The Emerging Global Leaders Scholarship is granted to eligible local students with outstanding HKDSE qualifications and admitted to the 4-year BBA (Hons) Scheme in Aviation, Maritime and Supply Chain Management (programme code: 44493; JUPAS code: JS3070) offered by the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies (LMS) starting from 2024/25 intake cohort.

Value
A maximum of 25 scholarships shall be awarded. Each awardee will receive a total sum of HK$300,000. This includes:

• Full tuition fee coverage for a whole undergraduate study 
(subject to meeting the required conditions for scholarship renewal)
• Full sponsorship for participation in overseas development activities
(subject to final approval of LMS on a case-by-case basis)
- Copenhagen Business School Dual Degree Programme
- Overseas Exchange Programmes
- Summer Schools at world-renowned universities

Eligibility
Current year Secondary Six students taking the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE)

Conditions of Award
Each recipient of the Scholarship shall:
1. Meet the University’s general entrance requirements for admission to LMS’s full-time BBA programmes;
2. Attain an aggregate HKDSE score of 25* or above for the Best 5 subjects;
3. Be successfully admitted in JS3070;

Conditions of Annual Renewal
1. Maintain a full-time registered student status and be free of disciplinary record(s) during his/her studies in LMS of PolyU;
2. Maintain good performance during his/her studies in the LMS programme with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 at the end of each academic year.

Application
Interested students, please complete the Application Form on or before 8 July 2024 at Hong Kong Time 23:59 (GMT +8 hours). Shortlisted applicants may be invited for an interview. Successful applicants will receive conditional offers of the scholarship. 

Remarks
• Under the “Guideline Governing the Concurrent Holding of Scholarships”, a student can concurrently hold more than one scholarship administered by the University in an academic year if the total value of scholarships received by him/her does not exceed his/her annual tuition fee payable plus an allowance of HK$50,000 unless otherwise stipulated. 

• Eligibility for the scholarship will lapse automatically if the student terminates his/her study in LMS, or transfer to another department, or fail to comply with University policies/regulations and/or the laws of Hong Kong.

• PolyU/LMS reserves the right to change the terms or withdraw the Scholarship at any time.  In case of any dispute/disagreement, the decision of PolyU/LMS is final.

To learn more details about the JS3070 programme, please visit here. 

Enquiries
Tel: (852) 2766 7481
Email: april.yip@polyu.edu.hk / lms.marketing@polyu.edu.hk

* The Extended Mathematics modules will also be taken into account for scholarship consideration; For the purpose of calculating the admission scores, HKDSE level attainments will be converted to level points where Level 5**=8.5, 5*=7, 5=5.5, 4=4, 3=3, 2=2, 1=1 and Unclassified=0.