Admission

Composition fees

The composition fee for each module is HK$7,300 (subject to final approval by the University). The 4-module project, which counts as four modules, has a composition fee of $29,200. The total composition fees for the two study modes are therefore as follows:

• 12 modules mode:
  HK$7,300 x 12 = HK$87,600
   
• 8 modules + 4-module project:
  (HK$7,300 x 8) + (HK$7,300 x 4) = HK$87,600

Students who select to study a module from the MSc(ECom&IComp) programme have to pay HK$10,800 per module. The fee difference is due to the higher running costs of the programme and longer teaching time (30 hours) per module.

Fees for enrolled modules are paid on semester basis. The first instalment of composition fees of one module is payable at the time of acceptance of an offer of admission.

A number of scholarships are applicable for full-time applicants from Mainland China. Different fee arrangement exists for scholarship recipients from Mainland China.

Generally composition fees for cancelled enrolment before specified deadline are not refunded, but can be used to pay for another enrolled module or carried over to the next semester as credit. (Subject to the approval by the University)

Financial assistance

For Hong Kong residents

• The Non-means Tested Loan Scheme (NLS) was extended to provide financial assistance in the form of loan to eligible students who are not covered under the LSFS (Local Student Finance Scheme) and FASP (Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students) to meet their tuition fees. Students are eligible to apply for the Non-means Tested Loan Scheme administered by the Student Financial Assistance Agency if they have resided or have had their homes in Hong Kong continuously for three full years immediately before the commencement of their course of study.
   
  For more information, please refer to the web site at: http://www.sfaa.gov.hk/eng/schemes/nlss.htm
   

• Some of the modules have been included in the list of reimbursable courses for the Continuing Education Fund (CEF) which provides reimbursement up to HK$10,000 for eligible students. For further details on this, please visit the CEF website http://www.sfaa.gov.hk/cef.

For PRC candidates

• PRC students who have successfully applied and been offered a place in the Master of Science in Computer Science as full-time students in Hong Kong have an opportunity to have their composition fees reduced quite substantially if they apply and are awarded The China Postgraduate Scholarships for Computer Science.
   
• The maximum number of scholarships for 2012-13 is thirty, with a maximum value of HK$30,000 each.
   
• The scholarships shall be used to meet part of the composition fees for a full-time programme of studies leading to the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science. Successful applicants will need to pay only the balance of the total composition fees minus the amount of scholarships awarded when they accept the offer.
   
• The scholarships shall be awarded on the basis of academic merits.