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Bursary Scheme for Non-local Undergraduate Students

Bursary Scheme for Outside Accommodation for Non-local Undergraduate Students

(Semester 1 of Year 2023-24)


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To facilitate the settling in of non-local students, it is the practice of the University to provide non-local undergraduate students a hall place or support them to rent a place outside campus during the first year of their studies should their application to hall fail.

 

It is in this context that starting from the academic year 2022-23, the following application criteria for the Bursary Scheme for Outside Accommodation for Non-local Full Degree Undergraduate Students or Exchange Students (the Bursary Scheme) would be applied:

 

 

Full-time non-local undergraduate students admitted BEFORE Year 2022-23

Full-time non-local undergraduate students admitted in Year 2022-23 and afterward

Incoming exchange undergraduate students studying in HKU

Application Criteria

This Scheme will be ended in Year 2023-24. These students should have previously been in hall residence or in receipt of the Bursary.

Applicants must be active students studying in HKU, and must have applied for student hall or college or student residence during the application year but failed to get an offer of hall place. Those who quit hall on their own accord are not eligible. 

Applicants must be active students studying in HKU, and must have applied for student hall or college or student residence during the application year but failed to get an offer of hall place. Those who quit hall on their own accord are not eligible.

Bursary Scheme Supports

This Scheme will be ended in Year 2023-24. These students should have previously been in hall residence or in receipt of the Bursary.

**Applicants can apply for this Scheme in their first year and second year of study in Hong Kong (maximum two times).

Maximum reimbursement amount HK$2,000 per month, or HK$20,000 per year.

Maximum reimbursement amount HK$1,000 per month, or HK$10,000 per year (or pro-rata of the months studying in HKU).

 

Notes:

** Students who are on dual degree studying overseas or on exchange and they have not used up the two-time quota, they are eligible to apply.

 

For students who meet the above application criteria, For the detail of this scheme, please refer to the following Guidance Notes for Application of the Bursary Scheme (PDF file):

• Guidance Notes for Full Degree Undergraduate Students

• Guidance Notes for Exchange Undergraduates Students


If you are interested in this scheme, please complete the following online application form. Then, please return all signed forms plus supporting documents to us on or before 29 September 2023. Late application will not be handled.

• Online application form for the Bursary Scheme

• Parent Consent Form (PDF file)


Should you have further enquiry, please do not hesitate to contact us (phone: 3917 2305 / email: cedars.housing@hku.hk).

Updated as of 7 June, 2023


Bursary Scheme for Non-local Undergraduate Students