Bursaries and Loans

In November 2005, the Wong Family donated $1 million for the establishment of a bursary in memory of Ms Chau Cheuk Wah. The bursary shall be awarded on the basis of financial need to full-time undergraduate students in any year of study in any Faculty of the University of Hong Kong with effect from the 2006–07 academic year.

In November 1997, the Trustees of the Cheung Mui Sang Trust Fund set up by Ms Winifred Mary Cheung made a donation of $111,745.37 to the University to set up the Cheung Mui Sang Bursaries. In March 2017, Dr Edmund Cheung Man-Tai (MBBS 1957, Morrisonian), grandson of the late Mr Cheung Mui-Sang and nephew of Ms Winifred Cheung, made a further donation of $1 million to the Bursary fund to continue the legacy of benefitting more needy students. Ten awards of the value of $10,000 each shall be awarded to needy students in any year of any degree curriculum.

In 1978, the Chiap Hua Cheng’s Foundation donated to the University a number of bursaries of the total value of $11,000 per annum; and in 1983, increased the total value of the awards to $25,000 per annum, which were allocated in the form of 10 bursaries of the value of $2,500 each per annum. The Foundation in 1989 increased the number of bursaries to be made available to twenty and increased the value of each to $3,000. In 1990, the Foundation increased the number of bursaries to 30 with the value of $4,000 each. In 1993, the Foundation further increased the value of each bursary to $5,000 per annum.

Starting from the academic year 2011–12, the Trustee of the Stapleton General Bursary Fund made a provision of $200,000 on an annual basis for granting a scholarship to full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students either from the Diocesan Boys’ School, the Diocesan Girls’ School or any school of the English Schools Foundation. The age of the students shall be 25 or below.

Since 1982, the Croucher Foundation has made available funds to the University for disbursement to students who are permanent residents of Hong Kong and who have encountered hardship due to emergency situations.

In memory of his mother, Mr Alfred V. Alvares has made available a bursary of $2,300 per annum to be awarded to a needy Portuguese student.

In 2012, Mr Lam Sum-chee pledged to establish the Evergreen Scholarships and Bursaries through a permanent endowment at the University. The Bursaries aims at providing financial assistance to support needy students as recommended by the Committee on Student Finance at the Registry with priority be given to Arts students and when resources are available, will also support students of other faculties.

In 2015, Mrs Felicia Young Charitable Foundation established a bursary to provide support to local full-time undergraduate students with proven financial need and good academic standing so as to enable them to focus on their studies and encourage their involvement in community services. Recipients will be required to perform at least 10 hours of community services during the award academic year.

In 2008, the First-in-the-Family Education Fund was set up to support local full-time undergraduate students who are first-generation university students in their families, and with financial difficulties, by providing them with a grant to participate in learning opportunities outside classroom.

Mr Goh Cheow Seang of Hong Kong, who died on February 2, 1968, instructed his Trustees to apply the income of his Residuary Estate to provide for the award of bursaries. The Bursaries shall be awarded to undergraduates of academic promise who are in need of financial assistance for their study.

A system of Government grants and loans for Hong Kong students is administered by the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency.

In October 2007, a sum of $2,000 was donated as bursary for students in the Faculty of Business and Economics. To facilitate the administrative arrangement, it is suggested that the University set up a bursary under the name HKU Bursaries to include any miscellaneous one-off donations.

In March 2008, Ms Angelique Yeh of Hong Kong and Macau Taiwanese Charity Fund made a donation of $300,000 to the University of Hong Kong to support undergraduate students with financial needs in the form of bursary. In December 2009, a further donation of $500,000 was made to support the scheme.

Under the will of the late Mrs Alice Hormusjee Ruttonjee, a fund has been established to provide for the award of bursaries.

These bursaries, administered by the Hsin Chong – K.N. Godfrey Yeh Education Foundation, shall be available for application in January and September each year. Enquiries should be addressed to the Centre of Development and Resources for Students.

In 2000, the Joyce M. Kuok Foundation donated a sum of $120,000 to the University for the establishment of twelve bursaries, each of the value of $10,000, for award to undergraduate students.

The family of the late Mr Ko Ho Ning has set aside a fund for the provision of bursaries for needy students.

In June 2010, Law’s Charitable Foundation (LCF) generously pledged to donate a sum of $500,000 annually for six years to support needy students at HKU. Part of the donation ($100,000) will be used to support the First-in-the-Family Education Fund Scheme, where the remainder will be used to set up a bursary to support students with financial needs. The bursary shall be awarded from the academic year 2010–11.

