Application

Please refer to Application for Hall Residence.

No. Each year’s applications are handled independently. Room allotment is made by lot drawing but not on a first-come-first-served basis.

You can indicate your preference of hall / room type in the e-application form, but you cannot choose a room with specific features. You are recommended to refer to the introduction of each hall and room type on our webpage before tendering an application.

You are strongly advised to check carefully all the information before submitting the application. Amendment will only be considered BEFORE the application deadline. Please contact PGH Office via email for this request.

Applicants on the allotment list who are allotted shared room and whose room number is not yet assigned can apply for roommateship during the application period. Applicants should be within the same hostel location, i.e. either in PGH 1, PGH 2&3 or PGH 4-6.  Please make sure the room preferences are the same with your partner. Applicants whose residence offer commences from September is not eligible to apply.

However, the application depends on the availability of vacant rooms and the number of applicants. Application may fail if there are not enough vacant shared rooms.

Yes, you can apply for roommateship by fulfilling below conditions:

• You are allotted shared room
• Current roommate(s) will move out by official check-out date in July; &
• Only partner with applicant(s) whose room number is not yet assigned.

If your roommate is not going to move out, you should apply to change to new shared room in hall residence application so as to form roommateship with your partner. Applicants should be within the same hostel location, i.e. either in PGH 1, PGH 2&3 or PGH 4-6. Please make sure the room preferences are the same with your partner.

Yes, current residents who intend to change hall/room due to special reasons, for example health condition, to form roommateship with another student, can indicate room preference in Part C of the e-application form. Special reasons and supporting document are required in Part D and E respectively, otherwise the application will not be considered. The application is subject to availability of vacant rooms and is not guaranteed successful. Priority will be given to applications which present with strong justifications.

Successful applicants should move to the newly allotted room when informed by the PGH General Office. Applicants who are unsuccessful in room change may remain in their original room or move out by the end of residence period in mid-July.

No. Once your room change application is approved, your current room will already have been allocated to another student for the next academic year. Therefore, requests to remain in your current room cannot be accommodated.

We have a few couple rooms in JCPGH 1 for married student couples to apply. However, both applicants must meet the eligibility of hall residency and these rooms are subject to availability.  If you intend to apply for the room type, both applicants should select PGH 1 Shared Room as the top priority, indicate the special reason and submit marriage certificate as the supporting document in the application.

Official room offers will be sent by email to applicants on the finalized list starting from mid‑June. For detailed timelines, please refer to the “Schedule for PGH Allotment”.

Applicants on the waiting list may also receive offers through rolling allotments at the end of each month starting from late June, subject to room availability.

Please ensure that the email address provided in your application form is accurate and valid, and check your inbox regularly, including spam and junk folders.

The hall residence period normally commences on 1 August and ends in mid‑July of the following year. Most applicants will be offered residence starting from 1 August. However, some offers may commence on 1 September, depending on the individual’s normative study period start date, room availability, and the outcome of lot drawing.

Applicants on the waiting list may receive offers with a residence period commencing on 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, or a later date, subject to the individual’s normative study period start date, room availability, and sequence.

Upon receiving an offer by email, you must accept it within four (4) days. A HK$2,000 reservation fee is required at the time of acceptance. This fee will be used to offset part of the hostel fee for the first two months (HK$1,000 per month) and is non‑refundable under any circumstances once the offer is accepted.

If you will firmly start your study in CUHK and will check in at PGH according to offered hall residence, please accept the offer, and pay by deadline.

If you do not accept the offer by the specified deadline or fail to respond in time, the offer will be automatically withdrawn. If you remain interested in living at PGH, you will need to submit a new application in order to be placed on the waiting list.

If you are not satisfied with the room offered, you may choose to decline the offer and submit a late application, or consider off‑campus accommodation as an alternative. For information on off‑campus housing options, please refer to the Learning and Cultural Enhancement Section, Office of Student Affairs.

Please inform PGH General Office by sending email to enquiry.pgh@cuhk.edu.hk for follow-up as soon as possible. More fees will be incurred as the check-in date approaches. Please refer to the table below.

Offers will be made in rolling allotments in the end of each month starting from late-June subject to room availability and individuals’ room preferences. We shall notify students concerned via email individually whenever he/she is allotted a room.

Please make sure the email address filled in the application form is correct and valid, and check inbox, including spam and junk box regularly.

You may also consider looking for off-campus accommodation as the alternative with reference to Learning and Cultural Enhancement Section, Office of Student Affairs.

Yes, you can still submit a late application and you will be waitlisted.  However, PGH is always fully occupied during term time, offer will only be made by lot drawings when there are vacancies. You are recommended to look for off-campus housing as the alternative with reference to Learning and Cultural Enhancement Section, Office of Student Affairs.

Please send us an email enclosed with evidence, such as bank transaction record, student ID and name, for our follow-up.