Curriculum design has a close bearing on the quality of postgraduate education and previous studies have shown that universities in Mainland China suffer from certain disadvantages in curriculum designs． On the basis of the educational pro- grams and coursework requirements for English postgraduate students ，this paper makes a comparative study on the curriculum designs of 8 universities in Mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Ｒegion on a two-dimensional framework． The respective strengths and weaknesses of each are presented through tables and statistical analyses． The study shows that universi- ties in the mainland could adopt certain practices from universities in Hong Kong so as to improve their quality of teaching and to develop English postgraduates ’academic competence． It concludes with some specific recommendations for the curriculum reform for English postgraduates at mainland universities．