Master of Science in

Environmental Information, Health and Public Management
環境信息、健康與公共管理


Offered by Division of Social Science
Institute of Space and Earth Information Science
The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Note:
Admission quota for year intake 2025-26 was fully filled, please do NOT submit any further application on Graduate School's online platform. Thank you! (15 Nov 2024)



Introduction

The recent past pandemic of the COVID-19 has become a big concern of citizens, government officials and academics at all levels. “Environmental Information, Health and Public Management” is a timely topic and can reflect its great importance in people’s everyday lives. Its impact on the economy cannot be underestimated. Moreover, public health issues have become much more important topics in Hong Kong and also the world.


Who should apply?

Anyone who is interested in or graduated from the field of Environmental Information, Public Health, Public Management, Geography, Natural Resources Management or Environmental Assessment, Urban and Regional Planning, Risk and Crises Management and related fields.


Programme Structure

For full-time students: Complete 28 units for graduation including 6 required courses, 2 elective courses and a final project in 1 year.
For part-time students: Complete 28 units for graduation including 6 required courses, 2 elective courses and a final project in 2 years.


Required Courses:
ESGS 5002   Special Topics in GeoInformation Science ( 3 units )
Lecturer: Dr. Geoffrey Shea
Description:

This course discusses the principles, structures and applications of geographic information systems. It emphasizes on the use of GIS in organizing and managing spatial data, and how to perform spatial analysis with GIS. Topics include hardware/software components, raster and vector data structures, spatial database, spatial analysis and application issues.


ESGS 5011   Introduction to Environmental Information, Health and Public Management ( 3 units )
Lecturers: Prof. Sylvia He, Prof. TSE Lap-ah, Dr. Li Rongrong
Description:

This course provides an overview of environmental information, health and public management related issues. Topics covered include basic concepts related to public health and the environment, environmental problems in modern cities, geospatial technology and environmental applications, global health issues related to environment hazard, urban planning and healthy cities. At the end of the course, students will have a sound working knowledge of urban environment and public health and an ability to work directly with real-life problems.


ESGS 5015   Spatial Analytics for Environment, Health and Public Management ( 3 units )
Lecturer: Dr. LI Rongrong
Description:

This course provides an introduction of a wide spectrum of spatial analytical models and their applications in environment, health, and public management. The course has two major aims. On the technical front, this course aims to teach students fundamental concepts and recent progress of spatial analysis. On the substantive front, this course integrates the introduction to spatial analytics with their applications in environment, health, and public management, ranging from mapping the inequality among economic and health outcomes, to environmental quality evaluation and innovative census using remote sensing and locational based service. After completing this course, students are expected to have a sound working knowledge of GIS and spatial data analysis and an ability to identify and apply proper analytical methods to problem solving, and to correctly and appropriately interpret and present analysis results.


ESGS 5016   Public Health ( 3 units )
Lecturer: Prof. TSE Lap-ah
Description:

This course is for students intending to gain fundamental knowledge in the discipline of public health. General basic concepts, theories and methodology and scopes of public health practice will be introduced, with some emphases on occupation/environment and health risk assessment. Other important public health topics including air pollution, climate change, food sustainability, water pollution and land use, as well as health promotion and intervention in the community, healthcare management and policy implications.


ESGS 5017   Geoinformation Technologies for Risk and Crises Management ( 3 units )
Lecturer: Dr. LI Rongrong
Description:

This course is to inform, explain, analyze, interpret and communicate the role of Geoinformation technologies in EW and CM situations (tsunamis, earthquakes, fires, landslides, anthropogenic disasters) and improvement of their use in adequate operations with aim to show their till now under-evaluated potentials and way how to integrate knowledge of cartographic, geographic, and ITC community to EW and CM into wide decision making process.


ESGS 5018   Environmental Remote Sensing Technology ( 3 units )
Lecturers: Prof. MA Peifeng, Prof. HUANG Lingcao
Description:

The course helps students to understand remote sensing principles and basic skills in remote sensing image processing and analysis. The students will develop the capability to solve practical problems in the Earth System Science by using remote sensing methods. The theory, methods, and applications of environmental remote sensing are taught in the course. The lectures cover the principles of electromagnetic radiation, satellite observation sensors, digital image processing, Earth target classifications, and the remote sensing applications in land and ocean.


ESGS 6061   Project in Environmental Information, Health and Public Management ( 4 units )
Description:

Each student is required to carry out an independent research project under the supervision of a teacher.


Elective Courses:
ESGS 5001   Earth System Science ( 3 units )
Lecturer: Prof. LIU Lin
Description:

This course introduces the concept of the Earth System Science - the study of the Earth as a system consisting of many inter-related and interacting components. The topics of lectures include individual components of the Earth System and their respective roles in the changing system. The emphasis is on interactions among different components of the system-atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and anthrosphere.


ESGS 5003   Transportation Applications of GIS ( 3 units )
Lecturer: Dr. LI Rongrong
Description:

This course provides an overview and hands-on experience in the design, use, and interpretation of Geographic Information Systems for Transportation. Topics covered include transportation layers, transportation related referencing systems, data structures, network structures, urban transportation planning models and other spatial models. At the end of the course, students will have a sound working knowledge of transportation GIS and an ability to work directly with real-life problems.


ESGS 5060   Seminars in GeoInformation Science ( 1.5 units x 2 )
By various invited speakers
Description:

This seminar course is an open forum which aims at making students acquire up-to-date knowledge and techniques of the Earth system and Geoscience. Well-known scholars, professional, researchers and officials from local institutions and from overseas will be invited to present their latest research and timely topics relevant to GeoInformation Science.



Main Lecturers

         



Qualifications for Admission

- Applicants shall graduate or going to graduate from a recognized university with a Bachelor’s degree.
- All students should fulfill the University’s minimum English Language requirements for admission to programme. For detail, please refer to graduate school page below: https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/requirements


Application Procedure

- Programme website in Graduate School: Link
- Online application by the web of Graduate School: Link


General application materials needed after your online apply:
  1. Official transcripts with grading scheme from your university registry;
    [Just upload your clear electronic materials onto the application account, we will review first and decide if you will be nominated onto graduate school to give the offer. If offer is made and you accept it, then you could post the official materials afterwards (mainly transcripts and its grading scheme in a sealed envelope chopped by University registry).]
  2. Official English Test Report; (Send from English Test Institute after you accept the offer)
  3. Copies of your Graduate Certificates; [Students graduated from Mainland China should include the Online Verification Report of Higher Education Degree Certificate (中国高等教育学位在线验证报告) and the Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate (教育部学历证书电子注册备案表) issued by the CHESICC (学信网).] If you are in final year tertiary studying, please provide your student status letter (在学证明);
  4. Copies of your ID/Passport;
  5. Recommendation letters (if any);
  6. Other copies of professional certificates (if any);

Fees (2025-2026)
Tuition Fee :
1 year Full-time Study: HK$170,800
(Will be collected in two installments)

2 years Part-time Study: HK$173,600
(Will be collected in four installments)

Application Fee : HK$300

Scholarship

We will offer top 10% outstanding students with ISEIS scholarship (HK$5,000/student) each year.


Application Period

September - March

Note: Applications will be processed on a rolling basis until all places have been filled. Therefore, early applications with all supporting documents are strongly encouraged.

Teaching Timetable

For academic year 2024-25: timetable


Programme Poster
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Enquiry

MSc-EHP Programme
Institute of Space and Earth Information Science
Fok Ying Tung Remote Sensing Science Building
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, Hong Kong

Email: esgs@cuhk.edu.hk

Tel: (852) 3943 4279


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