2025/26 Entry Scholarship for Local Students with HKDSE Qualification (Faculty of Humanities)
You will be automatically considered for this entry scholarship if you are a current year Secondary Six local^ student taking the HKDSE at your first attempt, meet the University's General Entrance Requirements for admission to full-time Bachelor's Degree schemes/programmes, and fulfil the following requirement:
Offering Unit | Scheme / Programme Code | Scheme / Programme Title | Criteria | Scholarship Amount (HK$) | Remarks |
Faculty of Humanities | JS3007 | Bachelor's Degree Scheme in Humanities | Level 5** in 1 subject | 18,900 |
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Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies | JS3241 | BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons) Scheme in Translation, Language Sciences and Analytics | Attain Level 5** in 1 subject | 18,900 |
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JS3242 | BSc (Hons) in Speech Therapy | Attain an aggregate DSE score of 36 or above for the Best 5 subjects | 18,900 |
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Department of Chinese History and Culture | JS3320 | BA (Hons) in Chinese History and Culture | Attain Level 5** in 1 subject | 47,250 | Eligible students will be awarded either ONE of the entry scholarship offered by the Department of Chinese History and Culture. |
The scholarship will be awarded to the top two admitted students based on their aggregate DSE score for the Best 5 subjects. | 44,500 | ||||
Department of English and Communication | JS3240 | BA (Hons) in English & Applied Linguistics | Attain Level 5** in 1 subject | 22,250 |
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Attain an aggregate DSE score of 25 or 25.5 for the Best 5 subjects | 10,000 |
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Notes:
^ (1) Local admittees are students who do not require a student visa to study in Hong Kong.
(2) A student can concurrently hold more than one scholarship administered by the University in an academic year if the total value of scholarships received by him/her does not exceed his/her annual tuition fee payable plus an allowance of HK$50,000 unless otherwise stipulated.
(3) The offering unit(s) reserves the right to change the terms or withdraw the scholarship(s). In case of any dispute/disagreement, the decision of the offering unit(s) is final.
For the purpose of calculating the admission scores, HKDSE level attainments will be converted to level points where Level 5**=8.5, 5*=7, 5=5.5, 4=4, 3=3, 2=2, 1=1 and Unclassified = 0.
Exchange Scholarship
All undergraduate students awarded the academic Entry Scholarship will also receive an additional HK$30,000 exchange scholarship, aimed at enhancing and supporting their participation in student exchange programmes.