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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition waiver + other benefits
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- travel expenses
- other
Description
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Striding On Scholarship aims to recognise students who have achieved excellence while demonstrating resilience and strength of mind to overcome adversities or challenges in life, and support these students' undergraduate studies in Hong Kong. Interested students should apply to this scholarship before they enter university and in their last year of secondary school through principal nomination.
Benefits
The scholarship supports students to pursue their undergraduate studies in Hong Kong:
Full tuition fee, academic and living allowance for the entire normative duration of study towards an undergraduate degree programme;
Overseas learning subsidies;
Participation in the Hong Kong Jockey Club overseas leadership programme and other leadership support programmes.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Have the right of abode or the right to land in Hong Kong, or have entered Hong Kong on One-way Permits;
- Be studying in a local secondary school in Hong Kong;
- Have a strong intention and likelihood to matriculate in a University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded undergraduate programme at any one of the eight UGC-funded institutions or an undergraduate programme at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts for their first undergraduate degree;
- Demonstrate resilience and strength of mind to overcome adversity or challenges in life and achieve excellence; and
- Be taking their university-entrance public examination for the first time in the same academic year as the time of their application.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Hong Kong (SAR)
Nationality
Hong Konger
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
02 Apr 2027
Students who are studying in secondary schools in Hong Kong should check with their school’s internal selection and nomination process before starting the application process.
A duly completed application packet includes the following forms.
Application Form (completed and signed by applying student)
Principal Recommendation Form (completed and signed by secondary school principal)
Referee Recommendation Form (completed and signed by referee, who is acquainted with the student other than the Secondary School Principal and family members of the student, can be his/her teacher, social worker, coach, etc.)
All forms above must be submitted in the specified electronic format, fillable PDF. Please fill in and sign the PDF forms digitally, and refrain from using scanned PDF files or other file formats, as it will impede the smooth processing of the applications.