The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - The School of Humanities and Social Science
MPhil-PhD in Sustainable Development
Shenzhen, China
PhD
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The MPhil-PhD in Sustainable Development at the School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, offers theoretical and scientific training and practical learning taught by experienced professors and practitioners. It prepares students to develop a comprehensive, systematic understanding of sustainable development. Applicants should hold backgrounds in sustainable development, environmental sustainability, environmental studies, development studies, urban and regional planning, land resource management, public administration, public policy, sociology, economics, geography, political science, or related social science disciplines.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as policy analysts, environmental consultants, urban planners, or academic researchers for government, NGOs, consultancies.
Taught by experienced professors and expert practitioners, this Programme provides students with high-quality theoretical and scientific training, as well as practical and skillful learning experiences. It provides a transformative opportunity for those who are eager to develop a comprehensive and systematic understanding of sustainable development.
Applicants should have an educational background in sustainable development, environmental sustainability, environmental studies, development studies, urban and regional planning, land resource management, public administration, public policy, sociology, economics, geography, political science, or other related social science disciplines.
Required Courses
- Foundation of Public Policy
- Economics of Environmental Sustainability
- Business and Sustainability
- Social Science Research Methods and Design
Elective Courses
- Academic Writing and Presentation
- Development Economics
- International Political Economy of Development
- Fiscal Governance and Budgeting
- Environmental Economics
- Political Ecology
- Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Ecology and Environment
- Climate Change: Regime and Policy
- Contemporary Issues in Climate Change
- Natural Resource and Environmental Sustainability Policy
- Geographic Information System for Sustainable Development
- Advanced Quantitative Method for Data Analysis
- Economic Development in China
- Development and the State
- Migration and Sustainable Development
- Transport, Economics and Policy
- Population and Society
Thesis Research Course (students need to register in the course every term)
- Thesis Research
Other Courses
- Research Seminars
The MPhil-PhD program of CUHKSZ will offer scholarships and teaching & research allowances to outstanding applicants (please refer to the formal offer letter for final information).
