Fees, Scholarship & Aids

Associate Degree & Higher Diploma

Tuition Fee & Application Fee

Tuition Fee (Academic Year 2025/26)

Application Fee

Application Fee: HK$150 (for local applicants) and HK$300 (for non-local applicants) per programme.

Applicants may apply for more than one programme if they wish to. A non-refundable and non-transferable application fee will be charged for EACH applied programme.

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Deposit and Payment

2025 HKDSE Local Applicants

Payment (for 1st semester)	Amount	Due Date	Methods
Tuition fee deposit	HK$5,000	Noon of 21 July 2025 ^#	Please click here to learn more about payment methods
Payment (for 1st semester)	Amount	Due Date	Please click here to learn more about payment methods
Tuition fee balance	HK$26,250	7 August 2025

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Non-2025 DSE Local Applicants and Other Local Applicants

Admission Offer Issue Date	Payment (for 1st semester)	Amount	Due Date	Methods
On or before 9 July 2025	Tuition fee deposit	HK$5,000	7 working days from the date of offer	Please click here to learn more about payment methods
On or before 9 July 2025	Tuition fee balance	HK$26,250	18 July 2025
Admission Offer Issue Date	Payment (for 1st semester)	Amount	Due Date		Methods
From 10 July 2025 onwards	Tuition fee (No deposit)	HK$31,250	Full pay within 2-7 working days (no earlier than 18 Jul 2025), depending on the issue date of admission offer

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Non-Local Applicants

Payment (for 1st semester)	Amount	Due Date	Methods
Tuition fee (No deposit)	Associate Degree: HK$39,750 Higher Diploma in Art Tech Design: HK$34,410	Full pay within 2-7 working days, depending on the issue date of admission offer	Please click here to learn more about payment methods

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^# Applicants who apply for the Programme on or after 21 July 2025, please refer to the due date of the tuition fee deposit stated on the debit note.

Refund of Deposit and Balance

If a 2025 HKDSE applicant has accepted an offer from JUPAS for (i) a full-time UGC-funded undergraduate programme (programmes offered by Hong Kong Metropolitan University and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts are not UGC-funded) or (ii) an undergraduate programme subsidised under Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP), the applicant can apply for refund before the designated deadline.

Refund of tuition fee deposit and balance is only applicable to HKDSE candidates of 2025 who:
1. have accepted an offer from JUPAS for
  1. a full-time UGC-funded undergraduate programme or
  2. an undergraduate programme subsidised under Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP); and
2. submit the application form for refund to the College of International Education with the following supporting documents.
Please submit the online application form for refund of deposit and balance to the College of International Education with the following supporting documents:
1. Notice of offer or offer letter of
  1. the full-time UGC-funded undergraduate programme or
  2. the undergraduate programme subsidised under Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP)
2. Proof of tuition fee payment of the undergraduate programme
3. Payment proof of the tuition fee deposit and/or balance of the Associate Degree Programme offered by CIE
4. Copy of bank account document (with name of account holder and account number).
Please submit the refund application on or before:
1. 12:00 noon of 8 August 2025 (for applicants with JUPAS main round offer)
2. 12:00 noon of 25 August 2025 (for applicants with JUPAS offer based on rechecking and remarking results)
3. 12:00 noon of 28 August 2025 (for applicants with JUPAS clearing round offer)
Late applications or applications without the required documents will NOT be processed.
An administrative fee of HK$300 for refund application is non-refundable and non-transferrable. The administrative fee will be deducted from the eligible amount.
Please submit the online application form for refund of deposit and balance and the supporting documents to the College of International Education before the designated deadline.

Payment Methods *

* All fees paid are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Application Fee

Applicants can pay a NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE application fee of HK$150 (for local applicants) or HK$300 (for non-local applicants) upon submission of your application via the following payment methods

Credit card (Visa / Master / China UnionPay)
PPS by Internet
Mobile Payment [Alipay / AlipayHK / BoC Pay / Faster Payment System (FPS) / UnionPay / WeChat Pay].

