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Scholarships / Awards for Undergraduate Students of the Faculty of Social Sciences

No.

Name

Descriptions/ Eligibility

No. of Recipients

Amount per Recipient

Application Method

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Prof. Jerry W. Barrett Scholarship
白智理教授獎學金

Final year student with outstanding academic performance, shuffled between Arts / Science / Social Science.

1

Around HK$7,000

by Faculty selection

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Social Sciences Scholarship for Academic Excellence
社會科學院獎學金(學術優異)

Social sciences students with outstanding academic performance in their first year of study. For details, please click here.

no fixed quota

HK$4,000

by Faculty selection

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Social Sciences Scholarship for Best Academic Improvement
社會科學院獎學金(學術進步)

Social Sciences student with the most improved cGPA scores obtained in their study within a year.

1

HK$4,000

by Faculty selection

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Social Sciences Scholarship for Community Action
社會科學院獎學金(社會服務)

Social sciences students with excellent performance in community service. For details, please click here.

no fixed quota

HK$4,000

by Faculty selection

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Social Sciences Scholarship for Global Exchange
社會科學院獎學金(國際交流)

Social sciences students participating in approved foreign exchange programme. For details, please click here.

no fixed quota

HK$4,000

by Faculty selection

Global and China Studies Programme

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Madam Chow Leung Oi Scholarship
梁愛女士獎學金

Year 2 or above China Studies students with academic merits and outstanding participation in activities related to the programme

2

HK$10,000

by department nomination

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Prof. Tsang Shu-ki Memorial Scholarship

BSSc China Studies – Economics students with outstanding academic performance (cGPA 3.00 or above) who demonstrate outstanding skills in independent thinking, have strong sense of intellectual curiosity and commitment to community services. Past recipients of the same scholarship are not eligible.

Max. 4

HK$8,000

by department nomination

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Shun Hing Group Scholarship 

信興集團獎學金

Final year China Studies student with outstanding academic achievements

1

HK$18,750

by department nomination

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Simon Suen Foundation Scholarship in Chinese Cultural Studies
孫少文基金會中華文化獎學金

Full-time Year 2 or above China Studies students with good academic performance, good personality and excellent non-academic achievements.

2

HK$10,000

by department nomination

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Wei Lun Foundation China Studies Scholarship
偉倫基金中研獎學金

Final year students in China Studies with good academic performance

4 (1 award for each option)

HK$8,000

by department nomination

*Scholarships for BSSc China Studies – History students are listed under Department of History below.

European Studies Programme

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Prof. Dr. Gerd Schwandner & Dr. Annette Schwandner Scholarship

Year 3 student from the European Studies programme who will spend his/her third year of studies in Germany

1

EUR1,000

by department nomination

Department of Education Studies

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Au Bak Ling Charity Trust – Scholarship Scheme
區百齡慈善基金會 – 獎學金計劃

Full-time undergraduates majoring in Education who study specifically to become teachers, and have outstanding academic achievements, financial needs and regard the teaching profession in Hong Kong as their life-long career.

no fixed quota

HK$10,000

open application

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Lei Yue Mun Hoi Bun School Scholarships
鯉魚門海濱學校獎學金

Undergraduate or postgraduate students of Education Programme who is enthusiastic about education, active in participation in extra curricular activities, and good academically (GPA over 3.00). Preference will be given to students with financial needs.

2

Around HK$12,000

by department nomination

Department of Geography

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HK Electric Scholarship 
港燈獎學金

- Local Year 3 Geography (Energy / Environment Studies) undergraduate who achieved a cGPA over 3.0 or above. 
- An internship opportunity may be offered to the awardee by the Donor at its own discretion. He/she may choose to accept this offer.
- Awardee will be invited to attend the Joint Award Ceremony to be held by the Donor.

