Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
HK$300,000 per year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (HKSES) was launched in 2014 to support outstanding local students to pursue studies at world renowned universities outside Hong Kong. Since its implementation, around 970 students have been offered the prestigious HKSES awards in the first ten cohorts.
Benefits
The scholarship offers a HK$300,000 per year amount, to help you with your studies.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the HKSES, applicants are required to meet the following two criteria:
- (i) have right of abode or right to land, or have entered Hong Kong on One-way Permits; and
- (ii) have resided in Hong Kong continuously for three complete years immediately prior to the commencement of the academic programme outside Hong Kong.
- In other words, students entering Hong Kong on student or dependant visas will not be eligible for the HKSES. Besides, if an applicant is engaged in full-time education or employment outside Hong Kong anytime during the three-year period immediately prior to the commencement of the academic programme outside Hong Kong, he/she will not be considered as having met the residency requirement set out in (ii) above.
- For undergraduate programmes, only students receiving/received their formal school education in Hong Kong are eligible. This would cover all Hong Kong students who receive/received senior secondary education in Hong Kong, including those studying/studied local (e.g. Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education) and non-local (e.g. International Baccalaureate) curricula in Hong Kong.
- For postgraduate programmes which may cover those of master’s and doctoral degrees or equivalent levels, students who have obtained their undergraduate qualifications either in or outside Hong Kong are eligible, provided that they meet the criteria set out in (i) & (ii) above.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Hong Konger
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
31 Dec 2026
The HKSES is open for applications from eligible Hong Kong students who intend to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate studies at world renowned universities outside Hong Kong
Applications should be submitted online via the scholarship application system on or before December 31 (by 6pm).
Supporting documents including the written confirmation of receipt of applications by the relevant universities/institutions, reference letter by school principal or referee, the completed assessment by school principal (for applications of undergraduate programmes only), research proposal (for applications of research postgraduate programmes only), etc, have to be uploaded to the online application system by the same deadline. Late applications will not be accepted.
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