自費學額 其實是相對 大學教育資助委員會資助學額 而言。
self-financed vs UGC funded.
政府資助學額 跟 自費學額的區別其實不是在於有否獎學金;
僅僅在於是否在 UGC 撥款的配額內。
沒有獎學金的 不等同 自費。
自費的也有人是有獎學金的。
UGC funded Research Postgraduate 受限於年度在讀學生總數 5,595人:
The UGC continues to allocate 5 595 RPg places according to the six methods for the 2016-19 triennium, as follows:
a. 405 places to be allocated to the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS);
b. 600 places to be allocated on the basis of past award results of the RGC funding schemes;
c. 600 places to be allocated on the basis of the Research Assessment Exercise 2014;
d. 600 places to be allocated based on an outcome-based evaluation of research postgraduate programmes of universities;
e. 600 places to be allocated by the expansion of the HKPFS and/or by the past award results of the RGC funding schemes; and
f. the remaining 2 790 places to be allocated based on the historical ratio of distribution.