Scholarships and Awards
(A) Department Admission Scholarships
The Department of Economics offers admission scholarships to both local and non-local new undergraduate students on the basis of their excellent academic or non-academic performance.
There is no need for the students to apply for these scholarships. The Department of Economics will identify qualified new students and inform the selected students of the scholarship offers. Each scholarship awardee would receive a one-off amount ranging from HK$8,000 to HK$10,000.
(B) Excellent Undergraduate Paper Awards
To foster student interest in economic theory and issues, the Department has been awarding up to 3 Excellent Undergraduate Paper Awards (Junior Division) every academic year for DDP students to compete. Students competing for the Awards are authors of either grade “A” course papers or papers nominated by teachers at the end of the academic year.
(C) Other Scholarships
CUHK offers admission scholarships to both local and non-local new undergraduate students on the basis of their excellent academic or non-academic performance. There is no need for the students to apply for these scholarships. The University and the Department of Economics will identify qualified new students and inform the selected students of the scholarship offers.
The value of each Admission Scholarship ranges from HK$5,000 to a full-tuition coverage. Many of the Admission Scholarships are renewable for the normative period of study programme subject to satisfactory academic progress. Some of the Admission Scholarships will also include an allowance of up to HK$45,000 per year.
For more details about admission scholarships at CUHK, please visit http://admission.cuhk.edu.hk/scholarships/admission.html
