2 Bachelor PhD degrees in Hong Kong
- PhD
- Asia
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
- Economic Studies
- Bachelor
2 Bachelor PhD degrees in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
PhD in Economics
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
PhD
Full time, Part time
3 years
On-Campus
English
The Ph.D. program is a research-oriented degree programme. It is designed to enable students to concentrate in a specialized field and to provide them with the opportunity to do original, fundamental research in that field. The programme prepares students for a teaching and/or research career in universities, research institutions, businesses and in the government.
Lingnan University
PhD in Economics
- Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
PhD
Full time
30 Months
On-Campus
English
With 12 regular academic staff, the Economics Department is large by Lingnan’s standards. Its members all hold PhDs from top universities internationally and now counts with world-renowned Professor Avinash Dixit from Princeton University as its Distinguished Adjunct Professor (spending periods of 6 to 8 weeks with us annually).
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Hong Kong is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Macau.
The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.