To attract outstanding local students to advance their studies locally and meritorious non-local students to pursue higher education opportunities in Hong Kong, the Government established the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund in 2008 to give due recognition to distinguished local and non-local students.

The amount of HKSAR Government Scholarship is HK$40,000 per year for local students and HK$80,000 per year for non-local students.

CUHK will nominate suitable first-year undergraduate students to the Education Bureau for the HKSAR Government Scholarship. Application for this scholarship is NOT required.

The Belt and Road Scholarship has also been offered by the HKSAR Government to outstanding new students from the Belt and Road Region since the academic year 2016/17.

The Scholarship is open to students from five designated countries, namely Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar and Thailand. Starting from the academic year 2019/20, Belt and Road Scholarship (Other Countries) has been offered to students from countries along the Belt and Road Regions other than the five designated ones.

The Belt and Road Scholarship will cover the tuition fees of the awardees. For details of the Scholarship, please click here.

CUHK will nominate suitable first-year undergraduate students to the Education Bureau for the Belt and Road Scholarship. Applications for this scholarship is NOT required.

Each year, 8 non-renewable awards of HK$50,000 each will be given out to the distinguished new students admitted to any full-time undergraduate programmes, irrespective of the admission channel and residency. Please click here for details.

Exceptionally outstanding new students may be awarded a University Exchange Scholarship, ranging from HK$10,000 to HK$80,000, in addition to the Admission Scholarship.

Sports scholarships are available to both JUPAS and Non-JUPAS (local) students. Students with remarkable sports achievements will be awarded a sports scholarship of HK$15,000 to HK$80,000, the maximum years of receiving the scholarship is subject to respective study programmes and a hostel place is guaranteed in the first year. The scholarship and hostel place are renewable based on an annual assessment of both standards of academic and sports performance. For details, please visit the website of the Physical Education Unit.

One-off scholarships ranging from HK$50,000 to HK$145,000 each may also be awarded to non-local students who excel in non-academic areas such as sports, music, art, science and technology.

In order to give due recognition and encouragement to distinguished students with exceptional talents and achievements in specific areas that cannot be fully assessed by HKDSE, a scholarship scheme for SNDAS is offered from 2023 entry. The scholarship amount is HK$42,100 on a non-renewable basis.

SNDAS applicants admitted to CUHK will automatically be considered for CUHK Scholarships for School Nominations Direct Admission Scheme. There is no need for them to submit a separate application for the scholarship. Successful applicants will be informed of the details individually.

To recognize new students with special educational needs (SEN) who pay extra effort in order to pursue higher education, CUHK will offer up to 10 one-off awards of HK$10,000 each annually to these students, irrespective of the admission channel and residency.

Application announcement on this Scholarship will be made after commencement of the academic year.

Many of the recipients of the University Admission Scholarships will be awarded Honours at Entrance. The award, which does not carry monetary value, will be recorded in the official academic transcripts of the students.

Other than the aforesaid scholarships supported by the HKSAR Government and CUHK, there are other generous benefactors who donate admission scholarships to our outstanding new students. For instance, the Hong Kong Jockey Club will offer the Hong Kong Jockey Club Chairman’s Scholarship and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Striding On Scholarship starting from 2023 entry.