Medicine

HKU School of Nursing Summer Programme for Secondary Students

✍️Description: A multi-day summer programme for S4–S5 students giving a taste of nursing study through lectures, clinical skills workshops, VR/simulation lab experience, and a visit to Queen Mary Hospital. Some editions include a high table dinner and overnight stay in university hall to simulate student life

🤷Eligibility: S4–S5 / Year 11–12 / Grade 10–11 students interested in nursing

💵Cost: HK$2,700 for the 2026 edition; covers teaching, materials, and scheduled activities

Hospital Authority / HA‑linked Nursing Pathway Talks & Open Days

✍️Description: HA and partner hospitals run talks, open days, and career expos introducing nursing and allied health careers, often with Q&A sessions, ward tours, and information on local training pathways and HA recruitment

🤷Eligibility: Open to secondary students; some events target S4–S6 specifically

💵Cost: Free to attend

Hong Kong Red Cross Nursing Cadets

✍️Description: A long-term youth programme where secondary students train in first aid, health promotion, and community nursing support, wearing uniform and taking part in drills, camps, and public duties. This builds practical caregiving skills and service experience valued in health-related applications

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students (typically S1–S6) who join a Red Cross Youth Unit; no prior medical experience needed

💵Cost: Low membership fee; training and many activities subsidised or free.

🚦Status: Ongoing programme; new intakes usually at the start of the school year.

 Red Cross Youth Units

✍️Description:

A long-term youth programme where secondary students train in first aid, health promotion, and community nursing support, wearing uniform and taking part in drills, camps, and public duties. This builds practical caregiving skills and service experience valued in health-related applications

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students 

💵Cost: Low membership fee

🚦Status: Ongoing programme; new intakes usually at the start of the school year

HKUMedify (HKU Medicine for Youth)

✍️Description: HKU LKS Faculty of Medicine’s youth programme offering masterclasses, workshops, hospital/clinic visits, and hands-on taster sessions across medicine, nursing, Chinese medicine, orthopaedics, and public health. Programmes are tiered by year group (e.g. First Step to Medicine for S3–S4, Summer Immersion Programme for S5)

🤷Eligibility: S3–S5 students (details vary by stream); some streams are exclusive to members of HKU’s Academy for the Talented

💵Cost: Typically a few hundred HKD (e.g. HK$300–$500 for some past editions)

🚦Status: Annual summer programme series; registration usually opens in spring for July/August intakes

CUHK Summer Clinical Attachment Programme (SCAP)

✍️Description:

A short clinical attachment for senior secondary students at CUHK-affiliated hospitals/clinics, where participants shadow doctors, observe consultations, attend case discussions, and learn about medical specialties and the application process to medicine

🤷Eligibility: S5–S6 students interested in medicine; selection is competitive and often requires a school nomination or application form

💵Cost: HKD$1,000-2,000

🚦Status: Annual summer programme; applications typically open in the first half of the year

Studying Medicine in Hong Kong guide

✍️Description: An official online guide covering entry requirements, curriculum structure, selection process, and career pathways for medicine in Hong Kong, aimed at helping students decide whether to apply and how to prepare their profile

🤷Eligibility: All prospective medical students and interested secondary students

💵Cost: Free

🚦Status: Continuously updated online resource

Hospital Authority Volunteer Services (general)

✍️Description: HA’s general hospital volunteer programme where students assist with non-clinical duties such as patient support, information desk services, and event support, helping them understand hospital operations and build patient-facing experience

🤷Eligibility: Usually S3 or above; (15+) each hospital has its own age and time-commitment requirements

💵Cost: Free; training provided

🚦Status: Ongoing recruitment at individual HA hospitals

Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital Volunteer Service (HA)

✍️Description: Hospital-based volunteering at a HA facility, where students support wards and departments with non-clinical tasks (e.g. escorting patients, assisting with activities, administrative help), gaining exposure to an acute hospital environment

🤷Eligibility: S3 or above, subject to hospital policy and interview

💵Cost: Free

🚦Status: Ongoing; applications through hospital volunteer office

Hong Kong Baptist Hospital Voluntary Services

✍️Description: A hospital volunteer programme at a private, non-profit hospital where students help with patient companionship, activity support, and front-line services, building communication and empathy skills valued in health-related degrees

🤷Eligibility: Secondary students (often S3+); application and interview required

💵Cost: Free; some roles may require a small deposit or uniform fee

🚦Status: Ongoing recruitment; training provided before duties start

Tseung Kwan O Hospital Volunteer Group (TKOH, HA)

✍️Description: A school-linked or community-based volunteer group associated with Tseung Kwan O Hospital, where students participate in hospital visits, health talks, and volunteer duties that expose them to clinical settings and community health work

🤷Eligibility: Usually S3–S6 students; may require school or teacher referral.

