Student Medical Support Grant Scheme

Student Affairs Office Financial Assistance Student Medical Support Grant Scheme

The HKMU Student Medical Support Grant Scheme aims to provide subsidies for students who have genuine financial challenges arising from medical needs.

Eligibility

  1. Applicants should be full-time undergraduate or postgraduate students who demonstrate proven financial difficulties.
  2. For local undergraduate students, applicants should have applied for the Government's Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) or Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) during the current academic year.
  3. For local postgraduate students, applicants should have applied for the Government's Extended Non-means-tested Loan Scheme (ENLS) during the current academic year.
  4. For non-local undergraduate and postgraduate students, applicants shall demonstrate available information, such as but not limited to the provision of rental expenses, which should not exceed $8,000 per month in Hong Kong, and a self-declaration to validate their financial need.

Application procedure and Announcement of Result

  1. Applicants should first submit application for the Scheme and submit medical claims upon their application is successful.
  2. Application result will be announced via e-mail.
  3. Disbursement arrangement will normally be made via autopay in 8 weeks upon the complete submission of the medical claim.

How to Apply

  1. Applicants should submit the online application, together with the supporting proof via the student portal “MyHKMU” (http://www.hkmu.edu.hk/myhkmu).
  2. Please read the “Guidance Notes” [MED (2023/24) Guide-e] before completing the online application.
  3. Application period:
    1st Round: 30 Oct – 17 Nov 2023
    2nd Round: 01 Mar – 15 Mar 2024