Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme (the Fellowships Scheme) is offered by the University Grants Committee (UGC), which provides fellowships for meritorious local students for designated taught postgraduate programmes to pursue further studies so as to benefit the Hong Kong society. More details are available at UGC’s website.

Amount of Fellowship

The fellowship students are required to pay a minimum tuition fee of HK$42,100, which is the prevailing rate of the UGC-funded programmes, and the differences will be subsidised by the fellowships subject to a cap of HK$120,000 (for the whole taught postgraduate programme, regardless of the actual study period) for the settlement of the tuition fee.

Eligibility

In addition to meeting PolyU’s admission requirements and the programme’s entrance requirements (if any), applicants should also fulfil the following criteria:

1. LOCAL applicants only; and
2. Not receiving other forms of government scholarship including the Continuing Education Fund (except student financial assistance).

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criteria may include, but not limited to, applicants’ academic achievements, professional qualifications attained, work experience, interview results and the personal statement on their commitment and plan in serving for the industry of the applied programme.

Eligible Programmes in 2023/24 Academic Year

Application Procedures

If you are interested in applying for the Fellowship Scheme, please complete the fellowship application form, and submit it together with your application for admission via eAdmission by uploading the form in the additional document section. Departments may consider applications on a rolling basis until fellowship places are filled, you are encouraged to submit an application as early as possible. For details about selection arrangements of the Fellowships Scheme of individual programmes, please contact the programme offering department directly.

PolyU reserves the right to change the terms or withdraw the above fellowships. In case of any dispute/disagreement, PolyU’s decision is final.