To apply for the University-wide Student Exchange Programmes offered through the Office of Academic Links, BBA Student Exchange Programmes, Engineering and Science Undergraduate Student Exchange Programmes, you should complete the following procedures:  
     
  1. Attend an outgoing exchange briefing session.  
  2. Check the important dates and application procedures on OAL website.  
  3. Research your preferred exchange programmes. Brochures for individual exchange programmes can be found in the Office of Academic Links (OAL) resource library.  
  4. Seek advice from advisors at OAL and returned exchange students.  
  5.

Invite two CUHK Professors / Associate Professors / Instructors to be your referees for the application.

If you wish to be exempted from the interview, you have to ask both your referees to complete the recommendation form and make sure the forms are submitted to OAL by 27 October 2009.  OAL will take into account your application data, the recommendations and other information while processing your request for interview exemption.  OAL reserves the final right to require a student to attend the interview.

  
  6. Complete and submit an online application form before deadline.  
  7. Check the shortlist posted online.  
  8.

Shortlisted applicants who wish/are required to attend the interview should:

  • Select an interview session online
  • Check the official interview schedule on OAL website
  • Be on time for the interview (10 minutes prior to the interview)
  
  9. Check your composite score in the online application form.  
  10. Finalize your choice of programmes and update your online application form before deadline.  
  11. Check the selection result in your online application form.  
  12. If you are given an offer and you accept it, you should click the "Accept" button in your online application form and submit a deposit to OAL before the specific deadline. For 2010-11, the deposit is HK$ 1,500.  
  13. You will then be assisted in applying to the specific host university before a specific deadline.  
  14. Successful applicants will receive an acceptance letter from their host university.  
  15. Confirmation and other relevant information will be sent at appropriate times.  
       
  Note  
  To fully utilize student exchange opportunities and increase the success rate of student exchange applications, an enhanced penalty system will be applied in the selection. Details are as follows.  
       
  • Penalty (1): Absent from an interview in a previous selection without compelling reasons -> deduction of 10 percent of the composite score of your next application  
  • Penalty (2): Refused to accept exchange offers in a previous selection without compelling reasons -> deduction of 20 percent of the composite score of your next application (For those who joined Exchange Programme Assignation Scheme (EPAS) in the previous selection, 10 percent of the composite score will be deducted from your next application instead.)  
  • Penalty (3): Refused to accept exchange offers in two previous selections without compelling reasons -> Future applications will not be processed  
     
 

For the students who have penalty records from previous selections, i.e. the outgoing exchange selection for 2009-10 or the years before, both the old and revised mark deduction rules will be considered while calculating their composite scores.  Whichever rule(s) produces fewer mark reduction will be used in the calculation of composite score of the students’ current applications.    To be precise, if the number of mark deduction calculated from the percentage-based rules (the revised ones) is greater/higher than that computed from the mark-based rules (the old ones), the mark deduction to be applied to the student’s current application will be based on the mark-based rules (the old ones), and vice versa

  
     
  (Students who withdraw their applications after the interview stage but before the deadline for finalizing choices of programmes in previous selections -> No mark will be deducted.)  
     
     
  Online Application for Student Exchange Programmes 2010-11  
     
  To apply to Other Student Exchange Programmes offered through various departments, colleges and faculties, please consult with the respective party directly.