Student Enrollment in University Accomodation

Luke Buckland made this Access to Information request to University Grants Committee Secretariat

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Luke Buckland
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Dear University Grants Committee Secretariat,

Under the Hong Kong Code on Access to Information, I request the following information for student enrollment in university accommodation for the last 10 academic years:

The number of local and non-local students currently living in university accommodations.
Please break down the number of non-local students by the following regions: Mainland China, Other Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, Latin America, Oceania and Ohters.
Separately, the year of study of each student in university accommodations.

Please provide separate statistics for each university

Yours faithfully,
Luke Buckland

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Polly BY WONG/UGC, University Grants Committee Secretariat

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I am on study leave and will return to office on 17 Nov 2025.

 

For urgent matters, please contact the following officers for assistance:

Mr Edmund Chiu, SEO(Admin) at 3959 0445 or [email address]

Ms Mandy Shum, SEO(MS) at 3959 0448 or [email address]

Mr Marcus Ho, Systems Manager at 3959 0449 or [email address]

 

You may also contact my secretary Mr JA Au at 3959 0447 or [email address]
for enquiries.  Thank you.

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Dear Mr Buckland,

 

I refer to your email dated 10 November 2025 to the University Grants
Committee (UGC) Secretariat requesting for information on student hostels
of UGC-funded universities.

 

The allocation of hostel places among students falls within the
prerogative of the UGC-funded universities, which distribute such places
in accordance with their respective mechanisms.  Based on the data
provided by the UGC-funded universities, the number of hostel places
allocated to local students and non-local students at the beginning of the
past ten academic years (AY) (2015/16 to 2024/25 AY) is tabulated below. 
We do not maintain information on the hostel allocation by students’
places of origin or year of study.

 

┌─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┐
│University ^ Note│CityU │ HKBU │ LU │ CUHK │EdUHK │PolyU │HKUST │ HKU │
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2015/16 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │1 610 │1 276 │1 991 │5 205 │1 725 │2 353 │2 277 │2 958│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │2 009 │ 810 │ 399 │3 270 │ 398 │2 546 │2 680 │3 002│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2016/17 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │1 666 │1 296 │2 060 │5 236 │1 561 │1 978 │2 312 │2 935│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │1 939 │ 799 │ 349 │3 379 │ 478 │2 667 │2 663 │3 157│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2017/18 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │1 614 │1 246 │2 008 │5 056 │1 587 │2 440 │2 647 │2 895│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │2 005 │ 850 │ 507 │3 559 │ 509 │2 567 │2 972 │3 248│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2018/19 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │1 528 │1 219 │1 977 │4 725 │1 550 │2 199 │2 377 │2 752│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │2 098 │ 877 │ 547 │3 764 │ 558 │2 741 │2 845 │3 338│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2019/20 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │1 720 │1 190 │1 949 │4 997 │1 418 │2 222 │2 516 │2 707│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │1 892 │ 899 │ 604 │3 906 │ 556 │2 718 │3 161 │3 297│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2020/21 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │ 978 │ 859 │ 761 │ 944 │ 537 │1 684│1 246│ 2 │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 420 │
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │1 866 │ 492 │ 86 │1 840 │ 276 │2 355 │2 444 │2 174│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2021/22 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │1 664 │ 937 │1 529 │5 245 │1 474 │1 618 │2 774 │2 751│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │1 895 │ 721 │ 817 │3 883 │ 514 │2 631 │2 875 │3 009│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2022/23 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │1 427 │ 829 │1 455 │5 144 │1 347 │1 592 │2 104 │2 535│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │1 844 │ 885 │ 989 │3 984 │ 495 │2 886 │3 320 │3 174│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2023/24 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │1 592 │1 127 │1 565 │5 480 │1 357 │1 578 │2 455 │2 882│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │1 876 │ 902 │ 996 │3 948 │ 550 │3 132 │3 282 │3 622│
├─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┤
│2024/25 AY │
├─────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬─────┤
│Local │2 120 │ 662 │1 451 │5 406 │1 261 │1 226 │2 408 │2 919│
├─────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼─────┤
│Non-local │3 039 │1 290 │ 916 │4 022 │ 717 │3 440 │3 430 │4 314│
└─────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴─────┘

 

Note:

CityU – City University of Hong Kong

HKBU – Hong Kong Baptist University

LU – Lingnan University

CUHK – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

EdUHK – The Education University of Hong Kong

PolyU – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKUST – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

HKU – The University of Hong Kong

 

Best regards,

Tommy Tsang

Senior Project Officer (Capital)

UGC Secretariat

2844 9960

 

 

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