If applicants have applied to multiple programmes and only one programme recommends their admission, they will receive a single offer without any options. They can choose to decline the offer and wait for the result of later admission rounds for the other programme(s). However, please note that this decision is final, as the declined place will be offered to another applicant and all funds and deposit paid are non-refundable. Typically, most programmes make offers in the earlier rounds and will continue to issue offers if there are remaining spots available. Please contact the relevant Division if you have any enquiries.

Your PGS award/fellowship will become active only after the Admission Date AND after you have completed your registration, i.e. after settling the deposit and fulfilling the specific admission condition(s). If you complete your registration after the Admission Date, the PGS award/fellowship will be payable starting from your registration date. 

After completing the deposit payment and online registration, you may update your contact information at MyCUHK.

According to Clause 3.4 of the General Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies: “A student shall not be registered simultaneously for another programme of studies leading to the award of a degree, diploma or certificate at this University or at any other tertiary institution unless an application has been submitted in advance to the Graduate Division concerned, endorsed by the Faculty concerned and approved by the Graduate Council. A student in breach of this regulation shall be required to discontinue studies at this University.”

To apply for concurrent registration, you need to submit the application before registering with CUHK. You can download the application form from the Online Application System for Postgraduate Programmes. Your registration will only be accepted if your concurrent registration is approved or if you have withdrawn from the other programme.

According to Clause 3.5 of the General Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies: “A student registered for a full-time programme of studies shall not take up any full-time employment, paid or unpaid, during term time except with prior permission of the Graduate Council. Recipient of a Postgraduate Studentship shall not take up full-time or part-time employment, except with prior permission of the Graduate Council.”

Full-time students who wish to take up full-time employment (or full-time/part-time employment for PGS holders) should obtain approval from the relevant Graduate Division and Graduate Council by submitting a written application to the Head of the Graduate Division concerned before taking up the employment.

For local students, upon completing the online registration and fulfilling all admission condition(s), you can make an appointment with the CU Link Card Centre to collect your CU Link, on or after your admission date.

Non-local students are required to complete online document verification before collecting their CU Link (Learn more). Upon completing the online document verification, please contact the CU Link Card Centre at least after 7th working days to check the status and collection arrangements.

The term dates and the teaching timetable for the upcoming academic year will be uploaded to the Graduate School website in late July/early August. Meanwhile, you may visit the following website to access the relevant information for the current academic year:

• Academic Calendar
• Teaching Timetable

To stay alert against telephone fraud, you are strongly recommended to check the website of the Anti-Deception Coordination Centre and poster regularly for the latest deception methods and scam alerts. Please also remind your classmates and friends about these scams.

There are a wide variety of defrauding tricks. The fraudsters may pretend to be law enforcement offices or government staff who assist mainland law enforcement officers in an investigation, or even request sensitive information such as bank account numbers and PIN codes, or arrange meetings at specific locations.

Tips to protect yourself from telephone fraud:

• The Office of the Communications Authority requires telephone operators to display a “+” sign as a prefix for all incoming calls from outside Hong Kong.  If you receive unknown calls with the prefix “+852” that appear to be local numbers, please be alert as it could be a telephone deception;
• The Police and other government organisations do not use numbers with the “+852” prefix to make calls to the public;
• Scammers may use SIM cards with One-Card-Two-Numbers services where the prefix “+852” will not be displayed. Stay alert to all incoming calls;
• The Hong Kong Police Force will not transfer your call to law enforcement officers from other jurisdictions;
• If callers claim to be law enforcement officers, government officers or representatives of e-payment companies and ask for your personal information or assets under various pretexts, contact the respective offices to verify their identity;
• Avoid disclosing personal information to strangers, including your HKID numbers, bank account numbers, online banking accounts and PIN codes;
• Do not download unknown applications, click on suspicious email links or attachments, or provide information to unknown applications or websites.

If you have any doubts or suspect a scam, please call the Police’s “Anti-Scam Helpline 18222” or report the case to the Ma On Shan Police Station at 3661 1700. In case of an emergency, please call 999.

Apart from the tuition fee for your studies at CUHK, it is also important to budget for additional expenses related to your daily living in Hong Kong.

For updates on CUHK’s health policies regarding infectious diseases, please visit the website on Health Promotion and Protection regularly. Non-local students may need to take precautionary measures before arriving in Hong Kong.

You may utilise the medical services provided by the University Medical Service Office (UMSO). UMSO provides on-campus medical, dental and health promotion services to full-time students. Appointments can be made via telephone, internet or in person.

In case of emergency, CUHK members should seek immediate treatment at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Prince of Wales Hospital in Shatin or any Hospital Authority hospital. You may also dial 999 to call an ambulance.