Scholarships & Prizes
 

PolyU recognizes the academic and/or non-academic achievements of our students through offering different types of scholarships to our students.  Normally, these scholarships are awarded to current students pursuing full-time undergraduate programmes leading to PolyU awards (i.e. HKCC, SPEED, PolyU inbound exchange students are not eligible).


1) Entry Scholarships (for Prospective Students only)


PolyU offers entry scholarships to students pursuing different programmes during admission. Please refer to the table below for further information.

Programme pursued
 

Where to get scholarship information?

Full-time undergraduate programmes

Entry scholarships are available for outstanding admittees based on academic or non-academic achievements.  Please visit study@PolyU for details and further enquiries on scholarships offered to local (HKALE / HKDSE) and international students as well as 内地应届高考生.
 

Part-time undergraduate programmes

Full-time and part-time taught postgraduate programmes
 

Entry scholarships may be provided by individual programme offering academic departments. Please visit the page "Tuition Fees - Taught Postgraduate Programmes" under individual programmes listed in study@PolyU webpage for scholarship availability and further enquiries.

Research postgraduate programmes
 

Please visit the webpage of Research Office for further details and enquiries.

2) Post-entry Scholarships/ Prizes awarded based on academic and/or non-academic achievements

From time to time, a number of private organizations, firms, professional bodies and individuals donate to PolyU scholarships and prizes which are awarded to students with outstanding academic and/or non-academic achievements (such as achievements in extra-curricular activities and community services) during their studies at PolyU.  Most of the scholarship/prize awardees are nominated by Heads of Academic Departments.  However, a limited number of scholarships/prizes are open to application by students.  Please refer to the part “Scholarships Open for Application” for details.

3) Scholarships for Overseas Exchange/Studies

Some scholarships are made available to full-time current students to pursue one-semester or one-year overseas studies.  Please click here for details.  Some scholarships may specifically require the applicants/nominees to have the TOEFL or IELTS results for the Donor's consideration of the applications/nominations.  Students are encouraged to attempt the TOEFL or IELTS examination first if you are interested in these scholarships.

4)  Travelling Scholarships

PolyU has made available around 10 travelling scholarships for full-time students to undertake study trips during the summer vacation to enrich their professional knowledge and widen their horizon. Some of the travelling scholarships are open for competition by local students and applications are invited from November to early February annually.


Outstanding Students Award Scheme
 

2011 Outstanding Student Awards Presentation Ceremony


Starting from 1998/99, PolyU's Outstanding Students Award Scheme is run annually to award full-time final-year students who excel in both academic and non-academic pursuits during their studies.  Under the scheme, a student is selected from each faculty every year to receive the Outstanding Student of Faculty Award; and among the six awardees of the Outstanding Student of Faculty Awards and nominees from the School of Design and the School of Hotel & Tourism Management, one will be further selected for the honour of the Most Outstanding PolyU Student of the Year.  The 2011 Outstanding Student Awards Presentation Ceremony was held on 8 March 2012 in the Chiang Chen Studio Theatre in PolyU.  For details of the ceremony, please take a look at our e-magazine.
 

 


 

Scholarships Open for Application  
 

For time to time, there are scholarships open for application by students or open for nomination by academic departments.  Please click the schedule of inviting application/nomination for details.
                                               

Scholarships Administered by SAO
 
Scholarships Administered by Outside Organizations
 

General Enquiries

Student Support and Amenities Section
Student Affairs Office

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Room ST314

Tel.

3400 3134 / 3400 3764

Email

safaship@inet.polyu.edu.hk

Last Updated: 21 March 2012