1

HK$10,000

by department nomination

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Luk Yin Memorial Scholarship陸賢紀念獎學金

Outstanding student in Geography major

1

HK$5,000

by department nomination

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Mrs Leung Tong Pom-Sum Memorial Scholarship
梁唐本琛女士紀念獎學金

Geography undergraduate students with academic merit

2

HK$5,000

by department nomination

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Paul CK Wong Memorial Fund
黃鎮強紀念獎學金

Geography undergraduate student(s) who is/are: (1) Physically challenged with a good academic record and nominated by Department; (2) In the absence of (1), other undergraduate(s) in the Faculty Social Science who are physically challenged with a good academic record and nominated by Faculty; 3) In the absence of (1) and (2), Geography undergradaute student(s) with an outstanding academic record or with excellent extra-curricular services to the community.

up to 3

HK$5,000

by department/faculty nomination

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The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Hong Kong Dissertation Scholarship

This competitive award is given to undergraduate students to assist with their honours project research.

no fixed quota

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Wong May Wai Esther Scholarship for Outstanding Geography Students
黃美慧女士獎學金

Full-time undergraduate students from the Department of Geography, with GPA of 3.00 or above and  substantial financial needs

2

HK$5,000

by department nomination

Department of History

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Class of 1985 30th Anniversary Scholarship
1985屆畢業30周年誌慶獎學金

Outstanding undergraduate and MPhil/PhD students of the Department of History who have participated in an exchange experience within their period of study.

2

Around HK$6,000

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: Alumna Esther May Wai Wong Scholarship
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:黃美慧校友獎學金

Outstanding year 2 or above History student who has achieved a cGPA of 3.00 or above and has demonstrated the biggest improvement on GPA obtained in the second semester compared with the first semester in the same academic year.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: Alumnus Dr. Jonathan K C Choi Scholarship (for students returned from exchanges in Mainland China)
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:校友蔡國贊博士獎學金(中國大陸學府交流)

Outstanding non-final year history student who has obtained the highest cGPA by the end of the second semester of the previous academic year, among all students returned from exchanges in universities located in Mainland China within the same academic year.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: Alumnus Dr. Jonathan K C Choi Scholarship (for students returned from exchanges in Taiwan)
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:校友蔡國贊博士獎學金(臺灣學府交流)

Outstanding non-final year history student who has obtained the highest cGPA by the end of the second semester of the previous academic year, among all students returned from exchanges in universities located in Taiwan within the same academic year.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: Dr. Soo Kim Lan Scholarship
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:蘇金蘭醫生獎學金

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest Semester GPA in the first semester of his/her Year 3.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: Professor Hsiao Tso Liang Memorial Scholarship (for students returned from exchanges in Europe) 
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:蕭作梁老師紀念獎學金(歐洲學府交流)

Outstanding non-final year History student who has achieved the highest cGPA by the end of the second semester of the previous academic year, among all students returned from exchanges in universities located in Europe within the same academic year.

1

approx. HK$5,000

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: Professor Hsiao Tso Liang Memorial Scholarship (for students returned from exchanges in the United States)
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:蕭作梁老師紀念獎學金(美國學府交流)

Outstanding non-final year History student who has achieved the highest cGPA by the end of the second semester of the previous academic year, among all students returned from exchanges in universities located in the United States within the same academic year

1

approx. HK$5,000

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: Professor Robin D. S. Yates and Professor Grace S. Fong Scholarship  
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:葉山方秀潔教授伉儷奬學金

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest cGPA in the second semester of his/her Year 3, as well as accumulated the highest number of HIST/CHSH course units in Asian and Canadian history.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: The Herodotus Award
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:希羅多德獎

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest semester GPA in the second semester of his/her Year 3.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: The Sima Qian and Ban Gu Award
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:馬班獎

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest semester GPA in the first semester of each academic year.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: The Spring and Autumn Annals Award
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:《春秋》獎

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest semester GPA in the second semester of his/her Year 3.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: The W & T Award (for students returned from exchanges in Asia, except Mainland China and Taiwan)
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:W & T獎 (亞洲學府交流【中國大陸及台灣除外】)

Outstanding non-final year History student who has achieved the highest cGPA by the end of the second semester of the previous academic year, among all students returned from exchanges in universities located in Asian countries other than Mainland China and Taiwan within the same academic year.

1

approx. HK$3,200

by department nomination

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Department of History 40th Anniversary Scholarship: The Wei Yuan and Xu Jiyu Award (for students returned from exchanges in Canada, Australia, or any country in South America and Africa)
歷史系四十周年誌慶獎學金:魏源徐繼畬獎(加拿大、澳洲、南美或非洲學府交流)

Outstanding non-final year History student who has achieved the highest cGPA by the end of the second semester of the previous academic year, among all students returned from exchanges in universities located in Canada, Australia, or any country in South America and Africa within the same academic year.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Ding Richang Scholarship 
丁日昌獎學金

Outstanding students in History who has achieved the highest cGPA after the first semester.

