Director's Message

The Master of Social Sciences in Nonprofit Management programme is designed to train leaders in the nonprofit sector in Asia/Pacific countries, Greater China, and throughout the world. With vibrant economic and social development in the east, there is an active movement in the region where public, private, and philanthropic forces are converging to create shared value.

This curriculum goes beyond the traditional scope of non-profit management to address cutting edge developments in the context of public and social innovations, strategic problem-solving, impact philanthropy, capacity enhancement as well as effective leadership, financial planning, social branding, organizational and social entrepreneurship. This programme will be taught by a strong team of prominent local and international academic experts and practitioners. Graduates of this programme will be equipped with both theoretical knowledge, and practice skills competences for career advancement in the philanthropic field.

Prof. Cheryl Chui
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work and Social Administration
Director, Master of Nonprofit Management

Distinctive Features

The MSocSc (NPM) programme is the first master degree in nonprofit management in Hong Kong to enhance nonprofit developments in the Asia-Pacific area and the world. To train leaders in civil society and particularly the nonprofit sector in Asia/Pacific countries, this programme

  • offers cross disciplinary teaching and studies to enrich the diversity of the nonprofit sector;
  • focuses on the nonprofit facet in various industries, advocating multi-disciplinary collaborations and creative innovations on nonprofit management;
  • emphasizes interaction and experience sharing between students and teachers and creating an extensive knowledge sharing platform;
  • adopts an intensive semester mode to facilitate student balance between work and study; and
  • connects nonprofit leaders to share experiences and insights to deepen students’ knowledge and practical competence

Scholarships

The Programme has provided scholarships to high caliber applicants with half/full fee and/or living expense support.

Who will Benefit from the programme?

Social and civic organisation

Corporations

Media

Governmental

Welfare

Religious

Professionals from charitable foundations, social and civic organisations, corporations, the media, governmental units, welfare and religious service organisations, etc. who wish to take on leadership roles to make a better society, should apply. The Programme will help graduates deliver outstanding service, make decisions and carry out programme relevant research.

Students' Voice

  • Before studying in Master of Social Sciences in Nonprofit Management degree, I did not have any working experience related to the nonprofit sector. This course is very fruitful to enrich and equip myself for my future career. It does not only provide an overall picture of this sector in the Hong Kong context, but also discusses Greater China, Taiwan and the U.S. through case studies and examples. Also, we can learn about current trends of philanthropy through classes and interaction with professors and experienced classmates. Moreover, we can understand how to manage a nonprofit organization strategically from a financial perspective, including performance measurement, assessment and program evaluation. Apart from the hard skills (e.g. research, analytical and interview skills), I also improved my soft skills, such as teamwork, leadership, problem solving and communication. Ultimately, I hope that I can utilize what I have learnt to create more social impacts for the society in the future.

    Miss Lo Ming Ki Maggie
    Student of 2017-18 MSocSc (NPM) programme
  • The academic year 2017-2018 was an amazing journey to me. I enjoyed both theoretical and practical courses that I learned in this programme. Throughout this one-year of study, I equipped myself to excel in nonprofit management careers. I have mastered cutting-edge of nonprofit management knowledge, such as current issues in policy, financial planning, and strategic problem-solving skills. Through on-campus learning with professors, online tutorials with classmates, and collaborative and independent coursework, it enabled my dynamic interaction around course content. In addition, the programme also regularly invited high-profile experienced market leaders from China and overseas as guest lecturers that brought us current social issues, new insights and innovative ideas all over the world. It deepened my knowledge and practice competence through their experience sharing. Though the programme was intensive, the programme has covered extensive knowledge in management, capacity enhancement as well as effective leadership within one academic year. I learned how to think out of the box and I loved to share my observation to my class. I look forward to bring out my knowledge into practice and become a change maker in the society.

    Miss Chai Beichen
    Student of 2017-18 MSocSc (NPM) programme
  • I had worked for an international nonprofit organization as the fundraising officer for more than seven years in the Mainland China and Hong Kong offices. Studying the MSocSc (NPM) programme was a fruitful journey which has not only opened my eyes to the global development in the nonprofit sector but also helped me to identify and learn the knowledge gap in the field of social sciences on top of my engineering education background. The comprehensive and rigorous curriculum balanced the local need with regional complexity while considering global trends and knowledge in social, political and economic dimensions. It prepared me to integrate knowledge into practice and action.

    Ms Wang Peibei
    Student of 2017-18 MSocSc (NPM) programme