Eligibility

Applicants must be under 25 years of age at the date of entry to any one of our preferred Colleges or Universities, which include Exeter, Oriel, Queen's and Trinity at Oxford, and Downing, Magdalene, Peterhouse and Trinity at Cambridge, and must:

• (a)
  have reached an academic standard to qualify for entry to any one of such Colleges or Universities;
• (b)
  • (i)

    be resident in Hong Kong or, in the opinion of the Trustees, have sufficient connection with Hong Kong to be properly regarded as Hong Kong applicants; or

  • (ii)

    be resident in any of the countries in which Jardine Matheson Group has significant business interests, which primarily include mainland China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. For applications from Singapore, male applicants must complete or be exempted from National Service;

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    Note: Generally, applications will not be accepted from candidates whose parents have not resided in Hong Kong or other such relevant country for at least seven years prior to the proposed date of entry to University.

• (c)
  be in a satisfactory state of health.
• Note:
  Application for a study programme leading to a second first degree or a study programme currently being pursued will not be considered. Applicants who have already been awarded other fully-covered scholarships to study overseas at the time of application will also not be considered.