Scholarships

Fellowships/ Scholarships

(offered by)

Package

Eligibility and Application

Remarks

HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship (HKU-PS)

(Offered by HKU)

•  Cash Award to support research and living expenses:
        HK$40,000 in Year 1;
        HK$20,000 per year in the remaining
        normative study period

•  Waiver of composition fees for the whole normative study period (i.e. HK$42,100 per year)

•  Postgraduate Scholarship of $26,600 per month

•  Conference and Research-related Travel Allowance of HK$13,300 per year

•  a guaranteed hall place in Year 1, with possibility of renewal in Year 2

Eligibility: Full-time PhD applicants who have been nominated by HKU to the RGC for HKPF

Application: No separate application is required. 

HKU-PS holders are selected from among the pool of candidates nominated by HKU to the RGC for HKPF. They include

·         all HKPF holders; and

·         selected candidates who are not awarded HKPF but are considered to be of high calibre.

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPF)*

(Offered by the Research Grants Council (RGC))

Provided by the RGC (for a period of 3 years):
•  Scholarship of $26,600 per month
•  Conference and Research-related Travel Allowance of HK$13,300 per year

Additional Support from HKU:
•  HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship, including

- Cash Award to support research and living expenses (HK$40,000 in Year 1; HK$20,000 per year in the remaining normative study period)
- Waiver of composition fees for the whole normative study period (i.e. HK$42,100 per year)
- a guaranteed hall place in Year 1, with possibility of renewal in Year 2

Eligibility: Full-time PhD applicants

Application:
•  Submit an initial application to the RGC

•  With the HKPF no. given by the RGC, submit an application for admission to the full-time PhD programme at HKU (need to fill in a section particularly for HKPF).

University Postgraduate Fellowships (UPF)

(Offered by HKU)

The fellowship is at a total value of HK$70,000 on top of the Postgraduate Scholarships. 

Eligibility: Full-time PhD applicants (for Main Round admission exercise only)

Application:
Check the box ‘University Postgraduate Fellowships’ in your application

UPF holders
•  will be awarded PGS concurrently
•  cannot concurrently hold HKU-PS and/or HKPF

Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS)

(Offered by HKU)

With effect from September 1, 2020:

HK$18,030 per month (and $18,520 per month for PhD students whose probationary candidature has been confirmed)

Eligibility: Full-time MPhil and PhD applicants

Application:
Check the box ‘Postgraduate Scholarship’ in your application  

PGS holders cannot concurrently hold HKU-PS and/or HKPF