All of our current PhD and MPhil students have been on full financial support in the form of postgraduate scholarship and fellowships since their arrival. Our support package is able to cover a living stipend that our students generally find to be sufficient.

Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS)

• We offer a four-year Postgraduate Scholarship, contingent on good progress in the program and competent performance of teaching duties.

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPFS)

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship is an internationally recognized award to draw the best PhD students around the globe to Hong Kong. HKUST has the largest HKPFS awardee community in Hong Kong, with 400+ HKPFS recipients. More than 10% of our PhD students is from the Scheme, coming from 40 countries and regions.

Asian Future Leaders Scholarship (AFLSP)

• Asian Future Leaders Scholarship is for new students from East, Southeast and South Asia to pursue master's studies and cross-cultural enrichment.

UGC Research Travel Grant

• The Research Travel Grant (RTG) program is intended to help support the cost of travel for postdoctoral students, research graduate students, and undergraduate students who present research papers at conferences and professional meetings. Full-time research postgraduate students at the time of the application deadline and at the time of the conference are eligible to apply. The research being presented must have been conducted at HKUST.