We are now inviting application for admission to the 2025-2027 intake of Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases (PDipID) Programme, organised by the Department of Microbiology and the Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Faculty of Medicine, HKU.

The PDipID programme aims to provide understanding of, and practical experience in, infectious diseases management for physicians, surgeons, clinical microbiologists, other clinicians and health care workers who are actively involved in the daily management of patients suffering from infectious diseases. Special emphasis is put on infections that are major health problems locally or globally.

The PDipID programme covers the following components over a period of two years:

• Six two-days Infectious Disease Courses
• Clinical Attachment (3 Friday Infectious Diseases Rounds, Two Bedside Infectious Diseases Consultations and One Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Round & project presentation)
• A clinical and/or laboratory surveillance project
• One Literature Review of important topics in Infectious Diseases

To learn more about the PDipID programme, please visit: Here 

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12:00 noon (GMT +8), July 31, 2025

Course Fees: HK$29,400

Enquiries: The Course Secretariat (Tel: 2255 2581; Email: pdipid@hku.hk)

Those who do not intend to pursue the PDipID qualification may opt to take Certificate in Infectious Diseases Course or the Individual Infectious Diseases two-day courses.

Personal Information Collection Statement: Click Here

Offered in March, July, and November each year.

Forthcoming course: HKU Infectious Diseases Course 2

Application deadline: 20 March 2025 (HKT 23:00)

Registration and Payment:

1. Please complete the registration [Here]
2. After complete the registration, please settle the payment [Here]

Timetable of IDC 2: [Here]

Tentative schedule for coming ID course:

Course 3: Common problems in infectious disease (July 5-6, 2025*)
Course 4: Imaging in infectious disease and sexually-transmitted infections (November 15-16, 2025*)
Course 5: Travel-related infections (April 18-19, 2026*)
Course 6: Infections in immunocompromised hosts (July 18-19, 2026*)
Course 1: Emerging Infections Diseases (November 14-15, 2026*)

(*Tentative)

Personal Information Collection Statement: [HERE]

Call for applications: rolling basis, March, July, or November each year.

Application deadline: 20 March 2025 (HKT 23:00)

Mode of attendance: part-time (2 years).

Entrance Requirements

All medical or nursing graduates, healthcare/science workers, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, medical doctors, and healthcare workers of the HKU-Shenzhen Hospital.

Method of Instruction

Six two-day weekend courses.

There will be a quiz after completion of each course.

Performance of these quizzes will constitute the basis for assessment.

Medium of instruction: English.

Fees: HK$5,400 (non-refundable)

Title of Six Infectious Diseases Course:
Course 2: Infectious disease emergencies, indwelling device and surgical infections (March 29-30 2025*) Timetable: [Here]
Course 3: Common problems in infectious disease (July 5-6, 2025*)
Course 4: Imaging in infectious disease and sexually-transmitted infections (November 15-16, 2025*)
Course 5: Travel-related infections (April 18-19, 2026*)
Course 6: Infections in immunocompromised hosts (July 18-19, 2026*)
Course 1: Emerging infectious diseases (14-15 November 2026)

(*Tentative)

Registration and Payment:

1. Please complete the registration [Here]

1. After complete the registration, please settle the payment [Here]

Timetable of IDC 2: [Here]

Personal Information Collection Statement: [HERE]

Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits have been applied from the respective colleges: (PDipID/CertID only)

1. Quotable Qualification by Hong Kong Medical Council (PDipID only)
2. CME points by (*Subject to approval by individual college)