💵Cost: Free

🚦Status: Ongoing during school year; details via school career team or hospital volunteer office

Castle Peak Hospital Summer Student Volunteer Programme (Psychiatry, HA)

✍️Description: A short summer programme for secondary students focusing on mental health and psychiatric care, combining talks, ward visits, and volunteer-style activities to demystify psychiatry and introduce mental health careers

🤷Eligibility: S4–S6 students interested in medicine or psychology; limited places

💵Cost: Free

🚦Status: Annual summer programme; applications open in spring

Greater Bay Area Medical Experience Camp (HKU & HKU‑Shenzhen Hospital)

✍️Description: 

A 5-day cross-border medical camp at HKU‑Shenzhen Hospital with facility tours (ED, OR, outpatient), interactions with medical staff, visits to HKU, and exposure to Greater Bay Area healthcare systems

🤷Eligibility: Students aged 16+ from Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area; selection is competitive

💵Cost: Not stated on the public page; typically subsidised or low-cost for selected participants

🚦Status: Run in summer phases (e.g. July–August); applications usually open in spring

MedStart by AMSAHK (Asian Medical Students’ Association Hong Kong)

✍️Description: 

A 2-day medical immersion event with disaster medicine workshops, clinical skills training, and lectures by university professors, designed to give S4–S6 students a realistic taste of medical study and practice

🤷Eligibility: S4–S6 students interested in medicine; no prior medical experience required

💵Cost: Typically a few hundred HKD (varies by year and edition)

🚦Status: Annual; dates vary, usually in the school year or summer

CU CHAMPION (Community Health & Medication Safety Promotion)

✍️Description: 

A CUHK-run community health outreach programme where high school students are trained in basic health advocacy, medication safety, and disease prevention, then carry out outreach activities for the community (e.g. elderly education)

🤷Eligibility: S4–S6 students interested in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, or public health; selection via application

💵Cost: Free or low-cost; training and materials provided

🚦Status: Ongoing across the school year; new cohorts recruited periodically

Clinical Reasoning & Medicine Case Competition

✍️Description: 

A case-based competition where teams analyse clinical scenarios under mentorship from practicing doctors, building clinical reasoning, teamwork, and presentation skills relevant to medicine and health careers.

🤷Eligibility: Secondary students (often S5–S6/Y12-Y13) with an interest in medicine; may allow individual or team entries

💵Cost: Registration fee of HKD$5,600 (Early bird fee of HKD$4,200)

🚦Status: Periodic; run by education providers or medical societies on an annual or semi-annual basis.

Hong Kong Innohealth Cup 

✍️Description: A health innovation competition organised by HKUMed where students form teams to develop innovative biomedical technical solutions addressing real-world issues. Students showcase their project through posters in a project exhibition, where semi-finalists have the opportunity to work with an academic member of HKUMED and finalists present their projects to a panel of HKUMed Professors

🤷Eligibility: Secondary School Students in Hong Kong in S4-S5 only, each team consists of 3-4 students from the same secondary school, led by a teacher

💵Cost: 

Individual Student (Early Bird): HKD 320 per student.

Individual Student (Final/Regular): HKD 350 per student.

Bundle Rate (Group of 3 or more): HKD 300 per student.

🚦Status:

Application deadline tends to fall around January.

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Volunteering Services 

✍️Description: Year-round volunteering opportunities across the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals patient resource centre. Volunteers support patient visits, outpatient services, administrative tasks and community outreach. Volunteers must complete required training and state their availability

🤷Eligibility: Open to all Secondary School students

💵Cost: 

Free

🚦Status:

Rolling Applications

HKU Global Medical Innovation and Biomedical Sciences Academy 

✍️Description: A two-week summer program offering a multidisciplinary, international perspective on global health and biomedical science where participants engage with leading HKUMed professors face to face in the UK for valuable international exposure. The curriculum culminates in a group competition where students put what they have learned through lectures and workshops into practice

🤷Eligibility: S4-S5 students in Hong Kong, with an IELTS score of 6.5 or an equivalent qualification.

