Exchange Students
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Successful Student Residence applicants are to be offered Student Residence places according to their exchange period.
Exchange Periods |
Residential Periods |
Full Academic Year 2024/25 |
26 Aug 2024 to 21 May 2025 (check out by 12 noon/3:00 pm on 22 May 2025) |
Fall Semester 2024 |
26 Aug to 22 Dec 2024 (check out by 12 noon on 23 Dec 2024) |
Exchange students who consider applying for exchange study in the Hong Kong Baptist University should take into account the residential period when planning their flight schedule. If you plan to arrive to Hong Kong earlier than the first residence day or continue to stay in Hong Kong after the check-out day, you should plan for your own accommodation in advance. Requests for early check-in or late check-out will NOT be considered.
Exchange Period Full Year and Fall Semester Exchange |
Application Period 10, 12 noon - 19 Jul 2024, 23:59(Hong Kong Time) |
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 Student Accommodation Section as soon as possible.
Student Residence application result including hostel allocation and room type assignment will be announced via email notification in August
for Full Year and Fall Semester exchange students.
Room assignment results will be announced upon check-in.
Lodging Fees for students with 2024 Fall Semester or 2024/25 Full Year student accommodation offer are NOT transferrable or refundable.
Lodging Fees for Residential Year 2024/25 are listed below for reference:
Lodging Fees at Undergraduate Halls
|
Exchange Students |
Exchange Students |
2-person room in a 4-person unit |
$9,412.9 |
$21,277.9 |
2-person room in a 5-person unit^ |
$8,913.1 |
$20,148.1 |
Lodging Fees at Village CARE
|
Exchange Students |
Exchange Students |
2-person room in a 4-person unit |
$12,233.2 |
$27,653.2 |
* In addition to lodging fees, all residents need to pay Caution Money ($1,000). For details, click here.
Payment Period: |
29 Aug - 18 Sep 2024 |
Deferred payment of Lodging Fees is not acceptable. Subject to special prior approval, a penalty of $300 will be levied on students who pay the Lodging Fees after deadline.
Payment Method
A Lodging 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.
All personal data collected and retained will be used for processing applications, statistical analysis, management of student residence 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 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.