Apply for residence: find your eligibility first

Identify your level of study, local/non-local status, new/current status and admission cohort. SRO uses these distinctions to determine which application applies.

For eligible new mainland non-local students on government-funded full-time four-year undergraduate programmes in 2026/27, priority covers the first two study years. Apply each year; priority is not a room allocation and cannot be deferred.

The 2026 Mainland Gaokao application window, 24 June–15 July, has ended. The policy normally places first-year entrants in Ma On Shan and second-year students in Kowloon Tong, with a small first-year Kowloon Tong allocation subject to preferences/lot drawing. A confirmed 2026/27 hall offer makes you ineligible for the Ad-hoc route below. Second-year priority depends on non-local status in AIMS and a new annual application.

Check the round, dates and submission method on your category’s application page, then save the application record. An offer needs a separate check of location, residential period, acceptance deadline and payment.

As of 16 October 2026, the March regular round for current non-local KLT undergraduates has ended. Check SRO’s current ad hoc route if needed. It depends on vacancies, offers no guarantee, and excludes students who have already confirmed a 2026/27 hall offer.

The Ad-hoc period ends at noon on 24 May 2027; the individual offer sets its start. Application/payment/allocation help: Kowloon Tong, sro@cityu.edu.hk / +852 3442 1111; Ma On Shan UG admission, srouga.mos@cityu.edu.hk; general residence, sro.mos@cityu.edu.hk / +852 3442 1200. Include name, Student No./reference, category, required period and payment evidence if applicable.

1. 1

   Submit the current Ad-hoc route

   AIMS → Student Services → Student Residence → Student Residence Ad-hoc Round Application (Undergraduate Students). Check year/status/period, complete and review the form, submit and save its reference/record.

   Open AIMS for an ad-hoc application (opens in a new tab)
2. 2

   Distinguish waiting from allocation

   Submission puts you on a waiting list. Results go to University email. An offer must specify compound, start/end, acceptance deadline and amount before you can move in.

3. 3

   Pay to confirm and verify

   Published Ad-hoc first instalments: local/pre-2019 non-local HK$6,450; non-local from 2019 HK$8,200. Second instalments: HK$8,650/HK$10,400 respectively. Pay the first in full to confirm; keep payment/acceptance records and ask SRO if not reflected.

4. 4

   Complete allocation and check-in

   Check hall/room/bed in the allocation. Preferred roommates must have confirmed the same period/compound, be the same gender and mutually nominate each other; preferences are not guaranteed. Pre-check in through your compound Portal before attendance.

   KLT pre-check-in (opens in a new tab)MOS pre-check-in (opens in a new tab)

The table shows 2026/27 undergraduate fees per person in HKD for a residential year. Exchange, postgraduate and summer accommodation have separate charges. Follow your offer for payment amounts and deadlines.

KLT undergraduate halls have single and double rooms; MOS undergraduate accommodation uses double rooms. A KLT single-room option is not a standard choice at MOS.

MOS undergraduates who need single occupancy of a double room for disability, medical or other special needs must upload supporting documents with their housing application. Approval is case by case and not guaranteed; the fee is twice the double-room rate, i.e. HK$41,600 for non-local cohorts from 2019. A small number of unused accessible or RT single rooms may also be considered with proof and approval; these are not standard selectable room types.