SCHOLARSHIPS

✍️Description: Government-funded scholarship for outstanding students studying in publicly funded post-secondary programmes in Hong Kong

🤷Eligibility: Full-time local or non-local students in publicly funded sub-degree, undergraduate, and above programmes

🏆What it covers: Cash award / scholarship support

🚦Status: Open / active scheme

✍️Description: Recognition award for students with special educational needs who show strong academic and personal achievement.

🤷Eligibility: Full-time publicly funded undergraduate and postgraduate students with SEN

🏆What it covers: One-off grant of HK$15,000.

🚦Status: Applications are usually accepted in Nov/Dec each year

✍️Description: Merit-based entrance scholarships for newly admitted HKU undergraduate students

🤷Eligibility: Outstanding students admitted to HKU; selection is based on academic merit

🏆What it covers: Entrance scholarship support; amount depends on the specific award

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Merit scholarships for strong-performing students at Hong Kong Baptist University

🤷Eligibility: Students meeting academic performance requirements at HKBU

🏆What it covers: Scholarship support / awards for academic excellence

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarships for academic excellence and, in some cases, student contributions and talents

🤷Eligibility: Continuing CUHK students, usually Year 2–4; some awards may also consider financial need

🏆What it covers: Typically around HK$10,000 for many awards; subject-specific awards vary

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarship for outstanding undergraduates with leadership and commitment to Hong Kong

🤷Eligibility: Students from economies in transition who show excellence and leadership

🏆What it covers: Scholarship award; details vary by year

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: HKU scholarship for strong students from Nigeria with financial needs

🤷Eligibility: Outstanding students from Nigeria entering HKU undergraduate study

🏆What it covers: Entrance Scholarship support ($HK282,000)

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Recognition award for students with special educational needs who show strong academic and personal achievement

🤷Eligibility: Full-time publicly funded undergraduate and postgraduate students with SEN

🏆What it covers: One-off grant of HK$15,000.

🚦Status: Applications are usually accepted in Nov/Dec each year

✍️Description: Widely used Hong Kong scholarship / award fund for further studies

🤷Eligibility: Dependent on the specific award type and academic level

🏆What it covers: Scholarships and awards for further study

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Hong Kong Government means-tested grant and loan scheme for students in publicly funded tertiary programmes

🤷Eligibility: Full-time students with right of abode in Hong Kong or three years’ continuous residence; excludes student visa holders

🏆What it covers: Means-tested grant and loan to help cover tuition and living costs

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Government means-tested financial assistance for self-financing post-secondary degree students

🤷Eligibility: Students enrolled in eligible self-financing post-secondary programmes

🏆What it covers: Means-tested grant and loan support for tuition and living expenses

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Grant to support students with disabilities or special educational needs with financial need

🤷Eligibility: Students with disabilities or SEN who demonstrate financial need

🏆What it covers: Financial grant for education-related expenses

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Official funding and aid routes for students in post-secondary education, including means-tested and non-means-tested assistance

🤷Eligibility: Depends on the specific scheme and financial situation

🏆What it covers: Financial assistance, loans, and scholarship options

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Interest-free loans to support expenses for living in hall or student residences

🤷Eligibility: Full-time students with financial need

🏆What it covers: Interest-free loan for accommodation costs

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: University emergency financial assistance for students facing sudden financial difficulties

🤷Eligibility: Students with urgent financial needs due to sudden changes in family circumstances, late availability of other resources, or unexpected expenses

🏆What it covers: Emergency financial support

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Entry scholarships for students admitted with an International Baccalaureate Diploma

🤷Eligibility: Local or eligible applicants entering HKU with IB Diploma qualifications and strong results

🏆What it covers: Entrance scholarship support; amount depends on award

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Automatic academic scholarship for local students entering PolyU with IB Diploma results

🤷Eligibility: Local school leavers taking the IB Diploma examination at their first attempt and meeting PolyU entrance requirements

🏆What it covers:  Scholarship award for admission excellence; amount depends on the IB score and scheme rules

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Entry scholarships for applicants entering HKU with A-Level or International A-Level results.

🤷Eligibility: Students with the required A-Level qualifications and strong academic performance.

🏆What it covers: Entrance scholarship support; amount depends on scheme.

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description:  Financial support for students connected to Hong Kong’s agriculture, agricultural products marketing, marine fisheries

🤷Eligibility: Secondary 4 to 6 students in full-time Hong Kong secondary schools; must have Hong Kong right of abode or have lived legally in Hong Kong continuously for three completed years

🏆What it covers: Scholarship award for senior secondary education; amount and details vary by year

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarship for students preparing to become English teachers in Hong Kong

🤷Eligibility: Applicants who meet EDB requirements for English teacher training.

🏆What it covers: Training support for prospective English teachers

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarship supporting study and career development in Hong Kong’s maritime and logistics field

🤷Eligibility: Students admitted to the relevant PolyU programme

🏆What it covers: Scholarship support tied to maritime and logistics study

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarships for students with strong potential in music or dance.

🤷Eligibility: Students in music or dance-related study or training, depending on the specific award.

🏆What it covers: Funding support for music and dance education.

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarships related to Japanese language and Japan-related study

🤷Eligibility: Depends on the specific scheme

🏆What it covers: Scholarship support

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Award for students with outstanding non-academic strengths in arts, science, sports, leadership, or service.

🤷Eligibility: Students with strong achievements in multiple areas, depending on scheme requirements.