💵Cost: 

$48,000 HKD Program fee, scholarship of 9000 for HKU Academy

🚦Status:

Application deadline usually takes place at the end of March, with the program taking place over 2 weeks in July. Interviews for this program may be scheduled

Hong Kong Brain Bee Competition

✍️Description: A neuroscience competition comprising a written quiz, final contest and meeting with professors for Hong Kong secondary school students where participants are tested on challenging topics, including neuroanatomy, histology and clinical neurology. The Hong Kong champion receives the chance to represent the city at the International Brain Bee World Championship

🤷Eligibility: Secondary School Students in Hong Kong aged 14-18. Each school can nominate up to 20 students

💵Cost: 

Free

🚦Status:

Invitation emails will be sent to schools to nominate their students for registration. Interested biology or science teachers can emailhkbrainbee@gmail.com for the nomination form. The first stage of the competition takes place around March

HKU Taster @ Dentistry (HKU Taster Programme)

✍️Description: A short taster experience in the Faculty of Dentistry, including lab demonstrations, simulation clinics, and lectures introducing dentistry training and career options.

🤷Eligibility: S4–S6 students considering dentistry.

💵Cost: Typically a small fee (historically a few hundred HKD) or free depending on the specific year

🚦Status: Periodic; run a few times a year or as part of broader HKU taster events.

To be a Dentist – Taster Programme for Dentistry Study (HKMA / HKU SPACE‑type course)

✍️Description: A short course or taster series introducing dentistry through lectures, hands-on workshops (e.g. impression-taking, tooth models), and careers talks, aimed at helping students decide if dentistry suits them and how to prepare for dental school

🤷Eligibility: Senior secondary students (S4–S6); open to all interested in healthcare

💵Cost: Usually a few thousand HKD depending on provider and length

🚦Status: Occasional short courses; check HKMA, HKU SPACE, and private providers

Happy Dental Outreach Services Volunteer Group

✍️Description: A student volunteer group that supports dental outreach and oral health promotion activities, assisting with event setup, health talks, and patient interaction under supervision, building service experience relevant to dentistry applications

🤷Eligibility: Secondary students interested in dentistry or community service; may require an application and training

💵Cost: Free; students may need to cover travel

🚦Status: Ongoing; run by dental students or NGOs

HKU Medical and Healthcare Academy for the Talented – Dentistry track

✍️Description: An enrichment track for academically strong students interested in medicine and dentistry, offering advanced lectures, workshops, and mentorship focused on oral health, clinical dentistry, and research in these areas

🤷Eligibility: Academic selection; usually S3–S5 students identified via school nomination or HKU Academy processes

💵Cost: Subsidised or free; some activities may require a small fee

🚦Status: Runs across the school year with periodic sessions; part of HKU Academy for the Talented

HKU Biomedical Sciences Summer Academy

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Description: Research or lab-based internships and project opportunities for senior secondary students, involving bench work, data collection, and exposure to biomedical research topics under supervision of HKU staff and postgraduates

🤷Eligibility: S5–S6 with strong science background; often requires direct contact with supervisors or participation in linked summer programmes

💵Cost: Usually unpaid; some may be free, others may require a small admin fee depending on programme format

🚦Status: Opportunities vary by year; some are arranged via HKUMedify, Academy for the Talented, or direct supervisor contact

CityUHK Biological Science Summer Camp

✍️Description: A multi-day summer camp at City University of Hong Kong exposing students to biological and biomedical sciences through lab work, talks, and group projects, aimed at helping them explore university-level life science study

🤷Eligibility: S4–S6 students interested in biological sciences, biomedicine, or related fields

💵Cost: Varies; often a few thousand HKD, sometimes with scholarships or subsidies

🚦Status: Annual summer camp; applications open in the first half of the year.

HKUMedify

✍️Description: HKU LKS Faculty of Medicine’s youth programme offering masterclasses, workshops, hospital/clinic visits, and hands-on taster sessions across medicine, nursing, Chinese medicine, orthopaedics, and public health. Programmes are tiered by year group (e.g. First Step to Medicine for S3–S4, Summer Immersion Programme for S5)

🤷Eligibility: S3–S5 students (details vary by stream); some streams are exclusive to members of HKU’s Academy for the Talented

💵Cost: Typically a few hundred HKD (e.g. HK$300–$500 for some past editions)

🚦Status: Annual summer programme series; registration usually opens in spring for July/August intakes

HKU School of Biomedical Sciences internships

✍️Description: A structured summer internship scheme for undergraduate students in biomedical sciences and bioinformatics, offering local research placements in HKU labs, overseas research attachments, and industry internships in biotech, health-tech, and related sectors

🤷Eligibility: Primarily HKU BSc (Bioinformatics) and BBiomedSc students in Years 1–3; some opportunities may be open to other HKU science students or external applicants via specific schemes

💵Cost: Generally free for enrolled HKU students; many placements are subsidised or paid (e.g. guaranteed paid summer internships). External short-term research roles may vary

🚦Status: Annual summer intake (typically June–August); applications usually open in spring, with some year-round research assistant roles posted on the SBMS “Join Us” page