Note:

Only online credit card payment is available if you use a smartphone or tablet device to submit the application.
If using China UnionPay ("CUP"), please ensure that you have signed up your PRC credit or debit card with "CUP" online payment.
Applicants may open PPS accounts with ATM cards. Please visit the PPS website for details.

Tuition Fee Balance / Tuition Fee

Applicants can pay the tuition fee via the following payment methods. Tuition fees are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE.

Internet payment services (Deduct from Savings/Current account)
Credit card through bank websites (Visa / Master / China UnionPay)
PPS
ATM
Cash/Cheque payment at Hang Seng Bank Counter

Tuition Fee Payment Methods

Note:

Please refer to the payment instructions attached to the tuition fee debit note

Scholarships

In 2022/23, around 400 AD and UG students were awarded scholarships with a total of over HK$4.4 million offered by the College and the HKSAR Government.

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CIE Entrance Scholarship

The Scholarships (in HK$5,000 or HK$10,000) are awarded to Associate Degree students of the College of International Education with outstanding academic performance at the time of admission.

Academic Achievement

Bernard Wu Scholarship (Academic Performance)
CIE Best Progress Award
CIE Best Student from Concentration Studies
CIE Distinguished General Education Award
CIE International Students Scholarship
Dr. Jonathan K.C. Choi Scholarship (Best Student from Concentration Studies)
Dr. Jonathan K. C. Choi Scholarship [Special Award designated to the Outstanding Year One Student from China-HK English School (Zhongshan)]
Prof and Mrs Yu E. Wisdombody Scholarship (Best Student of the Year)
Prof. Jerry W. Barrett Scholarship
The International Institute of Management Scholarship

Special Talent and Service

Chinese Overseas Student Federation Charity Foundation Scholarship (Outstanding Service)
CIE Outstanding Internship Award
CIE Outstanding Service Award (for Sub-degree students)
CIE Outstanding Student Leadership Award (for Sub-degree students)
CIE Special Recognition Award
Dr. Jonathan K. C. Choi Scholarship (Special Talent)

Financial Aid

CIE Global Experience Fund
CIE IELTS Sponsorship Fund
CIE Internship and Practicum Travel Fund
Kwok Chung Bo Fun Charitable Fund Outreaching Award
Student Emergency Fund
The HeArt Touch Charity Foundation Outreaching Award

From HKSAR Government:

Self-financing Post-secondary Scholarship Scheme (SPSS)
- Outstanding Performance Scholarship
- Best Progress Award
- Talent Development Scholarship
- Reaching Out Award
- Endeavour Scholarship
Government Subsidy Schemes on Exchange
- Scheme for Subsidy on Exchange for Post-secondary Students (SSE)
- Scheme for Means-tested Subsidy on Exchange to “Belt and Road” Regions for Post-secondary Students (Means-tested SSEBR)
- Non-means-tested Mainland Experience Scheme for Post-secondary Students (Non-means-tested MES)
- Scheme for Non-means-tested Subsidy on Exchange to “Belt and Road” Regions for Post-secondary Students (Non-means-tested SSEBR)

Financial Assistance

Government Student Financial Assistance Scheme

Students can apply for the HKSAR Government’s Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students, Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students and Continuing Education Fund.

Continuing Education Fund

The Government's Continuing Education Fund (CEF) subsidises students with learning aspirations to pursue continuing education and training. Some of the courses offered by the College have been included in the list of reimbursable courses for CEF purposes. Eligible applicants will be reimbursed up to a maximum sum of HK$20,000 (the percentage of fees to be borne by learners for the first HK$10,000 subsidy is 20% of the course fee and that for the second HK$10,000 subsidy is 40% of the course fee), on successful completion of a reimbursable course.

	For Local Applicants	For Non-local Applicants^{^}
Tuition Fee per semester	HK$31,250 per semester	Associate Degree: HK$39,750 per semester Higher Diploma in Art Tech Design: HK$34,410 per semester
Tuition Fee per year	HK$62,500 per year	Associate Degree: HK$79,500 per year Higher Diploma in Art Tech Design: HK$68,820 per year