Academic Arrangement

• For Applicants:
  • Applicants should not plan to finish all their graduation required credits of their Bachelor Degree Programmes prior to their exchange study.
  • Applicants should make sure their choices of university offer their major of study in particulars when they plan to study abroad in their final year. Please check the "Course Information" available in the "List of Universities" for each university (Login EID is required).
  • The application process does not require applicants to seek approval from their major leader for the courses they plan to take overseas. Instead, applicants are expected to create their own study plan with reference to their DegreeWorks in AIMS and the skills they intend to learn during their time abroad. This approach allows applicants to have more flexibility in choosing courses that align with their academic goals and personal interests.
• For Selected Students:
  • Students would be registered as not-for-degree visiting or exchange students in the overseas universities.
  • Students should attend "Briefing Session for Course Plan" after they receive an offer to understand the appropriate procedures to make credit transfer request. Details can be found in the Application Schedule.
  • All credits earned overseas would be transferable to CityUHK to fulfill their graduate required credits and students should not finish all the required credits of their Bachelor Degree Programmes prior to their exchange studies.
  • Students have to take at least four courses relevant to their College Core, College Electives, Majors, Major Electives, Gateway Education, Minors and Free Electives enrolled in CityUHK and request for transferring credits to fulfill their graduation requirements of their major or degree programme. Considering the skills they intend to learn abroad can further enhance their educational experience by focusing on specific areas of interest or professional development.
  • Courses selected must be approved by the Major Leaders (major programmes) or Minor Advisors (minor programmes) or Teaching Departments (e.g. Gateway Education outside CB departments) and the overseas universities.
  • Students should not finish all their required graduation credits prior to their exchange study.
  • Transferred courses cannot be used to recover a failure or to improve a course grade.
  • After finishing the exchange study, students will receive their transcript from the overseas universities. In the transcript of CityUHK, their exchange period and name of target university will be listed with all the transferred credits which accepted by the university.
  • Failure of two or more courses will automatically trigger notification to student's Head of Department and Major Leader.
  • If students fail all the courses during their time abroad or unable to submit their transcript to the college, they would be considered "Incomplete" for the exchange programme. In such cases, it is common for the college to have policies in place that require students to reimburse the amount received from the Student Exchange Fund or Special Fund.
  • Students must return to CityUHK on completion of the exchange period (unless they are BBAU3 or BBAU2 students who study abroad in their final semester but their expected date of graduation will be Summer)