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Eligibility for Student Residence

Please read the General Information carefully and thoroughly before you submit your student residence application. 

A. Housing Policy

University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded full-time local undergraduate students will have the opportunity to experience one year of hostel life in University accommodation during their studies at the University. Please click HERE for Housing Policy.

B. Student Status

Students must possess a student status of “Normal Study” as defined by the Academic Registry during the stay in the University Accommodation.  You may check your student status in BUniPort > Profile > Personal Particulars & Study Record. Students who cease to be classified as “Normal Study” (e.g. taking an internship, suspension of study or leave of absence) will no longer be eligible for University Accommodation and will be required to check out of the Hostels.

C. GPA Requirements for Residents currently residing in the Hostels with Second Semester 2023/24 Student Residence Offer Only: Application submitted in Nov 2023 (Except Freshmen and Final Year Students who never resided in the Hostels)

All residents with Second Semester student residence offer only (except Freshmen and Final Year Students who never resided in the Hostels) will need to obtain a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the First Semester of 2023/24. Those who fail to do so will still be allowed to stay in the Hostels but their student residence application for Residential Year 2024/25, if any, will be subject to a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the Second Semester of 2023/4. For residents who fail to obtain a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the First Semester of 2023/24 AND the Second Semester of 2023/24, their student residence applications for Residential Year 2024/25 will not be considered.

D. GPA Requirements for Successful Student Residence Applicants with full-year Student Residence Offer of Residential Year 2024/25 (Except Freshmen and Final Year Students who never resided in the Hostels)

All successful student residence applicants with full-year student residence offer of Residential Year 2024/25 (except Freshmen and Final Year Students who never resided in the Hostels) will need to obtain a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the Second Semester of 2023/24. Those who fail to do so will still be allowed to stay in the Hostels but their residence in the Second Semester of 2024/25 will be subject to a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the First Semester of 2024/25.

For residents who fail to obtain a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the Second Semester of 2023/24 AND the First Semester of 2024/25, their residence in the Second Semester of 2024/25 will be terminated and they will need to check out from the Hostels within 5 days. Student residence fees will be refunded from the date of check-out on a pro rata basis. Late check-out penalty applies as and when appropriate.

Pilot Scheme: Local & Non-local Pairing

To provide structured and sufficient incentives for students to proactively build connections that integrate local and non-local students into residential life, a voluntary pairing pilot scheme of local and non-local students as roommates will be introduced from the 2024/25 Residential Year and details are as follows:

  • The pilot scheme is applicable to both 2-person or 3-person room of the Undergraduate Halls.
  • Only students who are eligible for University Accommodation application under the housing policy are *eligible to apply. The pair of the students are responsible to check the eligibility of each other before applying the pairing scheme together.
  • Students who wish to join the pilot scheme in 2024/25 shall indicate each other in the application form that is open in late March 2024. Student number(s) and name(s) of the paired roommates must be inputted in the section below:
    preferred roommate
  • Forms with missing information will not be processed.
  • If the student residence applications of all the paired students are successful, they are expected to accept the student hostel offer and pay the student accommodation fees accordingly. Student Hostel offers would be voided if any one of the students declines the student hostel offer.
  • The result of the pairing scheme would be announced by early May 2024.

Remarks:
*a. University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded full-time local undergraduate students will have the opportunity to experience one year of hostel life in University accommodation during their studies at the University.

*b. UGC-funded full-time non-local undergraduate students will be provided with hostel places in the University accommodation in their first year of studies. In their second year of studies, students can apply for the University accommodation, subject to availability. No University accommodation will be provided starting from their third year of studies. For details, please refer to the webpage of the Student Accommodation Section of SA.

Successful Returning Hall applicants for Residential Year 2024/25 are to be offered Student Residence places for the period below:
 
Residential Period: 27 August 2024* to 22 May 2025, both nights inclusive
 
The check-in date may also be adjusted subject to the major external wall repair at the North Tower of the Undergraduate Halls and the works at Village CARE South Block (Block 1) and East Block (Block 3). Should there be any changes in the check-in date, we will notify the successful applicants as soon as possible.
 
Requests for early check-in or late check-out will NOT be considered.
 
Student Residence offer will be recovered for students who fail to pay the Student Accommodation fees on time or check in within 7 days from the first day of the Student Residence offer period, and they will be deemed to have already stayed in the Hostels during the offer period in their future Student Residence applications.
Application Period : 25 Mar 2024, 12 noon to 8 Apr 2024, 23:59 (HK Time)
 
Late applications will NOT be accepted!
 
