Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
To be awarded to one undergraduate student from Hong Kong. The award is renewable for up to four years of study provided each recipient continues to demonstrate a high degree of financial need and maintains high academic standing at the University of Toronto.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The University of Toronto Hong Kong Scholarships range from CAD 12,500 to 33,000 per year, renewable for 2 to 4 years. The scholarship is tenable only at the University of Toronto.
Eligibility
- Applicants must display a high degree of financial need and must have achieved a high academic standing in secondary school.
- Undergraduate students in any college or faculty.
- Hong Kong students who have completed or are in the process of completing the HKDSE, IB (or equivalent). Applicants must have the prerequisite courses needed for their chosen program at the University of Toronto; have an English proficiency test; intending to begin university studies in the following academic year.
- Permanent resident of Hong Kong who will return after graduation (i.e. a non-Canadian requiring a study permit); not have citizenship, landed immigrant status, permanent residency or any other claim to residence in Canada.
- Demonstrate family financial need.
- Have strong personal initiative and community leadership; have a genuine interest in living abroad and wants to enjoy a new cultural experience.
- Be committed to developing a career and community service in Hong Kong.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
The Hong Kong Scholarships are intended to help families with financial need to partially meet the cost of a University of Toronto education.A single application to the University of Toronto Hong Kong Scholarships makes applicants eligible for the following scholarships:
University of Toronto (Hong Kong) Foundation Scholarship;
William Doo Scholarship;
Fung Yiu King Memorial Scholarship;
Lucina Laam Ho Scholarship;
Dato Tong, Luis Charitable Foundation Limited Scholarship;
Lo Family Scholarship.
Refer to the Hong Kong Scholarships Application Package(external link) for full instructions.