
CSS PhD Fellowship Scheme @CUHK 
Faculty Strategic Initiative
The Computational Social Science (CCS) Concentration is an integral part of the interdisciplinary CSS initiative of the Faculty of Social Science, supported by its CSS Lab and the popular CSS Webinar Series that has attracted thousands of participants in recent live-streamed talks.
Dual Academic Identity
Every CSS Concentration student will have two institutional homes – the CSS Lab and the hosting department. This is a strategic feature to ensure that all CSS Concentration students will acquire a dual scholarly identity – an expert in CSS and a disciplinary expert – so that they will be optimally positioned for the job market.
Study Scheme
Required Course
SOSC6002 Advanced Methodology
CSS Elective Courses
CMSC5707 Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CMSC5733 Social Computing
CMSC5734 Network Science
COMM6320 Digital Research (not applicable for COMM students)
CSCI5150 Machine Learning Algorithms and Applications
CSCI5350 Advanced Topics in Game Theory
CSCI5640 Natural Language Processing
ECON5150 Applied Econometrics
ECON5180 Economics and Data Science
ENGG5103 Techniques for Data Mining
ENGG5108 Big Data Analytics
GISM5065 Geospatial Big Data for Smart Urban Planning
MMAT5370 Social and Economic Networks: Theory, Modelling and Computations
Seminar Courses
SOSC 7010 Seminar (I): Computational Social Science
SOSC 7020 Seminar (II): Computational Social Science
Additional Requirements
a) Completion of the equivalent of a publishable research paper, a first or solo-authored manuscript by the 5th term
b) Completion of a Computational Social Science concentration examination by the end of Year 3
Enquiry
Please contact the participating academic unit concerned for details.