• If you are currently residing OUTSIDE Hong Kong, you should read from the beginning.
• For those who are in Hong Kong, please go to “B. Studying at CUHK”.
As the pandemic continues to evolve, arrangements for incoming students may change frequently. Please visit this webpage and the HKSAR Government (the Government) dedicated website on COVID-19 regularly for the latest arrangements.
- The Government has categorised specified places into different groups and listed the respective boarding and quarantine requirements. You can check which group you belong to on this website and make the necessary travel plan according to the requirements.
- You may wish to allow for some flexibility in your travel plan due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.
- You can visit this website for the list of COVID-19 vaccines recognised by the Government.
- Please check this website to understand the requirement of the documentary proof and the definition of “fully vaccinated”.
- We strongly encourage you to be fully vaccinated before coming to Hong Kong if any vaccines that are recognised by the Hong Kong Government are available in where you live now. That could help you save the time, cost and hassle in terms of hotel quarantine or/and COVID-19 tests required by your hostel.
- You can check the details of designated hotels on this website if you are required to undergo compulsory quarantine in a designated hotel. Please visit this website for the list and fees of the hotels.
- As the availability of the hotel rooms is, especially during the summer holiday, very limited, you may wish to finalise your travel plan and make your bookings at your own expense as soon as possible.
- The Government will arrange designated transport to your quarantine hotel from the Arrivals Hall of the airport. For the detailed procedures after arriving at the airport, please visit this website.
- With the shared public facilities in hostels and therefore its relatively easy transmission of virus among residents, students residing on campus are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The hostel arrangements depend on whether you have been fully vaccinated or not:
• If you have NOT been vaccinated: undergo an entry test before your admission to a hostel and a COVID-19 test every two weeks afterwards at your own expense
• If you have been fully vaccinated for more than 14 days: you will be exempted from regular testing
- CUHK offers a collegiate system and has nine colleges in total. Each college manages their own hostels and all students will be assigned to one of the colleges. To check which college you have been assigned to, you can login to your student account (provided that you have successfully completed student registration) for the official result on or after 26 August 2021. More information on college assignment can be found here.
- If your quarantine requirement indicates that you have to do compulsory testing after your hotel quarantine or you have to do such testing as required by your hostel, you may check the following websites for the test centres and its fees.
• COVID-19 Community Testing Centres (Public), HK$240 per test
• Union Hospital (Private), HK$1,000 per test
• Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (Private), HK$1,080 per test
- The default mode of teaching for courses offered in 1st term 2021-2022 will be face-to-face and students are expected to attend all classes and related activities in-person.
• Mandatory Mask Wearing
- In Hong Kong, a person must wear a mask at all times in public area (no matter indoors or outdoors). As of early June 2021, there is abundant supply of face masks in the city and they can be easily purchased at different shops.
- For more details on the regulation for mask wearing in Hong Kong, please visit this website.
• Group Gatherings
- Group gatherings of more than 4 persons in public places and restaurants are prohibited. Social distancing measures should also be observed. For details, please visit this website.
- More information will be made available here in due course.
- Students who have completed Document Verification will be notified on the procedures in due course.
For students who have accepted a firm admission offer:
You are required to complete document verification and perform student registration by the specified timeline as advised. You should check regularly and read all the information provided on this website to make sure you comply with the admission procedures. Incompletion of any of these admission procedures will affect your student and course registration, as well as studies at the University.
For students who have accepted a conditional admission offer:
You are required to submit the latest academic results with official proof and complete document verification as soon as possible. You should then perform student registration by the specified timeline as advised. You should check regularly and read all the information provided on this website to make sure you comply with the admission procedures. Incompletion of any of these admission procedures will affect your student and course registration, as well as studies at the University.