One-term hall offer (i.e. either Fall Term 2023 or Spring Term 2024) is to be offered to successful applicants of new local undergraduates. The term of hall residence is determined in consideration of preferences as indicated on the new students’ hall application. In case the demand of a particular preferred residential term is greater than the supply, the term of hall residence will be determined on a random basis according to a system-generated random number assigned to each hall application. No change of offered term (e.g. from Spring Term to Fall Term) would be considered.

Only applicants who do not have a home base in Hong Kong or have highest one-way traveling time from home to HKUST (using the determination methods in the UG Hall Allocation Policy) will be offered with full residential year hall offers.
 
Successful applicants who receive a full residential year hall offer but wish to take up only 1-term hall residence must write to ughousing@ust.hk to request for such adjustment ONLY AFTER accepting the hall offer.

Students are required to arrange other sources of accommodation on their own before and after the offered hall residence. Requests for early check-in or late check-out will NOT be entertained.

* Application Period

00:00a.m., 9 August 2023 - 11:59pm, 12 August 2023 (HK Time) 
No changes made to the submitted information will be considered after the application period.

# Applicants are required to submit address proof for verification of the reported information in their application within the application period. Upon request of SHRLO, students receiving full year residence may be required to provide additional proof. They should check their HKUST mailbox for our request of documentary proof in early to mid-September.

Click here to submit application for Regular Residential Year > https://studenthousingsuppt.hkust.edu.hk/

In case of no access with your ITSC account, please try again to log in with your HKID (including brackets) and your date of birth (which should be entered in specific format as MM-DD-YYYY).
 
Students who fail to submit the hall application within the specified application period will NOT be considered for student accommodation for the entire Residential Year 2023-24.
 
Successful hall applicants will be required to follow instructions in their hall offer letter to confirm their acceptance of offer online within 3 calendars days. Failure to complete the online acceptance by the deadline will result in cancellation of hall offer.

Hall Application Results will be announced in late August 2023 via applicants' HKUST ITSC email addresses (or their personal email accounts as indicated in their hall applications only when their HKUST ITSC email is not available yet).
 
It is the responsibility of the applicants to check with the Student Housing and Residential Life Office either in person or by writing to ughousing@ust.hk if they do not receive any notifications by late August 2023.

According to the UG Hall Allocation Policy, hall places allocated to successful applicants are based on their one-way traveling time or no-home-base status. As such, students are required to submit documentary proof(s) to substantiate their claim on home address in their hall application. Failure to submit required proof before the given deadline will result in cancellation of hall offer without prior notification.
 
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Applicants are reminded that provision of false / inaccurate information may lead to disqualification and cancellation of the hall applications and associated offers (including subsequent hall applications).  

Local Applicants with a Home Address in Hong Kong

Applicants under this category are requested to submit the following address proofs in their online hall application to substantiate the claimed home address of the applicant and his/her parents. They should be reminded to get the documents prepared before submitting the online hall application.

• Letter sent by the HKSAR Government / mobile bill / bank statement bearing the name of the applicant within most recent 4 months from the date of submission
• Proof of relationship between the applicants and parents (e.g. birth certificate) (only if they have difficulties in presenting the above letters bearing the name of applicant concerned)

For applicants receiving a Full Year Hall Offers under this category, additional address proofs are required to substantiate the claim of reported home address. In around early to mid-September 2023, successful applicants will be contacted by SHRLO to provide the required documentary proofs. Some examples of the documents required are:

• Recent Rate Receipts (for self-owned flat)
• Tenancy Agreement (for public housing estates)
• Stamped Tenancy Agreement (for rented apartment)
• Utility Bills issued within most recent 4 months
• Proof of Relationship between student and his/her parent (e.g. birth certificate)

Failure to submit required proofs upon request may lead to cancellation of the hall offer or adjustment of residential term. 

Applicants should contact the Student Housing and Residential Life Office in case of doubts.

Local Applicants who Claim to have a Home Address Outside Hong Kong

Applicants under this category are requested to provide address proofs in their online hall application to substantiate the claimed home address of the applicant and his/her parents. They should be reminded to get the documents prepared before submitting the online hall application.

The required documents are:

• Proof of home address outside of Hong Kong of both parents (e.g. utility bills, bank statements, etc.) within most recent 4 months
• Proof of both parents' work outside of Hong Kong within most recent 4 months
• Student's education history
• Proof of Relationship between student and his/her parent (e.g. birth certificate)

Local applicants with NO Home Base in Hong Kong should check their ITSC mailbox in early to mid-September 2023 for our notice in case additional documentary proof or clarification on the no home base status is deemed necessary. Applicants should note that any submitted documents may be further reviewed by the Hall Admissions and Selection Committee. Applicants may be asked to submit supplementary documents by a stipulated deadline. Applications will be rejected if applicants fail to provide proofs as required. 

Applicants should contact the Student Housing and Residential Life Office in case of doubts.

The hall charges for the entire Residential Year 2023-24 for New Local UG students are listed below for reference.

Remarks:

1. Hall charges listed exclude air-conditioning and laundry charges; the charges listed covers the period from 27 August 2023 to 2 June 2024. Room type(s) available depends on the hall allocated to successful applicants under the mechanism in the hall policy; there are no room type selection / preferences in the hall application.
2. Charge for full residential year will be billed in 2 installments; charge for each term / installment are calculated on pro-rata basis. 
3. Hall charges are on Term basis and must be paid in FULL. Any hall fee paid are non-refundable and non-transferable.
4. Students with financial difficulty may apply for payment deferment to the Scholarships and Financial Aid Office.

Hall Allocation

Applicants may indicate 3 hall preferences in the housing application. Applicants may refer to the policy or the illustration below on the hall allocation mechanism. 

Please note that Therapy Dog are currently residing in UG Hall VII and UG Hall IX. Applicants should take note of this when indicating their hall preferences. 

 
Room Allocation

Details of room and room type will be sent to successful applicants in August 2023 after they have accepted the hall offer.

If students wish to consider self-arranged off-campus accommodation near HKUST campus, they should expect to pay HK$6,000 to $7,000 per month. They may approach the Off-Campus Housing Section of the Student Housing and Residential Life Office at offcamphouse@ust.hk for assistance in searching for off-campus accommodation in the private market. If students wish to explore more about renting a place outside the campus, click here for our tips on rental.
 
Information on off-campus accommodation is also available online.