Hostel News
The application results for UC summer residence in 2025 have been announced on 25 April 2025. Related email has been sent to the applicants. To open the resident list, please login by your CUHK email and input the password sent by email.
Successful applicants can check the billing notification on CUSIS issued by the University Finance Office. To complete the application procedures for summer residence, you are required to settle the hostel fee and upload the receipt as a supporting document to the College website before 1 pm on 2 May 2025.
Successful applicants wishing to relinquish the hostel place must notify the College by email: hostel.uc@cuhk.edu.hk before 2 May 2025. Otherwise the hostel fees paid will be forfeited.
Room allocation results for summer residence will be announced on the College website on 12 May 2025.
The check-out date of regular term residence will be on 16 May 2025 (Friday) at 12:00 noon. Every resident should complete the check-out procedure and return room key at hostel counter on or before the check-out date. Only the residents who will be returning for summer residence beginning on 19 May will be permitted to check out of their hostels at 12:00 noon on 19 May 2025.
Please read the check-out notice and summer storage disclaimer carefully. Please submit the “Hostel Deposit Refund Form” to hostel staff before leaving the hostel. The refund form can also be collected from the hostel counter.
In light of the Government’s proposal in the policy address to increase the admission quota for non-local students at subsidised universities and to balance the accommodation arrangements for local and non-local students, the University decides that the two-year guaranteed accommodation policy will be implemented for non-local students admitted in 2025-26 and beyond. Meanwhile, the Office of Student Affairs has been actively seeking resources and methods to assist non-local students who are unable to reside on-campus during non-guaranteed years.
In addition to following the University’s policy, the UC Working Committee on Selection of Resident Students would like to conduct an open consultation on the arrangement for non-guaranteed accommodation years for non-local students. Please refer to the below document.
Please submit your opinions on the proposed amendments mentioned above via the webform by 30 April 2025, for consideration by the UC Working Committee on Selection of Resident Students.
During the summer vacation of this year, United College will provide part of the hostel places for renting by external organisations (e.g. CUHK units, local schools, non-profit registered organizations and charity bodies) to organize non-profit-making activities of educational, cultural, moral and/or civic education. The opening period is from 1 June to 31 July 2025. Discount rate will be given to the external organisations that rented our hostels previously, CUHK academic and administrative units. For details, please read the following “Notice to Applicants”.
Application for Regular-term UC student hostel accommodation in 2025-2026 opens from 24 March to 1:00pm of 17 April 2025. UC students who want to experience the hostel life can apply via webform. Relevant documents should be uploaded together as instructed. Non-local students (except those promoting to year 3 in 2025-2026) should also submit the webform and required documents during the same application period. Incomplete forms and late applications will not be considered. Please read the following “Notice to Applicants for UC Hostel Accommodation and Selection Criteria” carefully before applying.
Appeal results and 2nd round allocation for 2025-2026 regular-term residence in UC student hostels (only for non-local students promoting to year 3 in 2025-2026) have been announced on 20 March 2024. Please login by your CUHK email to view the results.
Successful applicants can submit applications for choosing roommates before 11 July 2025. Room allocation will be completed by the end of August 2025. Further details will be announced on the College website closer to the date. Those wishing to relinquish their hostel places should notify the Working Committee on Selection of Resident Students in writing (email: hostel.uc@cuhk.edu.hk) before 11 July 2025.
The rooms assigned to successful applicants are not to be exchanged or sub-let to others. The hostel places vacated by non-local undergraduate opting to relinquish their rooms will be assigned by the college to non-local undergraduates on the waiting list.
UC Working Committee on Selection of Resident Students
Application for summer residence at UC student hostels in 2025 will open from 21 March to 1 pm on 4 April 2025. There will be half-term, full-term and special full-term residence periods. UC students who have compelling reasons to stay on campus during the summer break can apply via webform. The payment receipt for the prepayment of HKD $300 hostel fee and relevant documents should be uploaded together as instructed. Incomplete forms and late applications will not be considered. Once the Residence Period is confirmed, no adjustments (including shortening the period) or cancellations can be made and the hostel fees that have already been paid will not be refunded.
Please read the following “Notice to Applicants” carefully before applying.
United College is now inviting volunteers from University full-time staff or full-time postgraduate students, who are interested in the promotion of experiential learning amongst students and the enrichment of hostel life, to serve as Resident Tutors for the academic year 2025-2026. Please read the requirements and duties of a resident tutor as below.
Resident Tutor is not an employment with the University. There will not be any allowance/remuneration or any other employee benefits for provision of this volunteer service. The nominated Resident Tutor will be provided with a free single room in one of the United College student hostels. The service period will start in August 2025 and last for one year.
An application form can be downloaded from the College website. Please submit the completed application form either by email (hostel.uc@cuhk.edu.hk) or to UC Dean of Students’ Office (Attention to Ms. Anna Poon) on or before 28 March 2025. Please write “Application for UC Resident Tutor – Confidential” on the covering email or envelope.
The check-in date in Term 2 will start from 12:00 noon of 2 January 2025 (Thursday). Please go to your assigned hostel and provide your CU Link card and a passport photo to complete the check-in procedure. All residents are required to complete the check-in procedures before 12pm on 12 January 2025 (Sunday). Late admissions without notification to your respective wardens will be treated as relinquishment of hostel places.
Below is the “Resident list with room allocation of Term 2”. Please login by your CUHK email with the password to view the results. The password has been sent to you by email.
Successful applicants will receive their billing notification from the Finance Office of the University by e-mail. Please follow the payment due date.
For details and arrangement required upon check-in, please refer “Guidelines for Registration at UC Student Hostels in Term 2” as below.
Hostel Application for UC Non-local Students during Non-guaranteed Year in 2025-2026 opens from 29 October to 5:30pm on 15 November 2024.
Non-local undergraduates wishing to reside on campus in their non-guaranteed year have to submit hostel applications to the College as instructed. A quota will be set aside for them but they will have to compete according to the prevailing selection criteria. These will include (a) academic performance, (b) participation in extra-curricular activities and (c) participation in hostel activities.
Incomplete forms and late applications will not be considered. Please read the following “Notice to Applicants for UC Hostel Accommodation” carefully before applying.