In 2007, Dr Lee Shau Kee, chairman of the Lee Shau Kee Foundation, generously pledged a leadership gift to the University. Part of the funding was earmarked for supporting the University’s scholarship and bursary schemes. Two schemes, namely Lee Shau Kee Student Development Fund and First-in-the-Family Education Fund, are designated to assist financially challenged students to undertake service learning initiatives or to take part in experiential learning/enrichment activities.

Under the will of the late Miss Leung Pui Han, a trust named as Miss Leung Pui Han Scholarship Fund (the ‘Trust Fund’) was established in 1988 and now administered by two Co-Trustees, including HSBC Private Trustee (Hong Kong) Limited. The Trust Fund provides for the award of bursaries to full-time undergraduates in any faculty of the University.

In 1990, the family of Dr K.S. Lo donated to the University a sum of $500,000 for the establishment of the Dr Lo Kwee Seong Education Foundation Awards to provide for travel and conference grants and bursaries to be awarded to postgraduate students registered for the degree of MPhil or PhD in any faculty.

In June 2023, a bursary of initial funding of $1 million was set up to help eligible non-local students manage their tuition and University accommodation fees due to sudden adverse changes in their circumstances. This aid scheme is offered on need basis with assessment of eligibility by the Centre of Development and Resources for Students (CEDARS) and it will not be publicly advertised.

In 1998, Pison (HK) Company offered to establish the Pison (HK) Company Fund for Needy Students and made a donation from time to time to the University in the form of bursaries to assist needy students with effect from the 1999–2000 academic year.

The Providence Foundation will consider applications from universities for emergency relief funds to be rendered to any student who may have become victim of a natural disaster or serious accident in which both the breadwinner of the family and the student himself or herself are seriously affected. The purpose of the scheme is to render immediate financial assistance to the student in order to tide him or her over the period of difficulty so that he or she may not have to withdraw from his or her studies due to the disaster or accident.

The Providence Foundation Limited has offered since 1994–1998, scholarships to students who excel academically in any discipline of study. In 2009, the Providence Foundation stipulated that the awards be made to students in any year of their undergraduate programme, particularly those who have just been admitted to the University, but lack the financial resources to pursue their studies. In the academic year 2013–2014, the Foundation donated a sum of $114,000 to support 16 students and the value of each award ranged from $4,500 to $10,000.

The Providence Foundation sponsored Outward Bound Training Programme had made available in June 2002 grants of the value of $3,340 each to sponsor 12 full-time undergraduate students in any year and in any discipline of study for attendance at a seven-day Leadership and Team Building Programme at the Outward Bound School. In 2003, the Providence Foundation offered a total of 24 grants, each of the value of $3,340, for the same purpose. In 2004, the Foundation provided a total of 18 grants, each of the value of $3,340 to support students in their undertaking of the Leadership and Team Building Programme.

Since 1967, the Shriro Group of Companies has donated an annual sum to the University for scholarship and/or bursary awards to undergraduates. In 1977, the terms of these awards were amended at the donor’s request, and the awards are now made in the form of bursaries.

In September 2006, the Starr Hall Well of Ishmael Fund (SHWIF) was set up by Starr Hall as a trust fund, which shall be obtained primarily from donations and grants, gifts, devises or bequests, to provide a number of scholarships and bursaries to be awarded to Starr Hall residents: Starr Hall Well of Ishmael Fund Scholarship and Starr Hall Well of Ishmael Fund Bursaries.

Starr Hall Well of Ishmael Fund Scholarship is to recognize Starr Hall residential members (both undergraduates and postgraduates) who have significant achievements in academic, cultural, social and sports aspects.

Starr Hall Well of Ishmael Fund Bursaries provide financial assistance to Starr Hall residential members who are undergraduate students in support of their hall fees.

In 1963, a trust fund administered by HSBC Trustees (Hong Kong) Limited, under the Will of the late Mr Taufik Ali who served at Hong Kong Electric, established a scholarship and bursary scheme to support students with Muslim faith and were born in Penang or Hong Kong.

A number of these bursaries are awarded annually by the Vice-Chancellor to needy undergraduates who show sufficient academic promise. These bursaries are named after Mr Leung Yew and Mr Wu Si Chong in commemoration of their generous donations to the University.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of University Hall, the University Hall Alumni Limited has raised the University Hall Alumni Fund, an endowment fund to provide subsidies to qualified students in University Hall for their hall fees. The purpose of the fund is to ensure that University Hall students who have taken active parts in hall activities will not be deprived of hall education due to financial difficulties. As of January 15, 2007, the University Hall Alumni has received pledges of more than $1 million towards the fund, and paid over $30,000 to HKU Foundation.

