MSc degree

Mathematics is an indispensible subject for quantitative understanding and logical thinking. It is employed as a formidable and powerful tool in science, engineering, and finance, and as such the learning and teaching of mathematics is of vital importance. The aim of the Master of Science in Mathematics for Educators (MAED) is to enrich a mathematics educator’s knowledge of mathematics. It will particularly benefit teachers in secondary schools and tutorial educational institutions. The degree is meant to allow these teachers to enhance their mathematical knowledge and teaching skills with the dual benefit of: (i) Career advancement facilitation of the individual, and (ii) Better teachers for society.

Strengths of the HKUST MAED Program

The HKUST Mathematics Department is a diverse department with strengths in the three areas of Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, and Statistics/Financial Mathematics. The Department is leveraging its subject diversity to offer a program which both broadens and deepens an educator's appreciation and comprehension of mathematics with the goal of making them better teachers of mathematics. The courses of the program cover topics ranging from number theory and combinatorics, to geometry, to frontiers in application of mathematics, to training in mathematics problem solving. They promote student intellectual development, and teaching craft, and they provide a basis for student achievement of academic and professional goals.

Program

• Duration:
  The program is offered in both full-time and part-time modes. The normal period for completion is one year in full-time mode and two years in part-time mode.
• Program Fee:
  The program fee for the 2023/24 intake:
• Local students: HKD 95,000
• Non-local students:  HK$115,000
  
• Admission requirements:
  A Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics or a related Science or Engineering field. Students are generally expected to have knowledge in the subjects: (i) Multivariable Calculus, (ii) Linear Algebra, and (iii) Differential Equations
  
• English requirements:
  Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL):
  Paper-based test (PBT) score ≥ 550, Internet-based test (iBT) score ≥ 80, OR
  International English Language Testing System (IELTS) overall score ≥ 6.5 and All sub-scores ≥ 5.5
  See https://pg.ust.hk/prospective-students/admissions/admission-requirements
• Graduation requirements:
  A student must complete the program with a graduation grade average (GGA) of 2.850 or above as required of all postgraduate students at the University.
• Application:
  Applications for admission for 2023/2024 entry can be made starting in September 2022 through the HKUST PostGraduate site at: https://w5.ab.ust.hk/cgi-bin/std_nem_cgi.sh/WService=broker_3p_p/prg/pg_ap_main.r
• Application procedures:
  https://fytgs.hkust.edu.hk/admissions/Admission-to-Hong-Kong-Campus/submitting-an-application/how-to-apply
  A personal statement by the applicant of their reason to enroll in the MAED Program is required as part of the application.
  
• Application deadline for Fall 2023/24 Intake (commencing in Sep 2023):
  Non-local Applicants:     01 June 2023
  Local Applicants:     15 July 2023

Curriculum 2023/24

Students are required to complete 27 credits,  including 15 credits from 5 corse courses, and 12 credits of 4 elective courses.

• Core courses:  (15 credits)
  MAED 5021 Mathematical analysis and its applications I
  MAED 5121 Algebra and its applications I
  MAED 5211 Classical and modern geometry
  MAED 5421 Probability and Statistics
  MAED 5731 Problem solving strategies

• Elective courses:  (12 credits)
  MAED 5032 Applications of geometry and analysis
  MAED 5111 Classical and abstract algebra
  MAED 5321 Combinatorics  
  MAED 5322 Methodology of Mathematics
  MAED 5511 Teaching Mathematics in the Digital Age
  MAED 5821 Topics in Mathematics
  MAED 5841 Topics in Applied Mathematics for Mathematics Educators
  MAED 5851 Scientific computation
  MAED 6980 MSc Project
  MAED 6981* Independent Study 

* Students may take MAED 6981 for once, with a maximum of 3 credits.

Descriptions of the core and elective courses and study sequence can be found at: http://www.math.ust.hk/maed/maed-courses.html

• Credit Transfer
  Credit transfer may be granted to a student in recognition of equivalent courses successfully completed elsewhere. Subject to approval by the Program Director, and subject to University regulations a maximum of 6 credits can be transferred.

Inquiries

Inquiries can be sent to:   maed@ust.hk

Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology