College Assignment

It is desirable that each College consists of students from different faculties/departments to facilitate the interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and ideas and to widen the students’ intellectual perspective. The system for assigning new students to Colleges takes into consideration the preferences of students, their study programmes and admission scores. Priority is given to a new student to be assigned to his/her first-preference College if either of his/her parent is an alumnus of the College.

While students will be assigned to different colleges based on their preferences as far as possible, they may not be assigned to their most preferred College owing to the limitation of places available.

The University adopts the N-2 residence policy (i.e., a student’s normative study period minus 2 years) for international students admitted to full-time undergraduate studies at CUHK, should they wish to stay on campus. Additionally, some Colleges offer a fully residential and communal dining system. **

**Not applicable to students of dual degree programmes.

Invitation for College Preference Submission will be sent to eligible applicants in batches between April to July 2025.