2

Around HK$6,000

by department nomination

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Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Lau Scholarship
劉聚富博士伉儷獎學金

3rd year student with the best academic performance in the second year of undergraduate study in any one of the programmes offered by the History Department.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Dr. Arthur Lau Award in Gender History
劉聚富博士性別史論文獎

Final year undergraduates who demonstrate excellent knowledge of and insight on gender history, preferably within the pre-modern era. Recipients should have produced outstanding Hons. Projects on gender history and have enrolled in any one of the programmes offered by the History Department.

1

HK$2,000

by department nomination

# Dr. James A. Stewart Jr. Memorial Scholarship
James A. Stewart Jr.老師紀念獎學金
Final year student among the among the top performers (as defined by the cGPA of the second semester) who has accumulated the highest number of HIST course units in Western history.  1 no fixed amount by department nomination
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Dr. James A. Stewart Jr. Scholarship

James A. Stewart Jr.老師獎學金
Outstanding year 2 history student with financial needs. The awardee should not hold any other department-based scholarship in the same semester. 1 no fixed amount by department nomination

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Dr. Tan Siu Lin Scholarship
陳守仁博士獎學金

Newly declared undergraduate students of the History majors in any programme offered by the Department of History who have achieved the best entrance results obtained from their first year of study at HKBU.

5

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Esri China (Hong Kong) Prize in Spatial History
Esri China (Hong Kong) 空間史研究科目獎

Outstanding individual student(s) or a student group from the who attained the highest score in HIST 4207 Special Topics in Asian History (actual course title: Introduction to Spatial History). The students are asked to create their own spatial history projects and they are trained to use the relevant Geographical Information System software and web tools.

1

HK$10,000

by department nomination

# HKBU History Alumni Association Founding Scholarship
浸大歷史系校友會成立誌慶獎學金
Outstanding History student who is one of the top ten students based on the cGPA of the second semester in the academic year. Eligible student should have completed recognized online courses with certificates of completion presented; have taken internships including paid/unpaid and credit-bearing/non-credit-bearing opportunities provided by the Office of Student Affairs and/or Faculty of Social Sciences. Self-arranged internships could be considered case by case upon evidence. 1 no fixed amount by department nomination

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HKBU Scholarship in Historical Studies
香港浸會大學歷史學獎學金

Fourth year History student who has achieved the best academic results in semester 2 of his or her third year of undergraduate studies. The recipient of this annual scholarship must have enrolled in any one of the programmes offered by the History Department

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Madam Shao Shu Lung Memorial Scholarship
蕭瑞麟女士紀念獎學金

Student who has achieved the best academic results in his or her first year of undergraduate studies in any one of the programmes offered by the History Department

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Mr. Liu Chia Chu Memorial Scholarship
劉家駒老師紀念獎學金

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest cGPA in the first semester of his/her Year 4 study.

1

Around HK$5,500

by department nomination

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Mr. Rocky Sung Scholarship
宋韶光老師獎學金

Year 2 students in any major program offered by the Department of History who have achieved the highest semester GPA respectively in the first & second semester of each academic year.

2

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Prof. Chow Kai Wing Scholarship
周佳榮老師獎學金

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest Semester GPA in the first semester of his/her Year 4.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Prof. Lam Kai Yin Scholarship 
林啟彥老師獎學金

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest cGPA in the first semester of his/her Year 2 study.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Prof. Lee Kam Keung Scholarship 
李金強老師獎學金

Outstanding History student who has achieved the highest cGPA in the first semester of his/her Year 3 study.

1

no fixed amount

by department nomination

Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health

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Athletic Awards
體育獎

Students with good athletic performance and satisfactory academic record, as recommended by the Head of Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health.

no fixed quota

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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Chow Hung Piu Athletic Scholarship

Student of the Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health with outstanding sport achievements and good academic achievements.

