Local & Non-local Returning Students
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- Returning Students
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 with Second Semester 2024/25 Student Residence Offer Only: Nov 2024 (Except Freshmen and Final Year Students who never resided in the Student Residence)
All residents with Second Semester student residence offer only (except Freshmen and Final Year Students who never resided in the Student Residence) will need to obtain a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the First Semester of 2024/25. Those who fail to do so will still be allowed to stay in the Student Residence but their Student Residence application for Residential Year 2025/26, if any, will be subject to a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the Second Semester of 2024/25.
For residents who fail to obtain a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the First Semester of 2024/25 AND a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 or above for the Second Semester of 2024/25, their student residence applications for Residential Year 2025/26 will not be considered.
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:
- 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.
Types of Hall Marks
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Marks
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0 – 40
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Year of Residence 2
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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)
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0 – 20
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0 – 40
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Semester GPA 5 | 0 – 5 |
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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.
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Successful Student Residence applicants will be deemed to have resided in the Student Hostels during the hall offer period.
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Information to be provided by the Office of Student Affairs and SPEH Department.
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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.
- 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.
Non-local Students:
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3 May 2024, 5pm*
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Local Students:
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14 Jun 2024, 5pm*
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Lodging Fees
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Local Students |
Non-local Students |
2-person room in a 4-person unit
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$16,973.9
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$21,277.9 |
2-person room in a 5-person unit
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$16,140
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$20,148.1 |
3-person room in a 5-person unit
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$12,239.5
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$15,333 |
Lodging Fees
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Local Students |
Non-local Students |
2-person room in a 4-person unit
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$22,084.9
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$27,653.2 |
* 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: |
19 Jun - 2 Jul 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.
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