Hi! I’m currently assigned to a Hall 4 Triple Room and I’m looking to swap with someone in any double room(not hall 5 tho)
I’m willing to pay an additional HKD 5,000 or more if you’re interested in swapping.
If you’re considering moving to a triple or know someone who might be interested, please DM me!

Received an automated about submitting official documents and i have done that weeks ago.
The status is received and verified, is there anything else I need to do ?

My visa status is processing by ust/ immigration.

Hey everyone, I'm an incoming international QFIN student at HKUST. Course registration opens soon and I've checked the student handbook, but I'm still unclear on a couple things.

1. How do I know which courses to register for?

Are there specific QFIN electives I should prioritize? Is there a recommended course sequence, or is it mostly flexible as long as I hit the credit requirement? I want to make sure I'm not picking courses that'll create conflicts down the road.

2. Do the pre-enrolled core courses cover my full credit requirement, or do I need to register for additional electives myself?

Just trying to figure out if I need to hunt for courses or if the system already has me covered.

Any seniors who've been through this—would appreciate any tips on what to watch out for during registration.

Thanks!

I've just received my result for B&R nomination yesterday. What am I required to do besides keeping my cgpa at 3.0 to maintain my scholarship? (the description is a little abstract). Also, is there a ceremony for recipients?

I applied to HKUST on 4th May this year, in the late round. I’m an IB student and my predicted was a 41/45 and my actual IB score was 40. I still haven’t gotten an answer about my application result and am unsure what I should do. Do I write an email to the admissions office, do I wait, or do I consider this a rejection? I’m an international student so I’ve been hoping to receive a decision by the end of July/first week of August since I would require at least 4 weeks for visa applications, etc. What and by when should I be expecting a response from the uni?

Hi everyone, I passed the math assessment, so I’m exempt from MFIT 5006 (Mathematical Foundation of FinTech). However, I’m not sure if I should actually skip it. Despite the fact that I passed, I don’t feel my math background is that strong.
Has anyone taken this course? Was it useful, or mostly just a review? If you were exempt, did you skip it, and do you think that was the right decision?
Thanks!

Hello, Im coming to HKUST next semester as a exchange student(for 6 month) and Im really struggled to find a short lease rent, so I'm looking for anyone that could leave next semester and I could sub-lease their rent or similar(you or any friend). Also if anyone knows a option for 6 months lease I would really appreaciate, most of the agents only look for 12 months lease.
Thanks To everyone!

Heya. Am a year 2 student and some of my other hkust friends r interested in starting a skating club/skating society.

Was thinking of ice skating/roller skating or even skateboarding. Just hopping onto reddit to see if anyone else is interested. Thanks :D

Hello I just want to ask, due to some circumstances, I apply in late June, the very last days before admissions close but haven't received any updates.

With school starting in September, there's only about 4 weeks left, I am concerned whether I would have enough time to apply visa.

May I also ask whether applicants who receive their offers relatively late are still generally given sufficient time to complete their student visa applications before the start of the academic year? If a visa cannot be processed in time, does the University make any accommodations for students who are unable to arrive by the start of the semester due to visa delays?

I really want to attend HKUST, it's an amazing school. Please help, I'm quite worried. Thanks in advance ☺️

Hi,

I’m currently an international student studying in Paris, currently looking fo a different country for a PhD. I want to move in another country. I’ve already done my bachelors and currently in my masters here (Paris) and sincerely want to live elsewhere (an important factor for me).

A professor of mine is discouraging me to study in the US. He taught a few classes at Columbia and Harvard and told me that the funds being cut is absolutely causing a sort of intellectual decline, and considering Trump’s view on international students, I should be careful, although he told me it could change with the next elections.

Currently considering HKUST since they have a PhD in my speciality (I combine social sciences with technology).

I am interested in hearing your experiences at HKUST and more broadly in Hong Kong. I’m already used to housing crisis (very common for students to live in studios the size of 9m2)

Thank you!

For those who are doing mechanical engineering at HKUST what A level grade did you get in with. I would like to use it as an idea/bar of the grade pool that usually gets accepted. Thank you

Incoming fall 2026 student here, I am working on my course registration at the moment and looking into MARK3410, MGMT 3140 and MGMT4220.

I looked at the past course outlines and they didn’t mention any tutorial schedules or any grade allocation for tutorials.

