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Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates (IANG)

Upon completion of programme, non-local students can apply to stay in Hong Kong for 12 months without other conditions of stay. Once approved by the Hong Kong Immigration Department, students:

  • are free to take up employment in Hong Kong, and
  • do not need to seek prior approval from the Hong Kong Immigration Department for any change in employment.

For application details, please visit the websites of our University’s Global Services Office and the Hong Kong Immigration Department (General Enquiry Hotline: 852-2824-6111).

 

Notes
For IANG application, non-local students are required to provide the Hong Kong Immigration Department with the “Letter of Certification” issued by Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies (SGS) if they have not yet received the official award certificate.

For your reference, the tentative schedule for collecting the official award certificate at SGS is as follows. Please note that the award certificates will be ready for collection ten weeks after the official graduation date of each semester/term.

Programme Completion Semester/Term
Official Graduation Date on Award Certificate
Approximate Collection Time of Award Certificate
Semester B
July
September / October
Summer Term
October
November / December

 

Professional Qualifications

Achieving professional qualifications is one of the major investments for your future employment. If you wish to start getting prepared and to broaden your career prospects before graduation, relevant professional qualifications, which relate to your career pursuits and personal interests, can be attained.

This section contains a partial list of common professional qualifications (mostly related to the financial/investment industry) which you may work towards in order to better equip yourself to pursue your desired job.

The below useful links (related official websites of the professional qualifications) are provided for reference only. Please explore more about the details.

General

Advanced

Specific Certification for Actuaries

Job Recruitment Channels

Joining the graduate recruitment programmes of financial institutions or listed companies could be an option to start your career, particularly for those without much work experience. If you are planning to start with graduate recruitment programmes, you should pay attention to the application periods (between September and December).

In addition, some local recruitment channels (e.g. online job search engines/recruitment magazines) will help for your job searching.

The below useful links (official websites of the graduate recruitment programmes and recruitment channels) are provided for your reference. Please explore more about the details. You can also visit the Events Calendar (CLC) every month and choose to attend various recruitment talks, CV writing / interview skill workshops, etc. offered by the Career and Leadership Centre.

Graduate recruitment programmes of financial institutions/listed companies

Financial institutions/listed companies
Application Period (Tentative):
Please refer to website updates in
Sep - Oct 2015
Throughout the year
Please refer to website updates
Please refer to website updates
Sep - Nov 2015
Throughout the year
Please refer to website updates in
Sep - Oct 2015
Oct - Dec 2015
Sep - Dec 2015
Sep - Oct 2015
Please refer to website updates
Throughout the year
Please refer to website updates
By Feb 2016
Open in Aug / Sep 2015
Throughout the year


Popular job search engines in Hong Kong

Recruitment magazines in Hong Kong (Distributed in MTR stations on Tuesday & Friday)

Employment during Study Period

  • 1 September - 31 May
    • Part-time employment at CityU only
    • Employment through the Human Resources Office, with City University of Hong Kong as the employer

  • 1 June - 31 August
    • Summer employment, at or outside CityU

For details, please visit the website of Global Services Office, CityU at https://www.cityu.edu.hk/gso/cns_ptnintern.htm.