1

Around HK$4,500

by department nomination

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Dr. Stephen Hui Scholarships for Sports and Overseas Internship
許士芬博士運動及海外實習獎學金

Sport and PE majored students who have demonstrated athletic and academic excellence as well as good track record of community services.  Five to ten sponsorships are available to PERM Programme overseas internship for students with financial needs and good performance in internship.

no fixed quota

no fixed amount

by department nomination

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 Dr. Stephen Hui – Physical Education & Recreation Management Scholarship
許士芬博士康體科獎學金

- Two awards to first year students (1 male and 1 female) who achieved the best academic results in semester 1
- One award to a final year student who achieved the highest cGPA upon graduation
- One award to a final year student who produced the best Honour Project
- One award to a local student who attained a cGPA of 3.00 or above from at least 3 semesters with financial needs and good track record of sport related community services

5

Around HK$10,000

by department nomination

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Edmond & Tony Yue Sports Scholarship
余氏國賢國樑體育獎學金

Students studying the BA (Hons) in Physical Education and Recreation Management programme with outstanding sport and academic performance.

2

HK$10,000

by department nomination

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Ng Ching Fai & Angeline Ng Scholarship
吳清輝郭蜀華獎學金

A student from the Department of Music or the Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health annually in alternate. The student should be of good academic standing and has significant accomplishments as well as contributions to the Department and/or the University.

1

Around HK$10,000

by department nomination

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Waterfall Sports Scholarship

Students studying the BA (Hons) in Physical Education and Recreation Management with excellent internship performance.

 2

HK$5,000

by department nomination

# Shum Lam Kam Chu Sport, Physical Education and Health Scholarship
沈林金珠體育、運動及健康學獎學金
Year 2 or above students studying in BA (Hons) in Physical Education and Recreation Management with a cGPA of 3.00 or above 1 HK$12,000 by department nomination

Department of Sociology

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Dr. William D. Hackett Memorial Prize in Sociology
夏慧欽博士紀念社會學獎

Final year students from BSocSc in Sociology or BSocSc in Sociology and BEd in LST with academic excellence and personal integrity. The students are selected by the teaching staff in a Department-wide voting exercise. For details, please click here.

2

Around HK$3,000

by department nomination

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Dr. Siu Yat-ming Scholarship
邵一鳴博士獎學金

Year 2 student under the 4-year curriculum, with highest cumulative GPA at the end of Year 1.

1

Around HK$5,000

by department nomination

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Paul & Martha Hackett Memorial Scholarship
夏保羅先生夫人紀念獎學金

Outstanding Year 3 Sociology student who has achieved good academic performance, served as a positive role model for peers in active learning, and provided dedicated service to the community

1

Around HK$3,000

by department nomination

Department of Social Work

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Ada S.H. Li Social Work Practicum Scholarship
李信卿社工教育實習獎學金

Full-time local undergraduate or postgraduate Social Work students with outstanding academic performance, personal qualities and non-academic achievements

15

at least HK$5,000

by department nomination

# Dr. Yeung Wing On and Ms. Esther Wong May Wai Scholarship
楊永安博士黃美慧女士獎學金
Local undergraduate or postgraduate student with financial needs, who have a good academic standing (a latest cGPA of 3.00 or above), demonstrate strong passion for and great commitment to social work. 1 HK$5,000 by department nomination

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HSBC Social Work Scholarship Scheme

Full-time local undergraduates in Social Work with good academic performance and are committed to a career as social workers.

10

HK$25,000

by department nomination

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Madam Esther M.W. Wong Scholarship
黃美慧女士獎學金

Full-time local undergraduate or postgraduate Social Work students with outstanding academic performance, financial needs, personal qualities and non-academic achievements

3

HK$5,000

by department nomination

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Mr. Ho Chi Wong Memorial Scholarship
何智煌先生紀念獎學金

Year 2 or above undergraduate of Social Work with outstanding academic achievements and community services.

1

Around HK$9,000

by department nomination

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Paul & Martha Hackett Memorial Scholarship
夏保羅先生夫人紀念獎學金

Outstanding Year 2 or 3 Social Work student who has achieved good academic performance, served as a positive role model for peers in active learning, and provided dedicated service to the community

1

HK$3,000

by department nomination

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Rev. Lawrence Chu Best Social Work Fieldwork Practice Scholarship
朱亮基牧師優秀社會工作實習獎學金

Local undergraduate students who have good academic and fieldwork performance as well as demonstrate strong passion for and great commitment to social work

2

HK$5,000

by department nomination