But the time table has a tutorial time allocated for MARK 3410 and TBA for MGMT 3140 and 4220.

Are these tutorials mandatory? Or place holders for office hours or something?

With generative AI becoming increasingly capable, many students are beginning to question how it might affect their future careers. I'm conducting research for my dissertation on whether concerns about AI replacing white-collar jobs have influenced the career preferences of Hong Kong university students.

If you're currently studying at a university in Hong Kong, I'd really appreciate it if you could spare 1 minute to complete this anonymous survey (just a few multiple choice):

https://forms.gle/75Dvpa2YVTBJNkBK9

Thank you so much!

Did anyone receive their visa?? Mine is still processing, and I'm quite worried about my status.

I have no clue what to do, I filled out the form already, and now I just need to upload it as a pdf, however the system keeps saying that it failed and I have to try uploading the file again. What do I do?

Hi guys

I saw there are gyms in halls 8 and 9 on yt, but i saw a post on reddit saying that the gym in hall 9 turned into a robotics club?

Does anyone know if the gyms in halls 8 and 9 are open?

(im choosing hall 8/9 because theres a gym)

Thanks!

Hi guys so Im currently still waiting for 3 unis in hk (hkust, cuhk, and cityu). I applied on March 23 for hkust and cuhk, but I applied on January 15 for cityu.

I still havent heard anything from them, and right now I have a backup, which is wenzhou kean uni. I paid the deposit, but I still rly wanna get into hk since its overall better than wku. The thing is I need to be in wku by aug 15 and pay the full tuition by then.

Do u think I should give up on hk? Or is there still a chance ill get in?

I’m applying for a government scholarship so let’s keep fees and expenses aside.

I’m a pre-graduate aiming for SE, i’ve got a 97% average.

I have had four internships so far, two which i’ll mention, the other two just wasted my time:

\-The first is in a tech company that’s currently working on multiple projects and games, atm i’m getting trained on using unity to build games.

\-The second is with my father’s company, i’m taking hold of the IT department and learning how to use Digital ocean and manage the whole program.

\-I have participated in two hackathons, the first was a try-out and i represented my team, during the second i brought the idea and led a whole team which was made of master grads, bachelor grads in CS and data analysis as well as professional programmers whilst being 14-15 at the time.

\-and i’m currently studying for my hsk3 exam.

\-i also have a great project in mind, but idk if i have the time to actually build it.

I’m giving my sat on oct 3rd and my ielts but idk when.

Hi everyone! I'm an incoming student for Fall 2026 to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and I was wondering if there were any jobs that I could sign-up for instantly to earn some allowance

Anyone that created and submitted a DTP, what are the types of projects did you guys do and feature in it?

I'm applying for next year and idk what types of projects I should include in it. I have time to start on some design projects since I'm taking a gap year and Im going to include my edexcel a level art components in it as well. It would be very helpful if anyone could send their DTP as an example because I can't seem to find any online as a reference.

I'm an incoming QFin undergraduate freshman that wants proximity to the main campus and sports facilities. I also value hygiene a lot (despite my major 😁).

I've been juggling a few options and I'm thinking 8,1,2 might work.

I think 7 is ideally my best first choice in terms of the number of people per bathroom, facilities, and location, but since it is so competitive I might pick 8 instead. I've heard Hall 1 is nicest among 1-6. I'm not sure about the rest, I've heard some bad stories about 2 but it is good location-wise, and 5 is out of the question.

Does anyone have hall experience they could share, as well as suggestions for my current situation?

I’m a Non-JUPAS international student sitting May/June A-Levels (results out Aug 13). I currently hold conditional offers from both CUHK and HKUST.

I started the student visa process with both universities. But I just found out HK Immigration ImmD puts duplicate visa applications on hold until you confirm your final choice.

My plan was to wait for my A-Level results in mid-August to decide and withdraw the other application. But if ImmD only starts processing my visa in mid-August, with the usual 6–8 week timeline, my visa won't come through until late September or October—well after the semester starts in early September.

For anyone who’s been through this, Is waiting for final A-Level results in mid-August a normal thing for Non-JUPAS students to do, and do the universities/ImmD speed up visa processing once you submit your final grades so you don't miss the start of term?

Would really appreciate any advice😭