To mark the University’s Golden Jubilee held in 1961, the University Lodge of Hong Kong, No. 3666 EC, has made available for an indefinite period the income from certain investments for the award of a bursary from time to time.

In 2002, the University received a sum of $1 million from Ocean Grand Holdings to establish The University of Hong Kong Fund for Students with Emergency Needs to support students of the University in any discipline of study who are in need of urgent financial support as a result of an emergency arising from an accident or changes in family circumstances.

The Vitasoy and Lo Kwee Seong Foundation Bursaries for Students with a Disability will be offered to full-time local Chinese students with a disability at the University to support their studies by provision of financial assistance to the special needs of these students. Vitasoy International Holdings Limited and K.S. Lo Foundation have generously donated $2 million to set up an endowment fund for the award of these bursaries with effect from the 2000–2001 academic year. In 2018, the bursaries are renamed as Vitasoy and Lo Kwee Seong Foundation Bursaries for Students with a Disability which align with the Lo Kwee Seong Foundation.

In 1977, the HKSBP-Monsanto Scholarship Foundation Fund donated to the University a sum of $150,000 to provide emergency bursaries to needy students. In 1991, the bursaries were renamed to reflect the change of the Company’s name to Vitasoy International Holdings Limited.

In 1969, Miss Wong Fung Ling of Hong Kong donated $300,000 to the University to establish bursaries for award annually.

In October 2017, Dr Edmund Cheung (MBBS 1957) made an initial donation of $1 million to establish a scholarship in memory of Mr Wong Shek-Yung, father of his late wife, Mrs Shirley Cheung. The awarding of the Wong Shek-Yung Student Enrichment Awards started in the academic year 2018–2019. Further contributions from Mr T.H. Wong (brother-in-law of Dr Cheung) and the Wong Shek-Yung Charitable Foundation were received. To render more support to students, the scope of the Fund was expanded to provide enrichment awards and entrance scholarships as well as bursaries. The bursary is for undergraduate students with financial need.

In February 2004, Mr Chui Kai Hong and Ms Wong Shui Ping offered to set up a bursary in memory of Mr Wong Yin Lun to needy student(s) of the University of Hong Kong with effect from the 2004–2005 academic year.

In 1995, the Zonta Club of Victoria donated a sum of $5,000 for award of a bursary to a full-time disabled student in financial need. In 1998, the donor extended the award of the bursary for 1998–1999.

In 1983, Gammon Building Construction Limited donated a sum of $73,000 to the University for the establishment of two bursaries for award to final-year students in the Faculty of Architecture annually, one in the BArch curriculum and the other in the BSc(Surv) curriculum.

In 2005, Hong Kong Housing Society offered to donate a maximum of six bursaries of $5,000 each to the University of Hong Kong for award to full-time local undergraduate students who are reading the housing related disciplines at the University [i.e. BEng in Building Services Engineering, BEng in Civil Engineering, BEng in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering), BEng in Civil Engineering (Law), or BSc(Surv)].

In 1987, the wife, brother, friends, colleagues and students of the late Mr I.G. Brown, Lecturer from 1978 and Senior Lecturer from 1982 to 1987 in the Department of Architecture, donated a sum of about $120,000 to the University for the establishment of the Ian Brown Memorial Fund to provide for travel grants and bursaries to be awarded to students in the MArch degree curriculum.

In 1988, Urbis Limited donated an annual sum of $5,000 for the award of a bursary to a needy student taking the MUrbanDesign curriculum. In 1995, the donor increased the value of the bursary to $7,000.

The late Mr Noel Croucher of Hong Kong made available from the Shakespeare Fund which he established some years ago and which is presently maintained by the Hong Kong Branch of the Society of St George a sum of $6,000 each year for the award of bursaries from the academic year 1975–1976. In 1980–1981, the sum was increased to $20,000 each year.

Since 2002, the Bank of China (Hong Kong) offered to donate $150,000 to the University each year to establish a bursary fund to support financially needy students in the Faculty of Business and Economics. There shall be 15 bursaries of the value of $10,000 each per annum which will be available to assist students who have financial difficulty but have reasonably good academic performance.

