On the Donor

In 1965, in commemoration of its Centenary, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) established a fund at The University of Hong Kong to attract some of the best undergraduates and students entering the University into a career in social work in Hong Kong. The donation fund had been deployed to support social work students in the form of scholarships and later extended to bursaries from 1982 and travel awards from 1987.  In 2014, the scope of the fund was revised to provide support mainly in the form of scholarships.  

Purpose and Scope

The Scholarship shall be awarded to local full-time Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students who demonstrate proven academic ability and strong financial need:

• For first-year students: academic merit shown in public examinations for entry to the University, and a GPA of 3.3 or above in the first semester examinations;
• For second-year or above students: GPA of 3.3 or above.

Other criteria shall be taken into consideration: with genuine interest in social work as a career, character, motivation, personality, and sense of responsibility.

Application Timeline

The 2022-23 scholarships is open for application from January 27 to February 24, 2023.

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