UGC Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme 2021/22 for Local Students

Background

1.    The Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme (the Scheme) was first introduced for 2020/21 intake cohort by the HKSAR Government for nurturing more talents for the strategic development of Hong Kong. Administered under the University Grants Committee (UGC), the Scheme is offered to provide local students admitted to the targeted taught postgraduate programmes (see Point 5 below) with the award of fellowships. Funding allocation of the Scheme for 2021/22 intake is subject to approval bythe Legislative Council.

Objective

2.    The main purpose of the Scheme is to attract meritorious local students to pursue inter-disciplinary and in-depth postgraduate training in priority areas of strategic importance for Hong Kong and to meet the needs for talents speedily. 

Eligibility

3.    Local students who are admitted to the targeted programmes in full-time, part-time or combined study mode will be invited to submit applications for the fellowship award. To avoid double subsidy, students who are receiving other forms of government scholarship (except student financial assistance) for pursuing the same programme are not eligible to apply. The definitions of local/non-local status of applicants are available under the Notes for Applicants on taught postgraduate admission website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/pg/taught-postgraduate-programmes/apply-now

Award

4.    The fellowship students are required to pay a minimum tuition fee of HK$42,100, which is the prevailing rate of the UGC-funded programmes, and the differences will be subsidized by the fellowships subject to a cap of HK$120,000 for each student regardless of the actual study period of the programme. The fellowships will be used for the settlement of the tuition fee only.

  Scenarios:

• If the total tuition fee of a programme is HK$162,100 or below, the fellowship students will need to pay a tuition fee of HK$42,100, with the remainder covered by the fellowship.
• If the total tuition fee of a programme exceeds HK$162,100, the fellowship students will need to pay a tuition fee of HK$42,100, as well as the balance after deducting the maximum amount of the fellowship (i.e. HK$120,000).

Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes

5.    Local students admitted to the following programmes will be invited to submit application for the Scheme:

Criteria for Assessment

6.    The award of the fellowships will be merit-based, taking into account students' academic excellence, professional attainment, work experience, interview results and other programme-specific criteria as well as the personal statement about i) applicants’ commitment and ii) the proposal on how they can contribute to the priority areas of Hong Kong after completing the programme concerned. 

Requirement of On-going Study Performance 

7.   Successful applicants for the Fellowships Award are expected to achieve a CGPA of 3.0 in each semester of their study. The award of the fellowships may cease and they may be required to refund the full amount of the fellowship received if they fail to attain the specified level of performance.

Programme-specific Documentation Requirement 

8.     In addition to the personal statement mentioned in Item 6, additional documents are required by the respective programmes for consideration of the Fellowships Award.

Application Procedures

9.   Application will be submitted by invitation. Applicants who are invited to submit application for the fellowship award are required to upload the completed application form together with all the required supporting documents onto their online application account. Shortlisted applicants will be invited by the academic unit to attend an interview as part of the selection process. For enquiries, please contact the academic unit concerned directly.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and applicants will be notified of the selection results normally by 31 March 2021 (first round), 30 June 2021 (2nd round) and 13 August 2021 (last round).

(Last Updated on 17 November 2020)