A maximum of four bursaries per annum of the value of $5,000 each will be provided to students who are enrolled in BBA(Acc&Fin) or BBA(Law) programme; and suffering from genuine financial hardship.

In 2022, The Life Underwriters Association of Hong Kong (LUA) and The LUA Foundation Limited (LUAF) pledged an annual donation to establish a bursary to support year 2 or above local full-time undergraduate students in designated curricula on the basis of financial need and academic merit, with the value of bursary of $10,000 each.

(The same entry can also be found under Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine)

Since 1963, the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation has been supporting MBBS students. With effect from 1982–1983, the Bursaries were awarded to MBBS and BDS students. In 2022, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, the Foundation pledged a further donation to support the students, with the value of bursary of $5,000 each.

In 1987, the S.K. Yee Medical Foundation, established by the late Dr S.K. Yee, CBE, JSD, founder and chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Chinese Bank Limited, offered to donate from 1988–1989 a sum of $100,000 annually for the establishment of 10 scholarships. In January 2009, the Trustees of the S.K. Yee Medical Foundation decided to change the Scholarships to Bursaries with effect from the academic year 2008–2009. Starting from the academic year 2015–2016, the Bursaries shall be awarded to undergraduate(s) studying for MBBS, BNurs, BChinMed, BPharm, BDS, BBiomedSc and BASc(GHD).

In 2011, Mr and Mrs Hotwani established a bursary in memory of their daughter who was dedicated to helping children with learning difficulties. From 2017, two bursaries of each value up to $21,050 shall be made to part-time students of the PGDE programme with a major in Special Education in each academic year on the basis of financial need.

In line with the wish of his mother’s grandfather, Mr Poon Yan Chuen, one of the founders and members of the Fund Raising Committee of the Hong Kong University in 1909, and of his grandfather, Mr Chen Shum-loong, who donated a series of Chinese classical books to the University about sixty years ago (currently shelved in the Fung Ping Shan Library), and in memory of his mother, Mr Chen Shao-chi donated a sum of $3,000 per annum commencing in 1983–1984 for the award of one bursary for students in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University. The value of the award has been revised over the years, and on the occasion of Mr Chen Shao-chi’s seventieth birthday, Mr Chen’s family donated $40,000 for the award of bursaries with effect from 2002–2003.

In July 2005, Mr Choi Kin Chung donated to the University a sum of $500,000 to subsidize undergraduate students in the Department of Civil Engineering to undergo industrial training in Mainland China during the summer. The number and value of the funds to be awarded each year shall be determined with regard to the funds available.

(The same entry can also be found under Faculty of Architecture)

In 1961, the late Dr Lee Iu Cheung, CBE, of Hong Kong donated a sum of $20,000 to the University for the award of a bursary from time to time, in commemoration of the University’s Golden Jubilee in 1961.

In 1978, the Chiu Keung Investment Company, Limited presented 15,000 Hong Kong Land shares to the University for the establishment of one or more bursaries to be awarded each year.

In July 2019, Ir Tony Shum Chun Kin donated a sum of $10 million to the Department of Civil Engineering for the establishment of the Tony Shum Education Fund. $1 million of the donation is for the establishment of a bursary. The Bursary shall be awarded to local undergraduate students of the Department of Civil Engineering in any year of studies on the basis of financial need.

The Department of Professional Legal Education has set up a fund in 2005 with its own resources for the purpose of establishing bursaries for award to financially needy students, who are successful in gaining admission to the full-time self-financing PCLL programme starting from the 2005–2006 academic year, to cover part of their tuition fees.

June 2006, Mr Stephane Hui Bon Hoa agreed to donate an initial sum of $1 million to establish the JAC Hui Bon Hoa Fund for supporting a variety of academic developments in the Department of Professional Legal Education at the University of Hong Kong. The Management Committee of the Fund agreed to establish bursaries to be awarded to financially needy students who are successful in gaining admission into the full-time self-financing PCLL programmes starting from the 2006–2007 academic year to cover part of their tuition fees.

In memory of their late father, the family of Mr Tang Kwok Yip made a donation of $20,000 in 1971 to the University to establish a bursary for award annually.

In 1981, an anonymous donor donated $20,000 to the University for the establishment of a bursary to be awarded to an undergraduate preferably in the third year of the MBBS curriculum. In 2003, the daughter of an anonymous donor further donated a sum of $500,000 for award of a bursary.

