HSBC Overseas Scholarship

• • • Non-final year full-time undergraduate students
    • Permanent residents with the right of abode in Hong Kong and are committed to Hong Kong 
    • Preferred minimum grade point cumulative average (CGPA) score of 3.7 or above / first class honours / top 3% of class/ distinction (or equivalent) in the first semester of 2024/25.  
    • A minimum total TOEFL score of 90 (Internet-based test) with scores for individual sections not lower than 22 on listening, 17 on writing, 21 on reading and 21 on speaking;
    • or a minimum IELTS overall band score of 6.5, with no component below 6.0. Both tests must be taken on 12 February 2023 or later to be valid. This requirement is irrespective of the admission requirement of the intended overseas universities.
    • Well-rounded, participating in extra-curricular and community service activities 
    • No previous extensive experience living or studying overseas
    • Strong financial needs

Application Period: 12 November 2024 to 13 December 2024
Application Link:

1. Complete and submit the application at https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3QVsnJSCtWxdDOm 
    
2. Upload the supporting documents:

• 1. HSBC Overseas Scholarship Application Form*
  2. Student Undertaking Form*
  3. Pro-forma Summary Form*along with all reference documents:
     • Tuition fee, mandatory college fee, room and board fee, etc. could be referred from the institution's website
     • A minimum economy class return airfare should be provided based on a minimum of three quotations
  4. HKU Transcript (including your latest CGPA of 2023/24) 
  5. TOEFL or IELTS test report (Tests must be dated on 12 February 2023 or later to be valid.)

*This form can be downloaded from the application link

• Shortlisted students will be invited to an interview at HKU in January 2025.
• Selected students will be nominated to HSBC and invited to an interview with an HSBC selection panel before April 2025.
• Final offers will be extended upon the formal admission by the intended overseas university and other requirements listed in the Student Undertaking Form.
  

• Students who are currently studying any one of the following disciplines may apply. To enable students to have more exposure to their fields of study, applicants will have the flexibility to major in a discipline other than that currently studied while abroad. The discipline, however, must be in the approved bachelor degree courses listed.
  • All disciplines under architecture, business and economics, communication, computer science/information systems, construction and land use, dentistry, design, education, engineering, health care, hotels and tourism, law, medicine, science (basic and applied), social sciences, textiles, arts subjects (linguistics and languages, translation, history, geography, fine arts and applied arts) and environment.
• Students who apply for HKU Worldwide Plus Visiting Programme are highly recommended to apply for the HSBC Overseas Scholarship at the same time.
• The scholar must return to Hong Kong after the year overseas to complete his/her degree at HKU. Scholars who do not comply with this requirement must reimburse the full cost of the scholarship.
• As scholarships will be awarded only to candidates who fulfil all selection criteria and are selected by the HSBC panel, there is no guarantee that any or all candidate(s) nominated by HKU will be invited to the interview or receive the scholarship.
• All awardees must submit a video journal within a month of completion of their overseas studies and their transcript for their term of study to HSBC within one month of their return to Hong Kong to IAO.
• All awardees must also agree to acknowledge by naming and tagging The Hongkong Bank Foundation when posting relevant contents on social media.