A Specialisation provides students with the opportunity to learn more about a particular sub-discipline within their main discipline. It is very useful for students who plan to enter specific career tracks upon their graduation.

For students admitted prior to AY2008/2009, the modular credit (MC) requirement for a Specialisation is typically between 16 and 20 MCs of distinctive modules within a Major.

For students admitted from AY2008/2009 to AY2018/2019, the MC requirement for a Specialisation is at least 24 MCs of distinctive modules within a Major.

For students admitted from AY2019/2020 onwards, the MC requirement for a Specialisation is at least 20 MCs of higher-level modules of a specialised nature within a Major. For each specialisation, up to 8 MCs (40% of the MC requirements for a Specialisation) may be double counted and used to meet (i) the Specialisation requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., General Education (only for students admitted from AY2021/2022 onwards), College (e.g., Common Curriculum), Faculty, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirement1, i.e., at least 12 MCs of the Specialisation must be distinct and not overlapping.

The Specialisation will be reflected in the student's transcript

1There is no double counting cap between a Specialisation and a Major requirement – Specialisation requirements can be nested within the Major requirements, which means all modules counting towards a Specialisation can concurrently be counted towards the Major it is nested in, and some modules may be triple counted towards a Major, a Specialisation nested within the Major, and another requirement.