Do I need to provide reference letters in support of my application?

Reference letters are not required, and you could choose whether to include reference letters in your supporting documents. If you wish to include reference letters as the supporting documents of your application, please follow one of the following methods:

1. Ask your referee to send you the reference letter, so that you may upload the letter directly onto the online system on his/her behalf; or
2. If the referee prefers to keep the reference letter confidential, please provide him/her with the upload link and your account information (username and password), and ask him/her to directly upload the reference letter onto the online system. Please note that neither you nor the referee would be able to view the content of any uploaded documents, but only the file name(s).

Reference letters submitted using other methods would not be viewed during the selection process.