Tuition Fee & Scholarship

Entrance Scholarship for Outstanding Non-local Student

The Entrance Scholarship for Outstanding Non-local Students (the Scholarship) is established to encourage non-local overseas students to pursue higher qualifications in education and to enhance students’ professionalism in their chosen areas of focus.

The Scholarship will cover the full tuition fee (24 credit points) of the MEd programme and provide a living allowance of HK$40,000 to cover partial living expenses. No additional fees will be covered by the Scholarship.

1. Eligibility Criteria
   The Scholarship is offered to students who fulfill the following criteria:
   (a) a non-local applicant*;
   (b) meet the admission requirements of the MEd Programme/ respective Area of Focus (if any);
   (c) register to the One-year Full-time MEd Programme; and
   (d) attained a Cumulative GPA of 3.4 (out of 4.33) or above, or equivalent, in their undergraduate degree. If the applicant is a final-year undergraduate student, the Scholarship offer will remain conditional. The applicant must provide proof of a final Programme GPA of 3.4 or above upon completing their undergraduate studies; if not, the Scholarship offer will be revoked.

*Definition of local students and non-local students could be found on the University’s website (under Admissions – Postgraduate Programmes: https://www.eduhk.hk/acadprog/NLS_Definition_PG.pdf)

2. Application Procedures
   Eligible students will be invited to submit applications. Invited students should submit a completed application form together with a Personal Statement and supporting documents (if any) to medadmission@eduhk.hk.

3. Personal Statement
   The Personal Statement should be within 800 to 1,000 words and should be written in English, indicating:

  (a) your motivation to undertake the MEd study in your chosen Area of Focus;
  (b) details of your contribution to school(s) and the education community; and
 (c) the particular professional inputs that you could make to the programme.

4. Selection Criteria
   (a) Academic performance (cumulative / year / subject GPA of Bachelor’s degree or public examination results); and
   (b) Other criteria deemed appropriate by the MEd Programme Committee.

Points to note

- Applicants who fulfilled the abovementioned requirements will be considered for the MEd Entrance Scholarship for Outstanding Non-local Students.
- A formal email and/or letter notification of the award result will be issued to the Scholarship awardee.
- Incomplete application will NOT be considered.
- The EdUHK’s decisions in respect of the award of the Scholarship will be final.
- For enquiries, please contact MEd Admissions at medadmission@eduhk.hk.

For 2025/26, to be announced.

Scholarship for Teachers (Pursuit of Master's Degree Programmes) (2024/25)

The Scholarship for Teachers (Pursuit of Master's Degree Programmes) launched by the Education Bureau is now inviting applications. This scholarship aims to recognize achievements of high-performing teachers and to encourage teachers' pursuit of higher qualifications as well as to enhance their professionalism. Application is open to full-time regular teachers who

(a) are permanent residents of Hong Kong;  

(b) are regular teachers^* in local primary or secondary day schools (including special schools) offering a formal curriculum at the time of application;

(c) have no less than five years (as at 31 August 2023) of full-time teaching experience^# in local primary or secondary day schools (including special schools) offering a formal curriculum;

(d) adhere to the standards of professional conduct of teachers and have no records of professional misconduct and punishment imposed by EDB and/ or schools;

(e) have not been awarded this Scholarship before; and

(f) have been enrolled to start, in the 2024/25 school year, the first year of study in a local part-time master's degree programme offered by a local higher education institution specialising in one of the following areas:

(i) Catering for Learner Diversity (including Special Educational Needs, Gifted Education and Inclusive Education)

(ii) Chinese Culture

(iii) Chinese History and History

(iv) Educational Leadership

(v) Guidance and Counselling (including Life Planning Education, Counselling and Life Education)

(vi) Information Technology in Education

(vii) Language Education (Chinese or English)

(viii) Parent Education and Home-school Co-operation

(ix) STEM^$ Education

(x) Values Education

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Remarks:

^* In the context of Direct Subsidy Scheme schools and private schools, “regular teachers” refers to regular members of the teaching staff in school. Teachers employed under the Native-speaking English Teacher Scheme in public sector are not included.

