• 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. 

• Check the delivery status with the issuing authority or courier service provider; ensure that the documents have been sent to the right mailing address.
• Login to the application system to check the document receipt status.

• Please send your documents to the University with your application number and program at:

        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

• For electronic transcripts, please request your home institution to send to the email below pgdoc@ust.hk. 

• Yes, we prefer official electronic transcripts shared directly by issuing authorities whenever possible.

• Please request your home institution to send electronic transcripts quoting your application number and applied program to pgdoc@ust.hk
• However, please note that electronic transcripts are acceptable only if they are retrievable from designated secure websites. Email attachments will not be accepted.

The codes below apply to all HKUST PG programs:

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)

• You should submit the official supporting document, accompanied with officially certified English translations. 
• The translator should sign and stamp on the translation and certify that the document is a true translation of the original.  
• Please visit here for details.

• Copies officially imprinted, signed and certified by the issuing authority concerned, or
• Documents that have been duly declared as true copies before a notary public (for example a Commissioner of Oaths at any local District Office in Hong Kong).

• Check the Document Checklist which will appear after you have accepted the offer online.

• Refer to Document Requirements for details and tips as below:

• Arrange official documents to be sent before the deadline stipulated in the offer letter/ Document Checklist.

• Check the document receipt status in the Document Checklist.

• Deposit payment instructions will be available after you click “Accept Offer and Pay” in the Online Admission System. 
• Please upload the payment proof by the deadline.