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I am happy I can study here. The scholarship helps reduce the

financial burden on my family. There is no way I can come here

without a scholarship,

”

“Around 40 Indonesians applied ronment for Science, Technology, ber rose by 6.3 per cent to 13,254,
for the CUHK conditional schol- Engineering, the Arts and Mathe- according to figures released by
arships. Only a few were eligible to matics (STEAM) students. the University Grants Committee
receive the scholarship,” she says. (UGC).
“Hong Kong has higher-quality re-
Having obtained 2 A*s in A-levels, sources for research. There are also The number of international un-
Tjoa only got half of the scholar- better institutions that I can join dergraduates at the Hong Kong
ship. But she still decided to come after graduating,” she adds. University of Science and Technol-
and learn research-oriented skills ogy (HKUST) increased by 16.9
to prepare for her future career In the 2020-21 academic year, a per cent from 6,257 in the 2020-
plan. total of 12,477 non-local full-time 2021 academic year to 7,308 in the
undergraduates were enrolled in 2021-2022 academic year.
Tjoa thinks Hong Kong has a bet- Hong Kong’s eight publicly-funded
ter academic reputation and envi- universities. In 2021-22, the num- For the University of Hong Kong

Tjoa is studying biomedical science at the Chinese University of
Hong Kong.