Every doctoral student must complete a seminar/course sponsored by an academic institution. In addition, doctoral students must pass the following three examinations during their study: qualification examination, doctoral thesis suggestion evaluation and thesis defense examination. Doctoral students must pass the prescribed qualification examination within two years after their first registration and pass the prescribed thesis proposal evaluation within three years after registration before they can obtain doctoral qualification. If a student fails to pass the qualification examination and the evaluation of doctoral thesis proposal within a limited time, the school will terminate his or her enrollment.

Doctoral students from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Macau have no thesis requirements, which is different from most universities in China.

But doctoral students from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Macau. You need to finish your graduation thesis. Universities in Hong Kong and Macao have very high requirements for graduation thesis, academic integrity and repetition. At the same time, the requirements of the National Defense Review Committee will be more stringent.