The Government introduces the Hong Kong Future Talents Scholarship Scheme for Advanced Studies (FTSS) starting from the 2025/26 academic year to attract more local students to pursue advanced studies in priority areas conducive to the development of Hong Kong and expand the pool of high-calibre talents for various domains, while further promoting the development of our city into an international hub for post-secondary education. Scholarships will be awarded each year to up to 1 200 local students enrolling in designated taught postgraduate (TPg) programmes at the eight University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded universities or self-financing universities (including universities of applied sciences). This webpage will provide information regarding self-financing universities. As regards the UGC-funded universities, please refer to the website of UGC.

FTSS focuses on high-quality programmes dovetailing with Hong Kong’s positioning as the “eight centres”. FTSS will, on the one hand, nurture local high-calibre talents for the future development of Hong Kong, and on the other hand, encourage universities to offer more postgraduate programmes related to the said areas. TPg programmes to be included in FTSS should be related to one or more of the following eight “priority areas” conducive to the development of Hong Kong – 

1. “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics);
2. Digital transformation and innovation;
3. Hong Kong as an international trading and financial centre; 
4. Law, dispute resolution and intellectual property trading;
5. East-meets-West cultural exchanges and humanities;
6. Creative industries;
7. Healthy living and caring community; and
8. Sustainable city and regional development.

    List of Designated Programmes
    Number of Scholarship Places and Amount of the Scholarship
    Selection of Scholarship Awardees by Universities
    Frequently Asked Questions

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