General Category,  

1. At least First-year Undergraduate student (undergraduate students only). According to the year of study recorded in the Office of Academic Affairs system at the time of internal selection..
2. GPA should be higher than 3.00.
3. TOEFL iBT 93 (Do not accept Home Edition) or IELTS 6.5.
4. Not available to students in the College of Medicine, College of Public Health.
5. Specific requirement for Law :
   1. GPA should be higher than 3.33.
   2. TOEFL iBT 97 (Do not accept Home Edition) or IELTS 7.0 (Listening 6.5 Reading 6.5 Writing 6.5 Speaking 6.5).

1. The language requirements listed are the minimum standards. Applicants are advised to look into specific departments and courses to ensure they meet all prerequisites and additional language criteria. The host institution reserves the right to deny admission if no suitable departments or courses are available. If any information provided in this table conflicts with the latest announcements from the exchange university, country, or region, applicants should follow the most recent official announcements from the respective university, country, or region.

2. Exchange students who are selected and recommended by NTU are not allowed, after receiving admission approval from the host university, to request changes to the granted admission conditions, nor may they, if their exchange application is rejected by the host university, request to reapply under different conditions. Any such actions will result in immediate cancellation of their admission eligibility.

3. For exchange information, please refer to the website.

4. Course information (> Course Information)

5. The following programmes / courses are NOT opened to exchange students:
   Faculty of Dentistry
   Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
   BSc (Exercise and Health) Programme
   Most final year project courses provided by all faculties

6. Students should meet higher entry requirements if they are applying for the below faculties:
   Faculty of Law
   Faculty of Business & Economics

7. Please refer to Step one - Check Entry Requirements.

8. Course Load: 
   Students are required to take 24-30 credits (6 credits per course in general) for each semester.
   50% of the course load must be chosen from one Faculty  (your intended host faculty). It is optional for students to take the remaining credits from other faculties.

9. Common Core courses will not count as part of the fulfillment of the 50% requirement of course enrollment for exchange students.

10. Except for the Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE), the minimum and maximum course load per semester are 6 and 30 credits respectively.  It is optional for students to take the remaining credits from other faculties. However, please ensure that at least 50% belongs to FBE.

11. Students admitted to Faculty of Law can choose no more than 6 credits of non-law course (i.e. 1 course) in each semester. For more information, please refer to this Website (Course Enrollment).

12. We are also pleased to share that HKU has recently established two new schools under the Faculty of Engineering that will further expand the learning opportunities for incoming students:

    • School of Computing and Data Science (SCDS): SCDS focuses on areas including computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, statistical decision sciences, fintech and actuarial science.

    • School of Innovation (i-School): The i-School integrates theory with practical, hands-on experiences across science, technology, design and entrepreneurship.

    • Both schools will offer courses to incoming exchange students, and details of the courses available will be announced here in August.

13. Health and travel insurance is optional but highly recommended.

    • Students may arrange insurance at their own cost in order to meet their needs for the duration of their studies in Hong Kong.

    • The coverage should include provisions for emergency evacuation, rescuer's expenses and repatriation. If you plan to travel outside Hong Kong, you should make sure that your insurance policy covers those destinations as well.

    • Registered students are entitled to HKU Group Travel Insurance (Portal login required to read the details) for travelling overseas on activities which are officially arranged by the University.

14. Exchange students are NOT allowed to work in Hong Kong under student visa conditions.