Incoming Postgraduate Exchange Students
Exchange application
Please complete the application form and send the completed form(s) with your academic transcript and English result (if applicable) to Ms Phyllis Yan of the School of Law (p.yan@cityu.edu.hk) not later than 15 May (for application in Semester A / Fall) / 15 October (for application in Semester B / Spring). Subject to School’s approval, an admission letter will be issued to you. The Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies (SGS) will create a student account and subsequently do the online course enrollment for you subject to your course selection.
Visa application
As required by the laws of Hong Kong, any person wishing to study in Hong Kong without the right of abode or right to land in Hong Kong, must first obtain a student visa or entry permit from the Immigration Department.
As it can take 8 weeks or more for student visa/entry permit to be processed, students are advised to submit their applications. For application schedule and procedure, please click here.
Exchange students must take full-time credit-unit load, i.e. at least 12 credits per semester in order to meet the visa requirements set by the Hong Kong SAR Immigration. At CityU, the full-time credit-unit loading are 12-18 credit units per semester. Credit unit is earned by approximately forty to fifty hours of student work.
You may also contact Global Engagement Office (GEO) for any enquiries at geo@cityu.edu.hk for visa application.
Global Engagement Office
Room 3210, 3/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building, City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
For details, please visit: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/geo/contact-us
Accommodation
As the campus bedspaces are very limited, it is not possible for incoming taught postgraduate exchange students to get a campus bedspace. Therefore, it is advisable that students consider other off-campus accommodation options.
If you would prefer to share the room costs with others, you may look for some room-mates. Flats are normally to be shared among 3-4 students.
You may visit the following website and check out various off-campus housing options and look for room-mates.
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sro/htm/e_off-campus.htm
Academic Calendar
Please check out the academic calendar for the semester period (Semester A / Fall and Semester B / Spring) and the examination period.
Courses to be offered
Please check out the tentative course list (2023-24) to be offered by our School in Fall and Spring. The offering of the courses is subject to review and amendment from time to time.
Please click here to download the SLW exchange study fact sheet (2023-24).
Please click here to download the SLW exchange study fact sheet (2024-25).
Feedback Form
You are invited to complete the feedback form to provide us with valuable comments about the exchange programme. Check out the following website:
https://feedback-pgin.questionpro.com
Data Protection: City University of Hong Kong undertakes to observe the spirit and to comply with the principles and requirements of the data protection regulations such as the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of Hong Kong and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union.
For the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Privacy Notice, please click here.