With a view to attracting outstanding local students to advance their studies at home, and meritorious non-local students to pursue higher education opportunities in Hong Kong, the Government established in 2008 the $1 billion HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund (the Fund) to recognize outstanding local and non-local students. Each academic year, the Government will distribute a sum of money, funded by the investment income generated from the Fund, to the nine institutions [the eight University Grants Committee-funded institutions and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA)] offering full-time publicly-funded programmes at degree or above levels. The scholarship is $40,000 per year for local students and $80,000 per year for non-local students. In 2011, the Government injected $250 million into the Fund to extend the benefit to students of full-time publicly-funded sub-degree programmes offered by five institutions (City University of Hong Kong, the Education University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKAPA and the Vocational Training Council) from 2011/12 academic year onwards. The scholarship award for these sub-degree students is between $20,000 to $30,000 per year for both local and non-local students. .
To strengthen education collaboration with Belt and Road countries, Belt and Road Scholarships (under the Targeted Scholarship Scheme) have been offered to students coming from designated counties along the Belt and Road regions since the 2016/17 academic year. To attract more non-local outstanding students to further their studies in Hong Kong, the Belt and Road Scholarship will be further expanded to cover all regions along the Belt and Road in the 2019/20 academic year via the following:
(a) Belt and Road Scholarship (Designated Countries) – for students from Indonesia and Malaysia*;
(b) Belt and Road Scholarship (Other Countries) – for students from Belt and Road countries other than Indonesia and Malaysia; and
(c) Belt and Road Scholarship (Research Postgraduate) – for research postgraduate students from Belt and Road countries.
(a) and (b) will be awarded to first-year non-local students pursuing full-time publicly-funded undergraduate studies in Hong Kong, while (c) supports first-year non-local students from any countries along the Belt and Road in pursuing full-time publicly-funded research postgraduate programmes in Hong Kong. These scholarships cover full tuition fees, and are tenable for the normal duration of the programmes concerned. The scholarships would be renewed annually subject to satisfactory academic performance of the awardees.
Selection Criteria
In deciding if a student who applies for the above scholarships should be awarded, the institutions take the following qualities into consideration –
Students of full-time publicly-funded degree or above level programmes
(a) excellent performance in academic studies;
(b) recognized contribution to the institution/society;
(c) demonstrated leadership and good communication skills; and/or
(d) strong commitment to the Hong Kong community.
Students of full-time publicly-funded sub-degree programmes
(a) high standard of academic performance;
(b) demonstration of leadership and good communication skills;
(c) valuable contribution to the institution/community; and/or
(d) strong commitment to the Hong Kong community.
SOUTH KOREA GLOBAL SCHOLARSHIP (GKS)
The Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) is designed to provide international students with opportunities to study at higher education institutions in Korea for undergraduate and graduate studies, which will enhance international education exchange and deepen mutual friendship between Korea and participating countries.
QualificationsQualifications Applicants and their parents must be citizens of the countries listed in the application guideline of the selecting year. * Korean citizens and Koreans holding dual citizenship are not permitted to apply for this program.
Applicants must be under the age of 40 as of September 1st of the inviting year. However, an applicant who qualify all conditions below are eligible to apply:
- Must be an academic professor who are under 45 years of age as of September 1st of the inviting year
- Must hold a citizenship of one of the Official Development Assistant (ODA) recipients. Applicants must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree as of September 1st of the inviting year.
* Applicants who have completed an undergraduate program, a master's program, or a doctoral program in Korea are not eligible to apply for the program. (Exception: Overseas Korean Adoptees and GKS scholars)
All applicants must have maintained the overall grade point average (CGPA) equivalent to or higher than 80% (Exception: GKS scholars reapplying to the program must hold the grade of 90% or above)
Undergraduate ProgramScholarship Period Bachelor's Degree 1 year of Korean language course + 4 years of undergraduate program
Associate Degree Program 1 year of Korean language course + 2 or 3 years for associate degree program
Qualifications Prospective applicants must meet the following qualification criteria;