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Like Nutcha, Lucy Seoyeon Jung Through the program, she hopes December 2022, including the Top
also benefits from the CUHK ad- to experience different types of Talent Pass Scheme and the estab-
mission scholarship. university life and learn about the lishment of The Office for Attract-
diverse economic backgrounds in ing Strategic Enterprises.
Studying the CUHK-Tsinghua Hong Kong and Shanghai.
University Dual Undergraduate UGC has allocated funding to the
Degree Programme in Econom- “I think it will be fun to study in Heads of Universities Committee
ics, the South Korean student will two different locations and obtain Standing Committee in promot-
spend two years in the city and two degrees,” the year one student ing the “Studying in Hong Kong”
another one and a half years in says. brand. Universities will participate
Shanghai. in major international conferences
The economics major student and recruiting trips including the
Having secured offers from plans to work in consulting and Asia-Pacific Association for Inter-
HKUST and Tsinghua Univer- finance in the future. She believes national Education Annual Con-
sity, the 19-year-old only received her study will equip her with rel- ference and Exhibition in Thailand
an admission scholarship from evant skills. in March 2023 and the National
CUHK. The scholarship reduced Association of Foreign Student
her tuition of HK $174,000 (US “There are many mentorships and Advisers 2023 Annual Conference
$22,184) per annum by half for research opportunities in this sub- & Expo in the U.S. in May this year.
two years. ject. I can contact professors and
understand procedures of research Non-local students studying in
Jung believes offering scholarships assisting work,” she adds. UGC-funded universities are eligi-
is an important incentive for the ble for the Hong Kong Special Ad-
university to lure overseas students In October 2022, the Policy Ad- ministrative Region Government
to study in Hong Kong as it recog- dress was released with key meas- Scholarship of HK $80,000 (US
nises and rewards the effort stu- ures to trawl for foreign talents. $10,191) per year.
dents put in. Specific measures targeting talents
and enterprises were rolled out in In a written response to queries
from Varsity regarding their poli-
cies in attracting foreign talents,
the UGC says they will continue
to work closely with universities
in positioning Hong Kong as Asia’s
World City and developing strate-
gic partnerships with major cities
in the Greater Bay Area.

Edited by Charlie Chun
Sub-edited by Phoebe Chu

Cultural corner at the student dormitory of CUHK.