^# Applicants’ experience of secondment to Education Bureau is also counted.

^$ STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

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Teachers who apply for "the Scholarship for Teachers" have to be enrolled in a relevant master's degree programme offered by a local higher education institution in the 2024/25 school year. Master of Education programme with the following fields of study is also included in the list of the relevant study programmes for the Scholarship for Teachers: 

(a) Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment

(b) Education and Developmental Psychology

(c) Educational Leadership

(d) English for Academic Purposes

(e) Life and Values Education

(f) Mathematics, Technology, Science and Environment

(g) Special Needs, Giftedness and Counselling

The quota for “the Scholarship for Teachers” (2024/25) is 20. A total amount of HK$80,000 will be awarded to each awardee.

The Scholarship is open for application from 16 May to 13 June 2024.

For further information, please visit Education Bureau’s website. 

The Entrance Scholarship for Master of Education (The Scholarship) is established to encourage teachers’ pursuit of higher qualifications; as well as to enhance students' professionalism in their chosen areas of focus.

The details for 2025/26 will be announced soon

1. Eligibility Criteria
The Scholarship is offered to selected local full-time serving teachers who fulfill the following criteria:

1. a local applicant^*;
2. meet the admission requirements of the Master of Education (MEd) programme/respective Area of Focus (if any);
3. have been teaching in local schools (including pre-primary institutions, primary, secondary, special schools and higher education institutions) for at least one year OR have relevant working experience in their chosen Area of Focus;
4. have submitted an application for MEd programme September 2023 intake via EdUHK’s Online Application System and accepted the admission offer of the MEd programme;
5. register to the MEd programme offered by The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) in September 2023 intake;
6. NOT an awardee of the Scholarship for Teachers (Pursuit of Master’s degree Programmes (2023/24)) provided by Education Bureau (EDB) or UGC Targeted TPg Programmes Fellowship Scheme 2023/24^#.

Remarks:
^* Definition of local students and non-local students could be found at the EdUHK’s website (under Admissions – Postgraduate Programmes: https://www.eduhk.hk/acadprog/NLS_Definition_PG.pdf)
^# The MEd Entrance Scholarship will be withdrawn if he/she is the recipient of the Scholarship for Teachers (Pursuit of Master’s degree Programmes (2023/24)) or UGC Targeted TPg Programmes Fellowship Scheme 2023/24.

2. Application Procedures
If you would like to apply for the Scholarship, please write to us via email (medadmission@eduhk.hk) on or before 31 July 2023 (Monday) and (i) indicate your intention to apply for the Scholarship; (ii) attach the following documents in the email:

1. completed Personal Statement;
2. at least 1 community service letter(s) or recommendation letter(s) completed either by the Principal of the applicant’s serving school / academic staff from a university; and
3. proof of your teaching in local schools for at least one year.

3. Personal Statement
The Personal Statement should be within 800 to 2,000 words and should be written in English, indicating

1. your motivation to undertake the MEd study in your chosen Area of Focus;
2. details of your contribution to school(s) and the education community;
3. the attributes that you possesses as a good teacher, supported by examples;
4. your performance in learning and teaching, student development, school development, and professional relationships and services; and
5. the particular professional inputs that you could make to the programme.
6. Applicants who fulfilled the abovementioned requirements will be considered for the MEd Entrance Scholarship.

4.  Selection Criteria

1. Applicants’ attribute of a teacher;
2. Performance in and/or contribution to the serving school;
3. Contribution to the education community;
4. Academic performance; and
5. Other criteria deemed appropriate

An amount of HK$10,000 will be awarded to each awardee.
A formal email and/or letter notification of the award result will be issued to the Scholarship awardee.
Incomplete application will NOT be considered.
The EdUHK’s decisions in respect of the award of the Scholarship will be final.

To cultivate a research and outcome-oriented environment, the Postgraduate Students Publication Award is to reward students who produce quality research output in the form of journal articles.

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