Eligibility and Selection Criteria – 2025
The Scholarship is open to full-time non-final year undergraduates who meet the following criteria:
1. Being a Hong Kong Permanent Resident with the right of abode in Hong Kong;
2. Undertaking any degree at designated universities, but currently not in the final year;
3. Having a passion for and intention to pursue a career in innovation and technology; having innovative ideas that are aligned with any of the Scholarship’s “InnoTech Areas” as set out below:
- Advanced Manufacturing and Advanced Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
- Business and Financial Technology
- Life and Health Technology
- Sustainability and Green Technology
- Multidisciplinary Technology and Others;
4. Preferably having a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent) or above;
5. Having achieved a satisfactory result from any one of the English tests below:
- A minimum overall TOEFL# score of 90 (Internet-based test) with scores for individual sections not lower than 21 on reading, 22 on listening, 21 on speaking, and 17 on writing;
- A minimum IELTS# overall band score of 6.5 (Academic Module), with no component below 6.0;
- HKDSE English Language Exam Level 4 or above;
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) Exam English A Language and Literature Standard Level or High Level Grade 5 or above;
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) Exam English B Standard Level Grade 6 or above; or English B High Level Grade 5 or above;
- Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) English as a Second Language 0511 Grade C or above; or English First Language English 0522 Grade D or above;
- Pearson Edexcel International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) English as a Second Language Grade 6 or B or above; or English Language (Specification A or B) Grade 4 or C or above;
- #The test must have been taken on or since 5 February 2023;
- These are irrespective of overseas universities’ requirements;
6. Being well-rounded, having participated in extra-curricular and/ or community service activities;
7. Being able to display tremendous upside potential and benefit the most from the Scholarship;
8. Being willing to serve the community and having a strong commitment to Hong Kong;
9. Possesses good communication skills; and
10. Having not previously received this Scholarship.
The Scholarship Secretariat reserves the final right to accept or decline any application.