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The Postgraduate Halls (PGH) consist of six buildings, Jockey Club Postgraduate Hall (PGH 1), Chiang・s Building (PGH 2), Inter-University Hall (IUH) - PGH 3 and PGH 4 to 6, offering 1,000 hostel spaces. Postgraduate students taking full-time Research programmes or full-time UGC-funded Taught programmes are eligible to apply for residence at the Postgraduate Halls.

Application for Residence at the Postgraduate Halls 2012/13

For the residence in 2012-13 academic year, all eligible postgraduate students should have tendered their applications on or before 30 April 2012 (Monday). Hostel accommodation is based on a yearly basis and all postgraduate students, including existing residents, should apply before the deadline if they want to live in the postgraduate halls in 2012-13. Result of application will be announced on 18 May 2012.

In view of the current shortage in hostel places, no on-campus accommodation can be provided for students taking Self-financed Taught programmes or Part-time programmes.

Please note that continuing students (extending beyond the normative period of study) are no longer eligible to apply for postgraduate hostels, and are recommended to contact the Incoming Students Section, Office of Student Affairs (e-mail: isso@cuhk.edu.hk, tel: 39437945, webpage: https://osantd.osa.cuhk.edu.hk/ohis2/login.aspx) for information regarding off-campus accommodation.

Since demand may be greater than the total number of hostel spaces, accommodation is considered on a yearly basis and there is no guarantee of accommodation, or staying in the postgraduate halls for the whole normative period of study. The existing residents may need to draw lots to decide whether they can stay in PGH or not. In view of the growing demand for hostel spaces, starting from the academic year 2012-13, higher priority will be given to incoming first-year students. PGH residents in their final years will be given lower priority, and some of them may have to move out of PGH.

Please note that from 2010, all residents have to commit to hostel accommodation by academic terms with an allowance to pay the hostel fee by monthly instalments. A resident has to pay the hostel fee until the end of the term even though he/she leaves the hostel in the middle of the term. The academic year is divided into three terms: 1 August to 27 December 2012, 1 January to 31 May 2013, and 1 June to 19 July 2013. Only residents with special reasons such as graduation, internship, exchange and medical condition can apply for exemption from paying for the whole term.

All applicants will not receive individual notification of the results except the applicants who should register on 1 September 2012. Please refer to ：Procedures for Postgraduate Halls Allotment 2012-13； for details. Non-local applicants are advised to visit our homepage http://www.pgh.cuhk.edu.hk and check for hostel application results and availability of rooms at least one month prior to arrival. For enquiries, please send e-mail to enquiry@pgh.cuhk.edu.hk.

Once the application has been confirmed to be successful, the $2,000 application fee will ONLY be used to settle part of the first two months・ hostel fee and is NON-REFUNDABLE. Once registered and/or obtained the room key, the resident will be billed for the whole month・s rent, $2,500 deposit and $20 Residents・ Association fee. Residents have to commit to hostel accommodation by academic term but hostel fees are collected on a monthly basis.

All residents should also note that starting from September 2007, NO print-out hostel fee debit notes will be generated to residents (including paying by PG Stipends or paying on their own). Residents can choose deduction of PGS Stipend in settling hostel fees. However, the deduction will only be effective for new students from September 2012 and afterwards. In the first month of stay, that is in August 2012, new residents should check their payment numbers at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cusis and proceed to settle the hostel fees, deposit and residents・ association fees when PGH General Office inform them to do so. Notices will be posted up on the notice boards and all residents have the responsibility to observe the notices during their residence..

All applications submitted after the deadline 30 April 2012 will be handled as ：Late Applications；, and be processed only after the allotment of normal applications and applications on the waiting list are completed. Announcement regarding late applications will be announced later.

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