In 1980, Dr Sau-Yee Ann Chan donated a sum of $30,000 to the University for the establishment of a bursary in memory of her father Mr Chan Chuen. An award of up to $3,000 per annum shall be made to an undergraduate in the Faculty who is studying in any year of the MBBS curriculum.

A sum of $45,000 was raised by a group of friends and colleagues and former students of Professor Daphne W.C. Chun. The purpose of the fund is to provide a grant to support a needy medical student.

The Digby Memorial Fund was raised by a group of medical graduates in memory of Professor K.H. Digby, Professor of Anatomy from 1913 to 1923, and Professor of Surgery from 1923 to 1941, and Emeritus Professor from 1950 to 1954. With effect from the academic year 2022–2023, the bursary shall be awarded to MBBS students and MRes(Med) students.

In 1981, Mr Chua Hung Tik donated a sum of $50,000 to the University to establish the G.B. Ong Medical Bursary, to be awarded to undergraduates in any year of the MBBS and BDS degree curricula on the basis of financial need.

The late Mr Lee Wing Kim bequeathed the sum of $20,000 to the University for the establishment of a bursary.

The Li Hei Nin Memorial Fund was raised by a group of friends and colleagues in memory of Dr Li Hei Nin, an MBBS graduate of 1958 who died early in her career. The purpose of the fund is to provide a grant to support a needy medical student.

(The same entry can also be found under Faculty of Dentistry)

The late Mr Lo Min Nung donated a sum of $30,000 to the University for the award of bursaries from time to time, in commemoration of the University’s Golden Jubilee in 1961.

(The same entry can also be found under Faculty of Dentistry)

A capital sum of $150,000 was donated to the University for the purpose of establishing, from the interest, a number of bursaries. The awards were first made in 1974.

In 2018, the Siu-man & Yau-man Wong Foundation made a donation of $200,000 to establish a bursary for female students who study Mathematics. In August 2020, the donor pledged a further top-up of $863,000 to create an endowment for the awarding of bursaries. The Bursary shall be awarded to Year three female local undergraduate students of the Faculty of Science who major in Mathematics or Physics on the basis of financial need.

From a bequest of her late father, Miss Hui Wai Haan of the University has offered to the University a bursary of the value of $1,500 per annum to be awarded annually for an indefinite period, commencing from the academic year 1963–1964. In 1990, Dr Hui Wai Haan, donated to the University shareholdings in a number of companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with a market value of between $13 and $14 million for the setting up of a Hui Pun Hing Endowment Fund with a proportion of the annual income of the Fund allocated for the award of the bursary.

(The same entry can also be found under Faculty of Business and Economics)

In 1975, a married couple, both graduates of the University, donated a sum of $60,000 to the University for the help of needy students: $20,000 towards the Medical Dean’s Loan Fund, and $40,000 for the establishment of a bursary.

In September 2023, Mr Alan Lau made a generous donation of $200,000 to establish a bursary, with the value from $10,000 to $50,000 each, for local full-time undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science on the basis of financial need.

In 1964, Mrs Jeanne Faid, MSc, generously donated to the University a sum of $8,000 for the establishment of a prize in physics in memory of her husband, the late Professor Faid (Professor of Physics, 1924–1944). Following increases in income from this sum a bursary was set up in 1975.

In 1986, the Grand Union Insurance Co. Ltd. donated an annual sum to the University for the award of bursaries.

In 1982, the HongkongBank provided for the award of a number of bursaries to students reading for the degrees of BSW, MSW or MSocSc in the field of Social Work. In 1999 and in 2005, the awards, including the bursaries, were renamed as The Hongkong Bank Foundation Social Work Scholarships and HSBC Social Work Scholarships respectively.

In 2001, the K.K. Ho Foundation donated a capital sum of $10 million to the University of Hong Kong for the establishment of the K.K. Ho Scholarship for academic excellence, the K.K. Ho Prize, the K.K. Ho Bursary, and the K.K. Ho Foundation Emergency Funds, tenable in the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Bursaries shall be awarded on the recommendation of the Dean of Student Affairs. The students’ level of financial need and academic performance will be taken into consideration in the selection of the bursary recipients.

The emergency funds, which shall be awarded to full-time undergraduates in the Faculty of Social Sciences, are primarily intended to offer assistance to those who would have undue hardship in continuing their studies without financial assistance due to accidents and/or unforeseen changes in family circumstances, e.g. unemployment of main income earner of family.

In memory of her parents, Mr and Mrs Tjia Cheng Seong, Mrs T.C. Lin donated a sum of $30,000 to the University in 1983 for the establishment of a bursary.