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Tuition Fee & Other Fees

The tuition fees^ for newly admitted local students in the academic year 2026/27 are as follows:

Programme Name

Tuition Fee in HKD
(per year)

Diploma in Foundation Studies Programme# (1-year)

$47,000

Associate Degree Programmes (2-year)

  • Arts in Applied Communication (TBC Tuition Fee) @

  • Arts in English Language and Literature

  • Arts in Languages and Humanities

  • Arts in Legal Studies

  • Arts in Media, Cultural and Creative Studies

  • Business Administration

  • Chinese Medicine

  • Economics

  • Social Sciences

$62,000

  • Biomedical Sciences

  • Engineering

  • Geography

  • Nutrition and Food Science

  • Science

$64,000

  • Nursing Studies

$86,000

Higher Diploma Programmes (2-year)

  • Business

  • Chinese for Professional Communication

  • Global Supply Chain Management

  • Healthcare and Health Plan Administration

  • Information Management

  • Interior Design

  • Legal Executives

  • Marketing

  • New Media and Communication

  • Public Relations and Corporate Communications*

  • Visual Communication

$62,000

  • Airline and Airport Services

  • Aviation and Piloting

  • Aviation Studies

  • Data Science

  • Engineering

  • Geotechnical Engineering

  • Information Security

  • Information Technology

$64,000

  • Architectural Studies

$67,000

  • Dental Hygiene

$73,500

All tuition fees are paid annually in two instalments and are subject to annual revision. On proceeding to the next level of study, you are required to pay the tuition fees prescribed for the corresponding academic year.

Other Fees

  • You are required to pay HK$500 "caution money".  If there are no claims against your caution money, it will be used for your graduation fee, or will be refunded if you leave the College before graduation.

  • You are also a member of the Students' Union and is currently required to pay a membership fee of HK$55 per semester.  This fee may be adjusted during your period of study.

 

Refund Arrangement

It is the policy of The University of Hong Kong that fees paid are neither refundable nor transferable except as statutorily provided or under very exceptional circumstances. Please refer to this link for the arrangement for refund application 2026/27.

A refund applicant must have accepted: 

  1. a 2026/27 offer of a full-time University Grants Committee-funded (UGC-funded) bachelor’s degree programme (please note that self-financing programmes offered by the Hong Kong Metropolitan University and those offered by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts are NOT UGC-funded); or

  2. a 2026/27 subsidised place of a full-time bachelor’s degree programme under Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP).

Please refer to the table below regarding the eligibility for a refund:

Funding Category

Study Level of the Offer

Eligible to Refund

University Grants Committee-funded

(UGC-funded)

Full-time Bachelor's Degree

Yes

Sub-degree

(Associate Degree/
Higher Diploma)

No

Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors

(SSSDP)

Full-time Bachelor's Degree

Yes

Sub-degree

(Associate Degree/
Higher Diploma)

No

Self-financing

Full-time Bachelor's Degree

No

For more information, please click here for the arrangements of refund application 2026/27.

 

^ Subject to adjustment, if necessary.
# E-learning mode is available; tuition fee for the academic year 2026-27: HK$55,000.
@ Subject to final approval.
* To be re-titled to Associate of Arts in Applied Communication (subject to final approval).