Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP) for Academic Year 2024/25
SSSDP was launched as a new initiative under the 2014 Policy Address to subsidise about 1,000 students per cohort starting from the 2015/16 academic year to pursue designated full-time locally-accredited self-financing undergraduate programmes in selected disciplines.
It has been announced in the 2017 Policy Address that SSSDP would be regularised in the 2018/19 academic year with an increase in the number of subsidised places to about 3,000 per cohort.
Subsidised Programmes
THEi offers the following 9 subsidised programmes under the scheme in 2024/25 academic year. These are:
Programmes |
Disciplines |
JUPAS Catalogue No. |
Subsidy Amount in AY2024/251 (HK$) |
Creative Industries |
JSSV01 |
79,770 | |
Creative Industries |
JSSV02 |
79,770 | |
Architecture and Engineering |
JSSV03 |
45,810 | |
Tourism and Hospitality |
JSSV04 |
45,810 | |
Architecture and Engineering |
JSSV05 |
79,770 | |
Architecture and Engineering | JSSV07 | 50,8103 | |
Architecture and Engineering | JSSV08 | 45,810 | |
Sports and Recreation | JSSV09 | 45,810 | |
Architecture and Engineering | JSSV10 | 87,7705 |
Application: Via the JUPAS website. Please click Here for the Important Dates for the JUPAS Admissions Exercise.
Notes:
1 Students under the SSSDP will receive subsidies per annum. The subsidy is tenable for the normal duration of the programme (i.e. for a period of 4 years).
2 Only local students are eligible to be subsidised under SSSDP.
3 The programme has been included in the “Pilot Project on the Development of Applied Degree Programmes” of the Education Bureau. From the AY2024/25, the annual subsidy amount provided to full-time students enrolling in this designated applied degree programme under SSSDP, will be increased to $50,810.
4 With effect from AY2024/25, the Programme will offer two specialisations, namely "Sports Therapy" and "Sports Management". The "Sports Coaching" specialisation will be developed into a new Sports Coaching degree programme, which is not under the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) in AY 2024/25.
5 As approved by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, the Programme will be converted into and launched as an applied degree programme starting from AY 2024/25. From the AY2024/25, the annual subsidy amount provided to full-time students enrolling in this designated applied degree programme under SSSDP, will be increased to $87,770.