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$)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fashion Design	Creative Industries	JSSV01	79,770
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Product Design	Creative Industries	JSSV02	79,770
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Landscape Architecture	Architecture and Engineering	JSSV03	45,810
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Culinary Arts and Management	Tourism and Hospitality	JSSV04	45,810
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering	Architecture and Engineering	JSSV05	79,770
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture, Arboriculture and Landscape Management3	Architecture and Engineering	JSSV07	50,8103
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Surveying	Architecture and Engineering	JSSV08	45,810
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports and Recreation Management4	Sports and Recreation	JSSV09	45,810
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Building Services Engineering5	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.