Discretionary Hall Places
From 19 June 2023, 09:00 am to 8 September 2023, 12:00 noon, application for discretionary hall places 2023/24 will be open to all full-time EdUHK students who have special reason(s) for on-campus accommodation. Applicants can only apply for discretionary hall place to Dean of Students [Dean(S)] or a Warden.
Consideration for discretionary hall places would be made on a case-by-case basis depending on urgent needs with reference, but not limit to:
- Dean of Students’ Discretion:
Health/family issue, contribution to the University, or other special reasons which cannot be reflected from Point System. - Wardens’ Discretion:
Hall contribution and/or hall related roles.
Application should be made by duly completing the online application form and submitting related supporting documents.
Important Notes:
- Applicants must read through the “Guidelines for Application on Student Accommodations 2023/24” on the Hall Management Section website carefully.
- Once an applicant is OFFERED a hall place in any round of hall application in 2023/24, his/her application for discretionary hall place 2023/24 will be terminated automatically without further notice. In the event that he/she applied for a whole year hall place through iHostel and being OFFERED a semester hall place, his/her application for discretionary hall place 2022/23 may be considered for the alternate semester.
- Applicants are required to provide ALL proofs in relation to the reason(s) mentioned in his/her application (which are issued within the period of last 6 -12 months before the application, which would be considered on a case-by-case basis on reasonable terms). SAO shall not request any documents/proofs from any organization/person on behalf of the applicant. Applications which are incomplete, and/or without relevant supporting document, will NOT be considered.
- Applicants are liable for all documents submitted during the application process. Applicants, who submitted fake documents/documents with incorrect contents, will be disqualified immediately without further notice.
- Late submission or application submitted through other means will NOT be accepted.
- The application, once submitted, cannot be changed or modified. In the event of repeated submission, only the latest submission will be processed.
- Due to limited quotas, applications will be determined on a case-by-case basis, those with greater/urgent on-campus accommodation needs will be accorded priority.
- If one’s application is successful, the successful applicant will only be guaranteed an on-campus hall place without any right to choose hall (except for Wardens’ discretionary hall place) or room type.
- All data collected will be used for application for discretionary hall place 2023/24, statistics and office record only.
The application result will be announced from late September to mid-October 2023. Only successful applicants will be notified by email separately.
For enquiries, please contact Hall Management Section at 2948 6868 or hall-sao@eduhk.hk.