Student Exchange Programme (SEP)
For Undergraduate Students

Who should apply?

We welcome the following current BBA/BSc full-time students who do not have any exchange study experience to make the application.
Students are required to complete at least one year of university studies at CityUHK before your exchange semester and should not finish all your graduation required credits prior to your exchange study.  Students may need to seek the advices from their Departmental Exchange Coordinators for special arrangement if necessary.

** Students of BSc Computational Finance and Financial Technology who are studying Financial Technology Stream are not eligible to study abroad in their Year 4.

When to apply?

1. The quotas left behind from the First Round Application will be invited application in the Second Round.  Students are therefore encouraged to make their application in the first round.
2. Applicants may edit the application form again from time to time within the application period.  Online application submitted after 23:59 of the deadline will NOT be considered.

When will be the study period?

1. In the First Round Application, applicants may choose to study abroad in one semester (either Semester A or B) or year for an exchange programme.  Please check the duration of study in our “List of Universities”.
2. In the Second Round Application, applicants can study abroad in Semester B only.
3. Year 1 BBAU4* or BSCCBU4* applicants (not for applicants whose major are Global Business or Global Business Systems Management) are recommended to apply in the first round (Nov) to study abroad twice for two exchange programmes on 2B+3B Double Exchange if students’ academic merit can be achieved in the first exchange study.  In this connection, each student may have chance to study abroad twice, i.e. Year 2 Semester B and Year 3 Semester B but not any other period.
4. Applicants whose major are Global Business or Global Business Systems Management may choose to study abroad twice in the same or different academic year to fulfill their graduation requirement and are not applicable to the above double exchange scheme. If students plan to study abroad in the same academic year, they should apply for the first exchange (e.g. Semester A) in College Level Exchange Programme and the second exchange (e.g. Semester B) in the Institutional Level Exchange Programme and finally accept two offers.
5. Students whose major is Marketing may study abroad twice and their second exchange destination will be Departmental Level Exchange Programme only (not applicable to students who study Marketing Departmental Level Exchange Programme as their first exchange).  No screening procedure is required.
6. BBAU4/BSCCBU4 students who study four-year programmes in CityUHK are not eligible to study abroad in their final semester.
7. As the academic calendar of the host university may be different with CityUHK, students should check the start of classes in the homepage of their target universities and arrive at least one week in advance to attend the compulsory orientation programmes.

*BBAU4 applicants refer to students who are studying 4-year programme of Bachelor of Business Administration
*BSCCBU4 applicants refer to students who are studying 4-year programme of Bachelor of Science

Where to go?

Applicants should make their choices from the List of Universities for the (i) College and Departmental Level Exchange Programmes. List of universities for the (ii) Institutional Level Exchange Programme will be available in August 2025 in the webpage of Global Engagement Office (GEO).

List of universities are differences between (i) & (ii).

How to apply?

1. For the Second Round Application 2025-2026, all applicants are required to complete the application for the (i) College & Departmental Level Exchange Programmes but optional for (ii) Institutional Level Exchange Programmes. Interview is optional for (i) but priority will be given to applicants who have satisfactory performance in the CB interview. No interview is required for (ii).
2. Applicants who do not receive any offer for (i) will be nominated by the college to apply for (ii). Applicants who receive an offer for (i) but still want to apply for (ii) are required to decline the offer for (i) first.
3. Please follow the Application Schedule to make your application.

(i) College and Departmental Level Exchange Programmes
(offered by College of Business, Department of Economics & Finance, Department of Decision Analytics and Operations, Department of Marketing)

Please complete the Online Application by logging in your Electronic ID and submit the following supplementary documents electronically from 1 to 31 July 2025:

• A recent passport-size photo
• English proficiency test report, i.e TOEFL or IELTS organized by British Council or IDP
  • optional for applicants who choose to study in Mainland or Taiwan
  • the test date of your report should be after October 2023 (i.e. valid for duration of two years until end of October 2025)
  • late submission of the report can be accepted until 13 August 2025
• Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (DSE) report (for local students only)
• Upload 1-minute Video of Self-Introduction
• Any other supplementary information which you think would be relevant to your application

(ii) Institutional Level Exchange Programmes
(offered by Global Engagement Office)

Please complete the Online Application by logging in your Electronic ID in AIMS (>Student Services > Outbound Student Exchange Application) and submit the following supplementary documents electronically from 11 August to 1 September 2025:

• English proficiency test results, i.e TOEFL or IELTS organized by British Council or IDP
  • optional for applicants who choose to study in Mainland or Taiwan
  • the test date of your report should be after October 2023 (i.e. valid for duration of two years until end of October 2025)
• Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (DSE) report (for local students only)