香港大学research-proposal-模板.docx

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1、S65/712THEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONGApplicationforadmissiontotheMasterofPhilosophy(MPhil)andDoctorofPhilosophy(PhD)programmesintheFacultyofScienceFormatforResearchProposalNotes:1.AllMPhilandPhDapplicantsarerequiredtosubmitaresearchproposalprovidingaclearindicationof

2、theirintendedresearch.Thisdocumentwillbeusedtoassessthemeritofyourapplication.2.Itisrecommendedthatyoudiscusstheproposedresearchtopicwithyourprospectivesupervisor(s)andobtainaclearindicationofsupportfromthem:applicationswithoutsupportfromnamedsupervisorsareunl

3、ikelytobesuccessful.E-mailaddressesofacademicstaffareavailablefromtherelevantdepartmentalwebpage.3.Thereisnoprescribedlengthfortheproposal,althoughitshouldbesufficientlydetailedtodemonstrateyourfamiliaritywiththetopicsbeingaddressed.APhDproposalwouldnormallybe

4、expectedtoincluderelativelymoreinformationonthebackground,importanceandmethodologyoftheresearch.4.Adoptionofthefollowingtemplateisrecommended,althoughyoucanaddoromitsectionsasappropriate:notallsectionsarerelevanttoallresearchfields.1.Applicant’sname2.Titleofpr

5、oposedresearchproject3.SummaryofresearchMaximum250words,understandablebyanon-specialist.4.IntroductionProvidetherelevantbackgroundinformationandexplainthemotivationforyourstudy.5.ObjectivesandhypothesestobetestedList(usingbulletpoints)theaims/objectivesofthest

6、udyand,whererelevant,specifythehypothesestobetested.6.LiteraturereviewDiscussthekeypublicationsintheproposedresearcharea.7.MaterialsandmethodsExplainhowyouintendtoundertaketheresearch.Thereisnoneedtodescribeexperimentalapparatusoranalysesingreatdetail:anindica

7、tionoftheapproachtobeadopted(withcitationofsources)isadequateinmostcases.8.AnticipatedoutcomeandvalueoftheresearchExplainthelikelysignificanceofyourresearchandhowitwillimpacttheresearchfield.9.LiteraturecitedProvidebibliographicdetailsofallreferencescited,adop

8、tingastandardisedformat.