New Non-Local Students (Ma On Shan Compound)
(Four-year Government-funded Bachelor's degree programmes, excluding inbound exchange students and new Mainland Gaokao applicants)Non-local students (NLS) admitted to full-time government-funded Bachelor's degree programmes are eligible to apply for Student Residence, with higher priority granted during their first two years of study (i.e., Academic Year 2025/26 and 2026/27). The priority given CANNOT be transferred to any subsequent years of study (i.e., 3rd year of study and thereafter).
All NLS are required to submit hall applications by the deadline defined, even if they have a conditional offer during the hall application period. Otherwise, NO bedplace will be reserved even if they have a higher priority in the first two years of study.
Under the current Hall Admission Policy, newly admitted NLS shall reside in Ma On Shan Compound during their first year of study (i.e., 2025/26) and Kowloon Tong Compound in their second year of study (i.e., 2026/27).
For subsequent years of study (i.e., 3rd year of study and thereafter), NLS will be required to secure their own housing in the market and are advised to prepare funds to cover such accommodation. Further information can be obtained from the Student Residence Office website.
Hall application is on a yearly basis. Please pay attention to the application period. Late applications will NOT be entertained.
Semester | Residential Period |
Semester A, 2025/26 | 25 August 2025 (9:00am) - 23 December 2025 (12:00noon) |
Semester B, 2025/26 | 5 January 2026 (9:00am) - 26 May 2026 (12:00noon) |
Event | Date |
Application period | 14 April 2025 (10:00am HKT) – 27 June 2025 (11:59pm HKT) |
Announcement of application result | 8 July 2025 |
Confirmation period (acceptance of hall offers) |
8 July 2025 – 22 July 2025 |
Announcement of room assignment | Upon check-in |
Commencement of residence | 25 August 2025, 9:00am (HKT) |
** Late application will not be entertained.
Prospective students who have a conditional offer
during the hall application period are also required to submit their
applications by the deadline since the hall application is on a yearly basis.
Students interested in living in the Student Residence should read and agree to comply with Regulations Governing Student Residence before submitting their application.
Please fill and submit the application | Deadline |
International applicants and Mainland non-Gaokao applicants via
Direct Application route Admission Application System (AIMS Demo) |
27 June 2025 |
For prospective students receiving CityUHK admission offers after 27 June 2025, please send your hall application together with the late admission offer letter as a written proof to srouga.mos@cityu.edu.hk as soon as possible. Granting hall offers will be subject to room availability. However, hall applications after the commencement of the residential period will NOT be entertained.
Upon the application result announcement, students have to pay a Hall Confirmation Fee to indicate the acceptance of the offer by a specified deadline. The Hall Confirmation Fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
NO place will be reserved if you miss the payment deadline.
The Student Residence (Ma On Shan Compound) houses UG students in shared double rooms solely.
Rooms will be randomly assigned by the system and final room assignments will be subject to room availability and hall admission policies.
Students who have physical disabilities, medical reasons or special needs for a double room of single occupancy should enclose supporting documents in the hall application for case-by-case consideration and arrangement.
There is no guarantee and subject to room availability. Successful applicants will be required to pay the hall lodging fee double.
Email: | srouga.mos@cityu.edu.hk |
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