• Please send your documents to the following address with your application number and program:
  HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School
  Room 6418 (Lifts 25/26), Academic Building
  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
  Hong Kong

　   Application Number: 6XXXXXXXXXX
　   Program: PhD in XXXX

• It is important to show that you are well covered financially during your studies at HKUST (see sample application form). 
• The Hong Kong Immigration Department requires documentary proof showing your financial standing, e.g. a photocopy of latest bank statement or passbook. 
• If you are awarded a scholarship or a Postgraduate Studentship, please indicate the monthly amount in the application form.

• Please refer to the Checklist of Documents Required for Visa/ Entry Permit Application. You will find more tips in the Visa System. 
• Please make use of the mailing cover when sending the supporting documents by courier to HKUST.

• You have to make your own arrangement to apply for dependent visa(s) for your family member(s). 
• Also, your dependents are prohibited from taking up employment in Hong Kong unless they have obtained prior permission from the Director of Immigration.
• Visit here and submit ID997 to the Hong Kong Immigration Department. 
• For more details, check with the

• Click here for guidelines to activate your student visa. These instructions will be sent to you together with your student visa/ entry permit. It is important that you do the steps right.

• Log in to the Visa System which shows the latest visa/ entry permit application status. 
• The University will advise you to download the e-Visa for entry to Hong Kong for study, upon the visa approval.
• Approved visa/ entry permit must be activated on or before the specified date on the e-Visa.  

• Send us the required paper documents as soon as possible.
• Please refer to the Checklist of Documents Required for Visa/ Entry Permit Application for details.
• You can check your application status in the Visa System.

• Application period:
  • Fall admission: March or soonest possible
  • Spring admission: mid-October or soonest possible
  • For exchange program, PG visiting student program and visiting internship: apply right after you have accepted the admission offer 
  • For DBA, EMBA, MBA, HKUST-NYU MSc in Global Finance: respective program offices will advise you of the details separately
• It is important to submit your application early to ensure that you can obtain the visa/entry permit in time for program commencement.
• Please

• You can apply through HKUST by lodging your application via HKUST Visa System. The University will act as your sponsor. 
• Please visit here for the application timeline and procedures.
• For students from Taiwan, Macao or an overseas country, you may choose to file an application on your own (e.g. through the consulate general of your country). You will need to find a sponsor and make your own arrangement to collect the visa label.

• Most non-local students are required to obtain the following for studying in Hong Kong:
  • student visa (if you are from an overseas country)
  • entry permit (if you are from Macao, Taiwan or Mainland China) 
• Please visit here for details.