All housing offers are normally on yearly basis.
 
Successful applicants who receive a full year housing offer but wish to take up only 1-term of student accommodation should write to pghousing@ust.hk to request for such adjustment AFTER accepting the housing offer.

Students are required to arrange other sources of accommodation on their own before and after the offered residence. No requests for short term stay, early check-in, or late check-out will be entertained.

Applicants are required to indicate 2 room type preferences in the housing application. 

All successful hall applicants will be considered together in the order from 1^st to 2^nd room type preference. A system-generated random number is applied in each room type preference indicated by the applicant, in case the demand for a particular room type is greater than supply - in which case, allocation to the room type is determined randomly. In the case that applicants are not assigned to any of their preferred room(s) due to high demand and limited supply, they will be assigned to any room on a random basis.

Room preferences indicated by applicants serve as a reference only. Room allocation is done on random basis in case the demand is greater than the supply and preferences indicated will be considered as far as possible and subject to availability.

There is NO GUARANTEE that you will be assigned to a particular student hall, room type or with a specific roommate. Final room assignment is subject to room availability. Student Housing and Residential Life Office and the Residence Master reserve the right to make alternative assignment decisions or re-assign students as appropriate.

There are no building preferences but only room type preferences in the housing application:

# As the new UG Hall construction project located behind GGT is in progress, applicants are reminded that there will be dust and noise disturbances generating from the new project aforementioned nearby GGT in daytime.

# A new environmental friendly Smartmeter Project has been fully launched in GGT on 1 October 2022. Utility charges in student bedroom of GGT will be charged according to actual consumption. Further details are available here.

^ There are some requirements that have to be met before we can make such arrangements for applicants for couple room. If application for married couple room is unsuccessful, applicant will be considered for other room type.
 

Couple Room Allocation

Allocation of couple rooms is subject to proof verification and room availability. Applicants who request for couple room MUST indicate it as their 1^st preference. Otherwise, their application for couple room will NOT be considered. In case the demand is greater than the supply, applicants will be allocated to other room types and added to the waitlist for couple rooms. They will receive notification once couple rooms become available.

Please note that arrangement for married couples is conditional and subject to the submission of documents by stipulated deadline and approval by the management. Applicants who cannot submit valid proof for the spouse will be accommodated in other room type for applicants’ own use.

Application Period

15 June 2023 00:01 (HKT) to 2 July 2023 23:59 (HKT)

[For request to change submitted information, write to pghousing@ust.hk within the application period; No changes will be considered after the application deadline.]

Application Method

Students can submit their hall applications by using either of the following links:

(a) For students with HKUST ITSC account, please submit the hall application via this link: https://studenthousing.hkust.edu.hk/page/PGapplyhall

(b) For students without HKUST ITSC account, please submit the hall application via this link: https://studenthousingsuppt.hkust.edu.hk/

Students who do not submit the housing application within this application period will NOT be considered for student accommodation for the ENTIRE Residential Year 2023-24.

Applicants shall receive an email acknowledgement generated from the online application system after he/she has successfully submitted an online hall application. In case the student does not receive the e-mail acknowledgment, please contact the Student Housing and Residential Life Office (pghousing@ust.hk) immediately before the application deadline.

Underage students (i.e. those who are under the age of 18 as of 1 September of the each year they are applying) are eligible for hall residence by completing the required procedures in the hall application, such that written approval from their parents/ legal guardians indicating their acknowledgment and understanding that allocation of hall place does not constitute the University acting in loco parentis is sought.

Underage students will be requested to return the Parental Consent Form for Accommodation for Underage Students in an email attachment to pghousing@ust.hk within the specified period as given by the Student Housing and Residential Life Office. For students under the age of 16, additional assessment will be conducted on students' readiness to reside without their parents/ legal guardians in an adult environment. 

The handling of hall applications for underage students is summarized as follows:

The Student Housing and Residential Life Office would not process the applications if underage students fail to do as instructed. 

Housing Application Results (e.g. housing offers for successful applicants, notifications for waitlisted / rejected applicants, etc.) will be announced in late July 2023 and such result will be sent to applicants' HKUST ITSC email addresses and personal email address (if applicable).

It is the responsibility of the applicants to check with the Student Housing and Residential Life Office either in person or write to pghousing@ust.hk if they do not receive any notifications by late July 2023.

Successful hall applicants will receive a Hall Offer Letter via emails stating the instructions to confirm the hall offer acceptance on the online hall system. They are required to follow instructions to confirm their acceptance of offer online within 4 calendars days. Failure to complete the online acceptance by the deadline will result in cancellation of housing offer without further notification.

If a student intends to check out earlier than the last day of the residential period stated previously, s/he is required to submit written notification to SHRLO at least ONE MONTH before your desired move out date. 

For check-out before the last day of offered stated previously, the last month's hall fee will be calculated as follows: 

• Residents have to pay half of the monthly hall fee if s/he checks out at any time on or before 12 noon on the 16th of the month; otherwise,
• Residents shall pay a full month's hall fee if s/he checks out at any time after 12 noon on the 16th of the month.

For example, if residents wish to check out on or before 12:00noon, 16^th of the month, they should write to SHRLO on or before the 15^th of the previous month as at least one month’s notice is required.  The hall fee will be calculated till 15^th of the month, which is the cut-off date of each month.  If the notice is not given by 15^th of the previous month, residents shall pay for a full month's hall fee and check out at any time before 12:00 noon on the 1^st of the next month.

If students are interested in living outside of HKUST campus, they may approach the Off-Campus Housing Section of the Student Housing and Residential Life Office at offcamphouse@ust.hk for assistance.
 
Information on off-campus accommodation is also available online and students are suggested to read the rental tips here.