Scholarships
27 MAR 2025 - 27 May 2025
The Tencent Charity Foundation (騰訊公益慈善基金會) has approved a donation of more than HK$1,850,000 to HKBU students, to be awarded from 2024/25 to 2030/31 academic years.
The amount of the Scholarship is HK$20,000 for each awardee. The quota for 2024/25 academic year is no more than 15.
The Scholarship is designated to
· Local and non-local full-time year 2 or above undergraduate students
· Have completed a minimum of 30 hours of social services or voluntary work from 1 March 2024 to 1 March 2025 with valid supporting documents.*
· Have attained a cumulative GPA (cGPA) score of 2.70 or above at the time of application
· The selection will mainly based on (1) active participation in social service/voluntary work (慈善義務工作), social charitable innovation or advocation (社會公益創新及倡議工作); (2) academic merits
· Applicants are required to submit a short video with the requirements below:
o With the theme "Making a Better World Because of You" (世界因你更美好), showcasing your most impactful or innovative social service or charity work.
o The duration of the video should not exceed 3 minutes.
o The language used in the video is not restricted, but it must include both Chinese and English subtitles.
o The video should be submitted in AVI, MOV, MP4, or MPG format, with a minimum resolution of 1920 x 1080.
o Please upload the completed video to YouTube, set the visibility as “unlisted”, and provide the YouTube link in the space in the application form.
o IMPORTANT:
Please make sure that you’ve obtained the consent of all participants in the video, as the video will be viewed by the general public on the YouTube channel or other publication channels of HKBU and/or Donor.
*At the time of application, applicants must have completed at least 30 hours of social service/voluntary work organized by local or overseas registered charitable organizations or by various departments or units in HKBU (透過本地或海外註冊的慈善社福組織/社企/團體或大學各部門舉辦的慈善義務活動), in the previous 1 year, i.e. from 1 March 2024 to 1 March 2025 and provide the valid supporting documents.
The supporting documents can be a letter written by the organizer (由主辦單位負責人發出的正式信件) or a participation certificate (參與/出席/完成證書). It must state the number of hours (證明文件必須註明服務時數). Supplementary information, such as promotional materials and websites that indicate the number of service hours required for satisfactory completion of a service, will also be considered.
Otherwise, this social service/voluntary work will NOT be counted.
If you do not have the supporting documents now, please urgently ask the organizer to issue the proof for you and state the number of hours. Kindly submit it/them together with the application form.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview with HKBU staff and the Donor’s representative(s) (if invited) in around June/July 2025.
Late applications will not be considered.
1. The application form: please click here. The form is fillable. Please TYPE in the form.
2. The guidelines on using the online application platform: please click here.
3. The scholarship poster: please click here.
4. Online application platform (Login with your SSOid and select “Tencent For Good Scholarship 騰訊向善獎學金”):
https://sfa.hkbu.edu.hk/supporting_docs/
Deadline of application: 17:00, 27 May 2025
Personal Information Collection Statement
1. Please provide the personal data in the application as requested and ensure that the data are complete and accurate.
2. The data collected will be used for the purpose of scholarship allocation/selection for the academic year 2024-25, and any related purposes for a period of 1 year or until the relevant exercise of the requested data has been completed, whichever is later.
3. Your personal data held by our Office will be kept confidential but they may be shared with appropriate parties and personnel of the University, and other parties including scholarship donors for meeting the above purpose.
4. Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, you have the right to request access to and correction of your personal data held by our Office. Requests for such access and correction can be made to our Office in writing via email to sfa@hkbu.edu.hk or by post. We may charge you a fee to cover the administrative cost.
5. For details, please refer to the “Privacy Policy Statement and Personal Information Collection Statement” (PPS/PICS) (https://bupdpo.hkbu.edu.hk/policies-and-procedures/pps-pics/) of the University.
Conditions of the Awards
1. Applicants are required to candidly reveal any and all criminal records they may possess throughout the application procedure.
2. If an awarded student engages in any criminal activities or behaves in a manner detrimental to the reputation of the University or the sponsor of the scholarship following the receipt of the award, the University reserves the right to rescind their award and reclaim any scholarships that have been granted.
3. All awarded students are required to attend and give a sharing in the Scholarship Presentation Ceremony and other relevant occasions when invited.
4. The University and Tencent Charity Foundation have the right to share the videos submitted by the awardees, as well as their stories and reflections, across their respective platforms. This is to encourage the public to actively participate in charity activities and set good examples.
5. All awarded students are required to sign an undertaking form to indicate their understanding and acceptance of the above-mentioned terms and conditions.
For enquiries, please feel free to contact us at 3411 6713 or by email to sfa@hkbu.edu.hk