Hong Kong’s higher education landscape featured at education fair in Munich

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin (HKETO Berlin) hosted a booth at the German education fair Einstieg in Munich to inform over 7,000 participants from Germany about the exciting study opportunities that Hong Kong has to offer. The fair was held under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Bavarian State Ministry for Education from November 24 to 25 (Munich time). The Acting Director of HKETO Berlin, Ms Bonnie Ka, gave a presentation on November 25 about the unique and valuable studying and living experience offered through various programmes.

In her presentation, Ms Ka introduced Hong Kong’s world leading universities, scholarship opportunities as well as other advantages of studying in Hong Kong. Her presentation also touched on further opportunities for staying and working in Hong Kong, such as the Working Holiday Scheme, Talent List and various talent admission schemes that facilitate immigration to Hong Kong for young talents, including the Top Talent Pass Scheme.

Hong Kong’s high-quality programmes are taught in English, and the universities adopt international standards in curriculum design as well as quality assurance. Among the 22 degree-awarding higher education institutions in Hong Kong, five are among the world’s top 100 by the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2024 and Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. To attract outstanding non-local students to study in Hong Kong, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) offers various scholarships, including the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund, the Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund and the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme.

For postgraduate students, there are also abundant research opportunities in Hong Kong’s world-class institutions. To further support academic research in the higher education sector, the HKSAR Government has earmarked HK$9 billion (EUR 1.1 billion) in the 2023-24 Budget for universities and research institutes to enhance research in life and health technology and other frontier technology fields such as artificial intelligence and quantum technology.

The HKSAR Government plans to admit at least 35,000 talents each year from 2023 to 2025 through the various talent admission schemes. Ms Ka took the opportunity to recruit quality immigrants from all over the world to the city. More details about the diversified admission schemes are available at https://www.hkengage.gov.hk/en/.

About HKETO Berlin
HKETO Berlin is the official Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government representative in commercial relations and other economic and trade matters in Germany as well as Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Contact
Stephanie Pall
Head of Public Relations
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin
Tel: +49 (0) 30 22 66 77 24 2
Fax: +49 (0) 30 22 66 77 28 8
E-mail: stephanie_pall@hketoberlin.gov.hk

HKETO Berlin
27 November 2023

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