1. Application Period: Applications will be open from 00:00 on 12 April to 23:59 on 21 April 2024. The online application form is available for access via iHostel system (log in to the Portal → Stu Affairs → iHostel).
2. Eligibility: All full-time students of the University are eligible to apply for Summer Residence 2024.
3. Allocation Criteria and Priority: Available hall places will be allocated with the following priority which was approved by the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) in March 2020.
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- UGC-funded full-time Research Postgraduate (RPG) students
- UGC-funded full-time Undergraduate (UG) students enrolled in courses offered in Summer Semester
- Other UGC-funded full-time Undergraduate (UG) students
- UGC-funded full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) students
- UGC-funded full-time Higher Diploma in Early Childhood Education HD(ECE) students
- Self-financed full-time students
4. Hall Places on Offer: To provide a safe and healthy, friendly and comfortable living place for students, Northcote Hall will be closed for proper utilizing the resources for facilitating the maintenance works throughout the Summer while Jockey Club Student Quarters will be partially open to accommodate Research Postgraduate (RPG) students only. Hall places on offer for Summer Residence 2024 are set out as below.
| Northcote Hall (NH) | Grantham Hall (GH) | Robert Black Hall (RBH) | Jockey Club Student Quarters (JCSQ) |
| Closed for maintenance works |
Open for application |
Open to RPG students only | |
5. Result Announcement: Successful applicants will receive conditional hall offers via iHostel system on 25 April 2024. To confirm acceptance of the hall offer, students should reply to the conditional offer in the iHostel system by 23:59, 30 April 2024 and settle all payment listed in the conditional offer. Student should submit the payment proof via the Online Payment-proof Submission Form stated in the conditional offer letter and return the original bank deposit slip to SAO Service Counter, B4-G/F-01, from 25 to 30 April 2024 (09:00 - 17:00) with his/her full name and student number written on the back of the bank transaction slip (Please refer to the poster below). Online payment is highly recommended. No cash is accepted by the Hall Management Section or the Hall Management Office of each student hall/quarters. All fees paid are non-refundable and non-transferable.
6. Please refer to the “Application Guidelines for Summer Residence 2024” (PDF) for the Residential Period, Lodging Charge (which equals weekly rate x no. of weeks in that residential period), Payment Methods and other details.
Hall Briefing Session on Summer Residence (on 27 March 2024) (PDF)
iHostel User Guide for Summer Residence (PDF Version) (Video Demonstration)
March 2024