Eligible students should submit Student Residence applications HERE. Change of Student Residence application information is allowed before the application deadline.
 
An acknowledgement email will be sent to you shortly after you have successfully submitted or edited the Student Residence application. If you do not receive the acknowledgment email, please contact the Undergraduate Halls as soon as possible.
 
You may also view the Student Residence application procedures at the Hall Application Flow Chart.
 
Hall Marks for returning students are awarded as shown in the table below:
 
Types of Hall Marks
Marks
0 – 40
Year of Residence 2
0 mark for students resided for at least 1 year
5 marks for students resided for 1 semester
30 marks for students who never resided before
(for local students only)
0 – 20
0 – 40
Semester GPA 5 0 – 5
 
Note
  1. Based on the travelling time between the dwelling place of parents and the Student Hostels, as provided by the HKeMobility of the Transport Department. Provision of false/inaccurate home address information may lead to disqualification of Student Residence application and recovery of student accommodation offered.
  2. Successful Student Residence applicants will be deemed to have resided in the Student Hostels during the hall offer period.
  3. Information to be provided by the Office of Student Affairs and SPEH Department.
  4. The Resident Master and Residential Life Officer will be responsible for marking for applicants residing in the Student Hostels in the immediate past year based on their attributes.
  5. Applicants whose Semester GPA in their immediate past Semester is between 2.70 – 2.99 will be awarded 3 marks. Applicants whose Semester GPA in their immediate past Semester is 3.0 or above will be awarded 5 marks.
Student residence application results will be announced via email notification as scheduled below:
 
 
Non-local Students：
3 May 2024, 5pm*
Local Students:
14 Jun 2024, 5pm*
*tentative date subject to change
 
Successful student residence applicants should view their student residence allocation and room type assignment HERE. Room assignment are made by individual Halls/Residential College and will be announced HERE in early August 2024. 
 
Student Accommodation Fees for students with Full Year student accommodation offer are to be paid by approximately two equal installments and are NOT transferrable or refundable.
 
Student Accommodation Fees for 2023/24 at the Undergraduates Halls are listed below for reference:
 
Lodging Fees 

Local Students 

Non-local Students 
2-person room in a 4-person unit
$14,981.4
 $18,765.9
2-person room in a 5-person unit
$14,224.5
 $17,774.1
3-person room in a 5-person unit
$10,805.4
 $13,519.8
Student Accommodation Fees for 2024/25 at the Village CARE are listed below for reference:
 
Lodging Fees 

Local Students 

Non-local Students 
2-person room in a 4-person unit
$22,084.9*
 $27,653.2*
* subject to approval of the Student Residence Management Board

* In addition to lodging fees, all residents need to pay Caution Money ($1,000) and other miscellaneous fees as appropriate. For details, click here.
 
 

Payment Period:

 14 - 27 Jun 2024

Deferred payment of Student Accommodation Fees is not acceptable. Subject to special prior approval, a penalty of $300 will be levied on students who pay the Student Accommodation Fees after deadline.

Payment Method
A Student Accommodation Fee debit note will be posted in the BUniPort. Please make sure you have input:
 
1. Bill type, and
2. Debit note number
 
during your payment process. Direct transfer of money to University bank account is NOT considered as successful payment. Please click HERE for detailed payment methods. You should keep good custody of the payment record and be able to present it upon request.
Applicants on the waiting list and unsuccessful applicants may submit a Student Accommodation Appeal Application by the following deadlines:
 
  1. Non-local Students: 9 May 2024, 5 pm
  2. Local Students: 20 June 2024, 5 pm

Late submission of appeal application will not be considered.  

Student Accommodation Appeal Application forms are available through the links below:

Non-local Students: HERE
Local Students: HERE

All personal data collected and retained will be used for processing applications, statistical analysis, management of student residences including the enforcement of all its related rules, promotion of activities and notifications, contacting residents and their parents/guardian in case of emergency and such other purposes permissible under the Privacy Policy Statement and Personal Information Collection Statement of the University. Please click HERE for details.  You have the right to request access to or correct your personal data kept by the University by logging into the University Cyber Port System (BUniPort) and contacting the relevant Departmental Personal Data Privacy Manager.