FYI.
Jay
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From: Joana LI <joana.li@cityu.edu.hk>
Date: 15 October 2012 09:25
Subject: [Iefac.list] Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2013/14 at CityU
Dear faculty,
I am writing to appeal to you for your assistance in recommending outstanding and good research potential candidates to apply for the Scheme through City University of Hong Kong. The Fellowship provides a monthly stipend of HK$20,000 (~US$2,600), and conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (~US$1,300) per year for the awardees for a maximum of three years. In addition, Fellowship recipients at CityU will be awarded the “Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Entrance Scholarship” (HK$66,100; ~USD8,474), which covers students' tuition and on-campus hostel accommodation fees in their first year of research studies.
City University of Hong Kong has a strong Engineering school, and is ranked top among HK universities by Academic Ranking of World Universities:
http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldENG2012.html
It is also ranked #1 according to the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities:
http://taiwanranking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/countries.aspx?query=Engin…
For Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, we are particularly interested in applicants with strong quantitative analysis skills to carry out research in Quality and Reliability Engineering, Prognostics and Health Management, Product Design and Development, Process and Equipment Fault Diagnosis and Evaluation, Data and Knowledge Mining, Decision Making Systems and Methodologies, Logistics and Supply Chain Systems / Management, Optimization and Operation Research, Innovation and Technology Management, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Quality Inspection, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Health Management, and related areas. Interested applicants could contact any of our faculty members:
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/seem/staff-acad.htm
Should you or your students wish to know more about the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, please visit our website (http://www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/hkphd/index.htm)
For Research Degree Coordinator
Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
City University of Hong Kong
Email: minxie@cityu.edu.hk