Important item checklist for New Students
The checklist should help you identify important activities to kick start your university study and life here.
GETTING STARTED
- Complete Online Program Registration
- JUPAS: Program Registration
- Non-JUPAS (Local)/ International/ Mainland JEE: Students should refer to the email from the Academic Registry titled “Invitation for Program Registration” from July onwards.
- Activate your HKUST email account (For JUPAS entry students, please activate on Aug 8, 09:00 and onward)
- Access and check your HKUST email (@connect.ust.hk) at https://O365.ust.hk or Student Intranet (important information and notifications from different units will be sent to this email account)
- Collect Student Card (refer to respective Schools' orientation information page SBM, SSCI, SENG, SHSS, AIS for details)
- Complete and pass the mandatory course ASCM1000 by Sep 21 (access commences on Sep 1). Students who do not complete this mandatory requirement will be restricted from accessing ALL library resources (e.g., e-books, e-journals, physical access, room booking, etc)
CLASS ENROLLMENT
- Check class pre-enrollment results via "Student Center" in Student Intranet
- Enroll first term classes via Student Intranet
- Add/Drop classes via Student Intranet
- Attend Academic Advising sessions (these sessions are very useful and critical for your class pre-enrolment; refer also to respective Schools' orientation information, SBM, SSCI, SENG, SHSS, AIS & individual email notifications for details; absence from these sessions may affect your study progress)
GETTING INVOLVED
- For non-local students, you are required to join the following:
- For All Non-local Students, attend Orientation for Non-local Students
- For International Students, attend "On Your Mark! Get Set!"
- For Mainland Students, attend "University Years To Go"
- Attend Enrichment Talks, Tours and Workshops
- Explore Student Clubs and Societies
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
- Apply for Student Accommodation
- Application period for Non-local Students: Jul 2-20, 2025
- Application period for Local Students: Aug 6-13, 2025
- Those who missed the application period, please contact ughousing@ust.hk
- Check into your Residential Hall
- Non-Local students: Aug 20, 2025
- Local Students: Aug 28, 2025
SCHOOL WELCOME AND ORIENTATION
AUG-SEP School of Engineering (SENG)
For details, please visit https://e2i.hkust.edu.hk/school-welcome-and-orientation-2025
AUG 26 School of Business and Management (SBM)
AUG 29 Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS Welcome PARTY)
AUG 29 School of Science (SSCI)
SEP 12 School of Humanities and Social Science (SHSS Welcome PARTY)
Adverse Weather and Make-up Arrangements
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Please refer to
Undergraduate Student Guide for
Bad Weather Arrangements
Please refer to
Hong Kong Observatory for
current weather conditions and forecast and description of the warning signals and symbols.
Below are the information and arrangements during the Orientation and Induction periods
MAKE-UP ARRANGEMENTS
Some activities cancelled may have make-up arrangements. Please refer to email notifications from the organizing schools or offices and their websites for the most updated information.