🏆What it covers: Scholarship award for excellence beyond grades

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Government scholarship for outstanding Hong Kong students to study at top overseas universities

🤷Eligibility: Hong Kong residents with strong academic results and residency requirements

🏆What it covers: Tuition support and bursary support for overseas study

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Prestigious fellowship to attract top students to pursue PhD study in Hong Kong

🤷Eligibility: Outstanding applicants seeking PhD admission at Hong Kong universities.

🏆What it covers: Fellowship stipend and tuition support.

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Highly prestigious postgraduate scholarship for study at Oxford

🤷Eligibility: Must be under 27 years old, have completed your first undergraduate degree, and meet specific nationality or residency requirements

🏆What it covers: Full postgraduate study support at Oxford

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: UK Government scholarship for future leaders to pursue master’s study in the UK

🤷Eligibility: Eligible Hong Kong applicants with leadership potential and work experience

🏆What it covers: Full scholarship support for postgraduate study

🚦Status: Active / annual cycle

✍️Description: Australian Government scholarships for study in Australia

🤷Eligibility: Depends on nationality and programme criteria

🏆What it covers: Tuition, living costs, and related support.

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Korean Government scholarship for international students

🤷Eligibility: Depends on the scholarship round and applicant eligibility

🏆What it covers: Tuition, stipend, and other study support

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Japanese Government scholarship for undergraduate study in Japan

🤷Eligibility: Hong Kong applicants who meet MEXT requirements

🏆What it covers: Tuition, allowance, and travel-related support depending on scheme

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarships for Hong Kong students studying at the University of Toronto.

🤷Eligibility: Hong Kong students with financial need, strong academic performance, and admission to U of T.

🏆What it covers: About CAD 12,500 to 33,000 per year, renewable for 2 to 4 years

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Thai government scholarships for international students

🤷Eligibility: Depends on TICA programme rules

🏆What it covers: Study support in Thailand

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Prestigious scholarship for students with exceptional academic achievement and leadership potential

🤷Eligibility: Outstanding applicants with strong academics and leadership qualities; secondary school applicants are nominated by principals

🏆What it covers: Generous scholarship support for undergraduate stud

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarship for students with physical disabilities who show resilience and promise

🤷Eligibility: Students with physical disabilities pursuing tertiary study in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Scholarship support, mentoring, and development opportunities

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarship for students who combine academic excellence with compassion, service, and social impact

🤷Eligibility: Full-time Year 1 undergraduate students at partner universities in Hong Kong; Hong Kong permanent residents

🏆What it covers: Tuition fee waiver, overseas learning allowance, and means-tested living allowance

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Scholarship for students with exceptional non-academic talent and achievement

🤷Eligibility: Full-time students in publicly funded post-secondary programmes with strong achievements in arts, sports, science, technology, innovation, or leadership

🏆What it covers: Cash award

🚦Status: Closed

✍️Description: Recognition award for outstanding apprentices in Hong Kong

🤷Eligibility: Apprentices demonstrating excellence and commitment

🏆What it covers: Award / recognition

🚦Status: Active

✍️Description: Recognition prize for top-performing senior secondary students

🤷Eligibility: Senior secondary students with excellent academic performance

🏆What it covers: Prize / recognition award.

🚦Status: Active

Hong Kong 200 Leadership Project (2026)

✍️Description: A structured Hong Kong leadership programme for secondary students combining leadership training, social participation, and a community project.
🤷Eligibility: Full-time secondary 4–6 students in the 2025/26 school year who are current or former student leaders
🏆What it covers: 40+ hours of leadership camps, core training, future-skills workshops, and a “Project for Hong Kong” community proposal.
🚦Status: Active; application deadline 1 June 2026 (Wait for 2026/2027 cycle)

✍️Description: A free, two-week arts and culture leadership scheme for secondary students at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.

🤷Eligibility: Local secondary students nominated by their school.

🏆What it covers: In-depth museum visits, expert talks, interactive workshops, and a stop-motion animation project.

🚦Status: Active; application deadline 15 May 2026

✍️Description: A Hong Kong award recognising secondary students with outstanding community service and leadership.

🤷Eligibility: Hong Kong secondary students with strong community service records.

🏆What it covers: Recognition award for service and leadership excellence

🚦Status: Active

EAGLE International Youth Leaders Summit 2026 (CLOSED)

✍️Description: A leadership summit bringing together youth leaders and experts for workshops, dialogues, and networking.

🤷Eligibility: Young people interested in leadership and global issues.

🏆What it covers: Training sessions, panels, and exposure to global leadership topics.

🚦Status: Active; application by 23 March 2026

✍️Description: Government grants supporting youth leadership training activities and projects.

🤷Eligibility: Youth groups and organisations running leadership training in Hong Kong.

🏆What it covers: Funding for leadership training events and related activities.

🚦Status: Active; application period 26 January to 16 March 2026

✍️Description: A volunteer leadership programme for students and young people, focusing on service, community projects, and leadership skills.

🤷Eligibility: Students, graduates, and young people aged 18–35

🏆What it covers: Volunteer leadership training, community project experience, and networking

🚦Status: Active; applications open in early 2026.

✍️Description: Scholarships for students with strong potential in music or dance.

🤷Eligibility: Students in music or dance-related study or training, depending on the specific award.

🏆What it covers: Funding support for music and dance education.

🚦Status: Active