Students admitted to HKU’s undergraduate programmes who achieve 5A* in one academic year for GCE A-Level or International A-Level qualifications will be eligible for a scholarship to cover full tuition fee. Eligible students will be shortlisted and nominated for the selection committee's consideration on a rolling basis. The subjects should be taken in one academic year (September to August) and should not include language subjects.

Students admitted to HKU’s undergraduate programmes who achieve 44 or above in IB Diploma will be eligible for a scholarship to cover up to full tuition fee. Eligible students will be shortlisted and nominated for the selection committee's consideration on a rolling basis.

The scholarship shall be awarded to the top scorers newly-admitted undergraduate students each year.

The Jardine HKU Scholarship is newly established to be awarded annually with the aim of supporting access to further education by local students who are financially in need, in order to nurture local talents to be future leaders who will give back to their community.

HKU Sports Scholarship Scheme offers an alternative admission pathway for outstanding athletes to study in the University. HKU provides Sports Scholars with various supports, which would include personalized academic advising, flexible learning arrangements, counselling, and strength & conditioning training so that they can pursue academic and sport excellence at the same time.

This merit-based scholarship recognises top HKDSE students who obtained level 5** in 5 HKDSE subjects or more.

This merit-based scholarship recognises top HKDSE students with scores of 6 x 5** or more.