Student Exchange

 How to Apply

Please download and complete the following application forms. Return the completed forms together with the required documents via your home institution to us for processing.
 

Application Forms

1.

Application Checklist

2. Application for Enrollment (pdf file)
Application for Enrollment (doc file)
3. Accommodation for Undergraduate Students:
Application for Student Residence Halls 
Read carefully the terms and conditions of Student Residence Halls:
http://shcweb.hkbu.edu.hk/rules_checkin.html

Accommodation for Postgraduate Students:
Application for NTT International House 
Read carefully the details of the NTT International House accommodation package:
www.hkbu.edu.hk/ntt/SemesterEng1.html
4.

Student Visa Application:
Visa / Entry Permit Application Form (ID995A)
Guidance Notes
Guidebook for Entry for Study in Hong Kong (English Version)
Guidebook for Entry for Study in Hong Kong (Chinese Version)

Sample

Sample Visa Application Form

 

5. Fee Payment Form

For Fee-Paying/Visiting Students only:
Credit card payment form for application fee
Required Documents
1. Official academic transcript from your home institution
2. A copy of your travel document containing your personal particulars, its issuance and expiry dates. (For students from Mainland China, Macau and Taiwan, please also attach copies of their identity documents, e.g. identity cards, census papers, etc.)
3. Financial statements
As required by the Hong Kong Immigration Department, students must provide financial proof of adequate financial resources to support their study and living expenses while in Hong Kong. Acceptable documents include copies of bank statements, savings account passbooks, scholarship letters showing a balance of at least US$5,000 (or equivalent) per academic semester for international students or RMB 20,000 for Chinese Mainland student.
Notes: If you are not the account holder, please ask the account holder to write a statement declaring that he/she will financially support you during your study exchange at HKBU.
4. Three recent passport-size photographs (one for the enrollment application; one for the student visa application; one for the International Office)
- Not larger than 55 mm x 45 mm and not smaller than 50 mm x 40 mm;
- All of the same pose;
- Computer prints of photos are not acceptable
5. A recommendation letter from home institution (required for Chinese Mainland students)
6. An official TOEFL/IELTS score report (Required for non-native English speakers)

You are required to submit the completed "Application for Enrollment - Study Abroad/Exchange Students" via your home institution to HKBU at the following address:

International Office
Hong Kong Baptist University
Room DLB 825, 8/F., David C. Lam Building
Shaw Campus
34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
Hong Kong

Deadline

Application materials should reach HKBU (International Office) by the following dates, so that there should be sufficient time for the admission process and processing of immigration visa.

1st (Fall) Semester: 4 May
2nd (Spring) Semester: 15 October


Exemption to this time line will be addressed through your home institution