Scholarships and Awards

The College of Science and Engineering offers various scholarships and awards. Note that except for the applicants of Emergency Bursaries, Inbound Exchange Scholarships, all candidates shall be nominated by their programme departments and not required to submit applications.

College Medal

Objective: To give recognition to graduating students, local or non-local, with exceptional academic achievements (GGPA/CGPA 3.8 or above upon graduation) and all-round skills.
No. of Award: No more than one award each year. The awardee will receive a certificate and a cash award of HK$30,000. No award will be given if no suitable person is identified.
Selection: Selection will be based on academic excellence and demonstration of well-round personal qualities. Selection interviews are to be conducted by a panel appointed by the Dean. The Panel will make recommendations for the Dean's final decision.

Recipients in Year 2012:

  • YAN Bixing (Department of Mathematics)
  • For the list of recipients from Year 2003 onwards, please click here.

Dean's List 

Where a student at the end of a semester has earned 12 credit units or more, achieved a GPA of 3.7 or greater, and not failed any course, he/she will be eligible to be placed on the Dean's List.

List of recipients in Year 2012/13 Semester A and Year 2011/12 Semester B, please click here.  

Dean's Scholarships

Objective: To recognize outstanding full-time non-first-year students enrolled in undergraduate programmes of the College of Science and Engineering.
No. of Award: No more than five awards will be granted each year. The value of each award shall be HK$25,000.
Selection: Selection will be based on academic excellence, general knowledge about society, participation in extra-curricular activities/community services, presentation skills and analytical thinking.

Recipients in Year 2012/13:

  • BABA, Muhammad Rashid (Department of Biology and Chemistry)
  • JIANG, Tian (Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering)
  • LAM, Chung Fan (Department of Biology and Chemistry)
  • ZHANG, Niantong (Department of Computer Science)
  • ZHAO, Ding (Department of Electronic Engineering)

For the list of recipients from Year 2001/02 onwards, please click here.

College of Science and Engineering Student Research Excellence Awards 
 

Objective: To recognize and reward research students for publishing paper in top-level journals.
No. of Award: No more than 8 awards for each class each year. The awardees will receive a certificate and a cash prize of HK$15,000 and HK$10,000 for first-class and second-class respectively.
Selection: Each department will submit no more than one nomination for the first-class award and another one for second-class award each year to the College Office.
 
For the list of recipients, please click here.

Inbound Exchange Scholarships

Objective: To recognize the excellent academic performance of full-time overseas inbound exchange students affiliated to the College of Science and Engineering.
No. of Award: No more than 21 awards will be granted each year. The value of each award shall range from HK$5,000 to HK$10,000 and be determined on the basis of academic merit.
Selection: Selection will be based on academic excellence.

Download Application Form here.

College of Science and Engineering International Student Scholarships

Objective: To recognize the excellent academic performance of full-time International students affiliated to the College of Science and Engineering.
No. of Award: No more than 20 awards will be granted each year. The value of each award shall be HK$20,000.
Selection: Selection will be based on the following criteria:
  • Demonstration of outstanding academic performance and achievements.
  • Successful admission to the undergraduate programme offered by the College of Science and Engineering.
  • Receiving award of either the Top Scholarship or the Full Tuition Fee Scholarship from the University .

Remark: Each scholarship is automatically renewed each year on condition that the student achieves a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 or above by the end of Semester B each year and he/she enrolls in the same programme of study throughout the award period. The scholarship will be suspended if the student’s CGPA is lower than 3.5. However, the scholarship will be offered again if the student regains the CGPA 3.5 or above after one year suspension.

Sports Awards

Objective: To recognize full-time undergraduate & postgraduate students who have outstanding sports achievements and satisfactory academic performance.
No. of Award: No more than 8 awards will be granted each year. The value of each award shall be HK$5,000.
Selection: Selection will be based on the following criteria:
  • Demonstration of outstanding sports performance and achievements in local or international competitions;
  • Proof of leadership and sportsmanship in the CityU / Science and Engineering College
    team(s); and
  • Having satisfactory academic performance with a CGPA of 2.3 or above.

 Emergency Bursaries

Objective: To financially support full-time undergraduate students who are in pecuniary difficulties due to unforeseen circumstances, such as death or unemployment of family members.
Selection: The bursaries shall be open for applications all year round. The Student Development Services will evaluate the eligibility of each application on a case-by-case basis.

College of Science and Engineering Alumni Achievement Award

Objective: To give public recognition to CSE alumni, strengthen the relationship between the College and alumni, and assist in the promotion of the image of City University of Hong Kong.

Recipient(s):

  • CHAN Pok Chi (Department of Computer Science)