Current UG Students – 2024/25

Modified Composite Point System is adopted to assess all applications with effective from 2021/22. There are four components:

1. Home Distance from HSUHK
2. Participation in Campus Life
3. Outstanding Performance
4. Contribution and Participation in Residential Life

For details, please refer to the the Admission Policy of the Residential Colleges in 2024/25.

“HKeMobility” (https://www.hkemobility.gov.hk/), named “Hong Kong eTransport” formerly, an on-line platform administered by the Transport Department, is proposed to be used for calculating the travelling time. You may click here for the guidelines and click here for a sample screenshot.

1. Home address refers to student’s official record maintained by the Registry. Address proof showing students names and residential address within the latest 3 months before the start date of Residential Colleges application of 2024/25 is required.
2. Applicants have to choose “The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong” as the destination for calculating the time required.
3. Travelling time is calculated using the HKeMobility, taking into account the following factors:
   • “All Service” should be selected when filtering the results
   • Walking Distance: Longer
   • Walking Route: Normal
   • Fare: Adult
   • Departure Time: General working hours on Monday to Friday
   • Search result involving time or day specific or temporary transport services normally would not be counted; it would be counted only when they were the only options available
   • The search results should be sorted by “Time” and in any case, the result with the shortest travelling time would be used
   • To ensure objectivity, personal preference and travelling cost would not be taken into consideration.
4. The travelling time will be converted into home distance scores in accordance with the below table. Maximum score of 50 points would be given to students with a travelling time of 120 minutes or more.

* For Local Current Students with Residential Experience (maximum 25 points), Local Current Students without Residential Experience (maximum 40 points), Non-local Senior Intake (maximum 25 points) and Non-local Current Students without Residential Experience (maximum 15 points), the corresponding scores will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

To encourage students’ active and balanced participation in various kinds of activities held on campus, students could receive scores based on the followings.

1. A maximum of 2 activities, 1 per category, in the year from April 2023 to March 2024.
2. Documentary proof must be provided at the time of submitting application. Late submission would not be accepted.
3. Students receiving payment for their participation or services would not be awarded scores.

Category 1

Category 2

Both academic attainments (Category 1) and non-academic attainments (Category 2), with details as shown below, would be taken into consideration.

1. 1 item per category could be counted, subject to a maximum of 15 points (the corresponding scores for different groups will be calculated on a pro-rata basis). For Category 2, the awards received in the past 3 years (Academic Years 2021-22,  2022-23 & 2023-24) could be counted.
2. Documentary proof must be provided at the time of application submission. Late submission would not be accepted.

Category 1 – Academic attainment

Category 2 – Non-academic attainment

To encourage students to participate in different RC activities and programmes to enrich their RC life in the living-and-learning community, scores will be given as recognition. The corresponding scores for different groups will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Applicants will be required to complete the online report on Contribution and Participation in Residential Colleges Life on the system according to their participation and contribution in RC activities, neighborhood and community in RC 2023/24. Further enquiries and appeal of results should be directed to respective RC Master.

Scoring for Contributions and Participation in RC and Joint RC activities is as follows:

In order to enhance the RC development in the long run, RC Masters can directly admit students and a mechanism is created for facilitating the assessment and direct admission:

1. Eligibility: both residents and non-residents
2. Applicants are required to submit their application on eCampus.
3. Selection criterion: talents, special needs, or significant contribution to the RC community
4. Selection panel includes RC Management Team and Residents’ Associations (RAs), but the final judgement will rest with the respective RC Master.
5. Assessment would be made by the RC Management Team with justifications.
6. Quota of 9 – 11 for each RC, depending on their number of bed places.