hk/OnlineApp/login_email.aspx by selecting either one category for Division’s consideration. And applicants are required to mail the following supporting documents to the Division after submitting in the on line applications.
The required supporting documents include:
- Submit Online Application Form (https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/admissions/admissions/how-to-apply);
- Copies of official transcripts (with a complete record of courses attended and examination results) and grading schemes of all tertiary level studies should be submitted#
- Proof of English language proficiency#
- Copies of degree certificates;
- Copies of identity card or passport;
- Personal CV in English; and
- Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate issued by the CHESICC**
- Confidential recommendations/referee’s report (applicants can input information of the two referees through the Online Application System for Postgraduate Programmes. The University will send invitations for confidential recommendations to the referees.
**Applicants who obtained degrees from universities in Mainland China are required to provide an Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate (教育部學歷證書電子註冊備案表) and an Online Verification Report of Higher Education Degree Certificate (中國高等教育學位在線驗證報告) issued by the CHESICC (學信網) together with other supporting documents. Please refer to the official website of the CHESICC on the sample of the Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate at https://www.chsi.com.cn/xlcx/bgys.jsp.
**Applicants need to arrange the official documents to be sent by the University/test organization to our Office direct.
Please mail the supporting documents to
MA in Cultural Management
Department of Cultural and Religious Studies,
Room 301, Leung Kau Kui Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
(Please remark your name and application number on the envelope.)
Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact students who have been shortlisted. Please refrain from sending emails regarding your application status, as we are unable to respond.
Please note that once documents are submitted, they will not be returned and will be disposed after the admission exercise of if the application is unsuccessful.
We value authenticity. An honest and sincere personal statement written by applicant’s own will be beneficial. Applicants do not need to submit applications via any education agents.
Tuition Fee
1 year full-time: HKD$155,000 per annum (subject to University’s Approval)
2 years part-time: HKD$77,500 per annum (subject to University’s Approval)
Additional tuition fee will be charged for each course taken after the normative study period.
The normative study period for this programme is 1 year for full-time and 2 years for part-time.
Application Deadline (2025-26)
28 February 2025
Application Result
Results will be announced on the Graduate School’s online system from January to June every year. Successful applicants will receive the offer letter by June of that admission year. Applicants may consider their applications unsuccessful if they do not hear from us thereafter.
