WELCOME
Welcome to the University of Hong Kong, and congratulations on joining the Master of Arts in AI, Ethics, and Society Programme (MAAIES) for the
2025-26 intake.
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We would like to invite you to our Orientation, where you will have the opportunity to meet our teachers and classmates.
We look forward to seeing you soon!​
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Important Notes
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The Faculty Office will email you the registration details, including your HKU Portal UID (User Identification Number) and PIN (password), by mid-August. Please complete your registration as soon as possible.
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There is no need to register for courses through the HKU portal in August. For more information, please refer to the 'Course Enrollment' section below.​
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We strongly recommend that you read the Student Handbook, as it contains important information and key timelines. Below, you will find an excerpt of some essential details to get you started.​
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This page serves as a communication platform to provide you with the necessary information for your studies before the commencement of the programme. Once all information is transferred to the Moodle MAAIES Programme Office [2025], this page will be closed.
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This page is designed for our students of the 2025-26 intake only and should not be shared with third parties.
Orientation
Details will be provided later.
AI & Humanity Lab
A distinguishing feature of our master’s programme is that it will bring you face-to-face with advanced work on the philosophy of AI as performed in the University of Hong Kong's AI & Humanity Lab.
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The information about seminars and workshops is available on the website. Please reserve your dates now.
Programme Requirements
You are required to complete 60-credit throughout a year.​
Semester 1:
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3 core courses (9 credits @)
Semester 2:
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3 elective courses (6 credits @)
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1 MA portfolio project (15 credits)
Course descriptions can be found at https://maaies.arts.hku.hk/programmeinformation​
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Timetable (will be provided later)
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All tutorials will be scheduled by individual course instructors and are not included in the official timetable.
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The schedule and venue shown in the SIS are for room booking purposes only. Therefore, you are always reminded to refer to the timetable we sent you.
Course Enrollment
The Programme Office will pre-register three core courses and a capstone portfolio in SIS. If a core course has two sub-classes, you are advised to reserve both schedules, as enrollment changes are not allowed.
In Semester 2, you are required to take three elective courses. We will gather your elective preferences via a survey in October 2025, and enrollment results will be confirmed by the end of November 2025.
Please note that over-enrollment is not permitted.
Once the enrollment is confirmed, you can view it on the HKU Portal: Self Service > Enrolment >Enrolment status.
Useful Information
Important:
Student Handbook (2025-26 intake)
(Last updated: July 9, 2025)
Composition fees​
​Composition fees are payable in two equal instalments. The first instalment was settled upon acceptance of the admission offer. The e-invoice and payment instructions for the second instalment will be issued to your HKU portal account. You are advised to check the balance of your student account in the SIS from time to time. Details can be referred to https://ase.hku.hk/fees.
HKU Portal
It provides a user-friendly and easy-to-access single sign-on interface for University members to access all the centrally provided IT services, including services offered under the Student Information System (SIS), electronic mail, learning management system, and Library services through a high-speed campus network.​
You can log in HKU Portal (https://hkuportal.hku.hk) using your HKU Portal UID (User Identification Number) /PIN (password).
HKU Email
Announcements and important notices from the Faculty and the University will be sent via email to your HKU email account.
Starting from September 1, 2025, the Programme Office will only send emails to your HKU email account (subject line beginning with “MAAIES”). Messages will no longer be sent to your personal email. You may consider setting up email forwarding (https://its.hku.hk/kb/set-unset-email-forwarding); otherwise, please check your HKU email inbox regularly.
To verify your identity when contacting us, please use your HKU email account to send the message and include your full name and 10-digit student registration number.
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Moodle
It is a rich e-learning platform supporting the functions of forum, assignments, choice for tutorial selection, etc., and is integrated with the Turnitin plugin for plagiarism checking.
Before the start of each semester, students enrolled in courses can access their respective course rooms via the HKU Portal > “My eLearning” tab. User guides are available at https://its.hku.hk/services/moodle-user-guides-for-students.
In addition to the HKU email, the Programme Office will also post information and documents on Moodle: MAAIES Programme Office [2025].
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Student Information System (SIS)
The SIS supports the management of all student-related information, including admissions, timetable schedules, course enrollment, grades, records, transcripts, and student self-service, etc. For details, please visit: https://its.hku.hk/kb/what-is-sis.