HSBC Overseas Scholarship

Rabu, 18 November 2009

HSBC Overseas Scholarship
Closing Time: 5:30pm, Friday, 15 January 2009

To award full scholarships to non-final year undergraduate students for studying approved courses/programs at specified overseas universities in 2010/2011 academic year (Lists of the approved disciplines and overseas universities in Attachment A). To enable students to have more exposure in their fields of study, applicants will have the flexibility to major in a different discipline, other than the one the applicant is currently studying, while aboard. The majoring discipline, however, will have to be listed in the approved disciplines list by HSBC as below:

All disciplines under architecture, business and economics, communication, computer science/information systems, construction and land use, dentistry, design, education, engineering, health care, hotel and tourism, law, medicine, science (basic and applied), social sciences, textiles, and arts subjects (linguistics and languages, translation, history, geography, fine arts and applied arts) and environment.

Value of this Scholarship award :
Full scholarship shall be awarded
(Maximum total value of scholarships for all awardees is HK$869,118)

Coverage of this scholarship award :
– Full Tuition fees
- A minimum economy return airfare
- Reasonable room and board costs, books and a small portion of living expenses (List of expenses covered by the scholarship award amount is in Attachment B)

Eligibility of this scholarship award:
– Non-final year undergraduate students


Application Deadline : 5:30pm, Friday, 15 January 2010
(Office hours: Mondays – Fridays, 9am – 1pm, 2pm – 5:30pm)

This scholarship application form can be obtained for FREE at:
http://scholarship.ust.hk/apply/index.html

Selection Procedures :
Internal screening session by HKUST senior staff member will be conducted in February 2010. Shortlisted candidates will be
invited for a final selection interview by HSBC representatives in March 2010.
Conditional offers will be made to successful candidates in April 2010 by the Hongkong Bank Foundation.
Confirmation of scholarship awards will be made no later than the end of August 2010, subject to submission of the following
documents on or before 5:30pm, Monday, 28 June 2010:
i) formal admission to an one-year study program made by overseas universities;
ii) satisfactory Cumulative Grade Average (CGA) score at 8.5 or above as of Spring Semester of the 2009/10 academic year;
iii) an application form to the Hong Kong Young Ambassador Scheme;
iv) a letter from HKUST confirming the number of credits that the student needs to take during his/her year abroad. Please
note that this figure should be regarded as final. Costs of any additional credits taken during the academic year will not be
covered; AND
v) a letter from the overseas university outlining the duration of the academic year and information on the number of credits
that a full-time overseas student should take.

Inquiries : Scholarships & Awards Unit
Address: Room 1401, Academic Building (opposite to LT-B)
Office hours: Mondays – Fridays, 9am – 1pm, 2pm – 5:30pm)
Tel: 2358 5796 / 2358 5853
Email: ssau@ust.hk