Scholarships

donated by Mr David Richard Wong, Ms Frances L Wong and Mrs Hannah Fong

Eligibility and Criteria:

1. The Scholarships shall be awarded to 1 full-time, local Year 2-3 undergraduate (UG) student and 1 Year 2 or above research postgraduate (RPg) student (within the normal study period) from the Department of History in each academic year.

2. The UG and RPg nominees are required to submit a Statement of Purpose to the Donor during the nomination process, illustrating how they are going to utilize the Scholarship and how will they be benefited from the Scholarship.

3. Awardees must not hold other scholarships of comparable amount concurrently.

4. If there are no suitable UG and/or RPg candidate(s) for nomination for the academic year concerned, at the Donor’s discretion, the UG and/or RPg quota(s) shall be carried forward to the next academic year.

For nomination of UG student

5. The UG awardee must have outstanding academic achievement with a CGPA of 3.0 or above.

6. If there are candidates of comparable academic performance, priority shall be given to local students with greater financial needs, or more commitment in community services.

For nomination of RPg student

7. The RPg awardee must be evaluated and indicated by his/her Supervisor in the annual Progress/Assessment Report as “Satisfied” or “Very satisfied” with the student’s progress.

8. If there are candidates of comparable academic progress, priority shall be given to candidates with more publications in top academic journals in the field of History or have more presentations at international conferences.

No. of Award and Amount: HK$38,000 for 1 UG student and HK$37,000 for 1 RPg student

Nominations from the Department of History shall reach the Office of Student Affairs.

donated by Ms Deanie Chiu Fung Ha

Eligibility and Criteria:

The Scholarship shall be awarded to 1 full-time undergraduate student majoring in History who obtains the highest grade in the course - “HST4208 History of Hong Kong from 1941”.

No. of Award and Amount: HK$5,000 for 1 student

Nomination from the Department of History shall reach the Office of Student Affairs.

donated by Mr Jimmy Wu 

Eligibility and Criteria:

1. The Scholarship shall be awarded to 1 full-time undergraduate student in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History programme.

2. The awardee should demonstrate a passion in philanthropy/social innovation to serve the Hong Kong community through a constant track of service experience and a profound knowledge of his/her service target(s).

3. The awardee should achieve a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in the current academic year.

No. of Award and Amount: HK$5,000 for 1 student

The Department of History and the Office of Student Affairs will administer the Scholarship.