CityU School of Law students are encouraged to join the Student Exchange Programme. CityU LLB students can apply for exchange places at partner institutions under the existing school-level agreements. The Law School has entered into an alliance with the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS), Georgetown University Law Center and joined the THEMIS Network.  Students will be provided with opportunities for overseas studies. For the CTLS programme, please click here for more information. For THEMIS Network, please click here for more information.

1. Eligibility / Selection Criteria
2. Application
3. Academic Arrangement and Credit Transfer
4. Budget and Financial Support
5. Contact
6. Feedback Form

1. Eligibility / Selection Criteria

Students who wish to participate in the Student Exchange Programme (School-level) must meet the following requirements.

Cumulative Grade Point Average	3.0 or above
Year of Study	Undergraduate Student: Please check out the list of partner institutions for the eligibility as it varies with different institutions.
Selection Criteria	Good academic performance Active in extra-curricular activities/community services High level of English proficiency Presentable and cheerful Positive attitude towards his/her studies

 

2. Application

Application Timeline:

Main Round Application: December - January
Second Round Application: August - September

Procedures   

Semester A: by December/ January OR Semester B:  by August / September

During application: 1. Go to AIMS and select "Outbound Student Exchange Application" under Student Services. 2. Choose up to 2 exchange institutions at the School level from the List of Partner Institutions.

Semester A: from February onwards OR Semester B:  from October onwards

3. Announcement of application results. (Remark: As the internal deadlines of respective host institutions vary, results will be relayed to students as soon as practicable.) After shortlisting: 4. You should go through the course list of the institution as soon as it is made available and identify courses that would fit your study plan and interests. 5. Consult your Programme Director on your tentative course plan and the suitability of the courses identified as far as credit transfer is concerned. 6. Submit Credit Transfer Pre-approval Form for Outbound Exchange Programme (LLB) to the programme administrative staff at the CityU School of Law General Office for processing.

Student Exchange Application Form
For online application, please go to AIMS and select "Outbound Student Exchange Application" under Student Services.

Course Credit Transfer Pre-approval Form
Credit transfer request should be submitted to the CityU School of Law General Office for pre-approval at least one month before departure.

The form can be downloaded here.

3. Academic Arrangement and Credit Transfer

Students should study the course catalogues of the host university carefully and consult the Programme Director on their tentative course plan and the suitability of the courses identified as far as credit transfer is concerned before submitting the Course Credit Transfer Pre-approval Form to the Law School for processing. In the form, you should indicate all the courses you plan to take at the host institution for credit transfer. You will be notified of the outcome via email after the request has been reviewed.

It is your responsibility to ensure that you are enrolled in the appropriate courses at the host institution. If you have changed the list of courses as indicated in the original application of credit transfer after arriving at the host institution, you are required to notify the programme administrative staff (see below) and submit an application again for any newly-added courses that you wish to transfer credits. Review of each request may take 1-2 weeks, so please make sure you reserve enough time should you need to meet the add/drop period of the host institution.

	Email
LLB Programme	lwllb@cityu.edu.hk

 

Students going on exchange for a single semester are not allowed to enrol in year-long courses for credit-transfer purposes or to take courses that have been divided into parts (e.g. Contract Law I and Contract Law II) partly in Hong Kong and partly on exchange, even if the exchange partner has divided their corresponding courses into parts.

Upon return from the host institution, student should submit an official transcript of the exchange study to the programme administrative staff of the CityU School of Law General Office by the first week of the semester following the exchange study, or as soon as you receive it, whichever is sooner. The credit transfer will only be confirmed after the transcript of the host university has been reviewed. Fail grades will not be accepted for transfer of credits.  

Transferred credits taken during the exchange period will NOT be counted in the calculation of a student’s GPA. “TR” meaning credit transfer will be indicated ultimately in students’ academic records. There will NOT be any grade transfer.

If you wish to transfer credits to courses offered by other academic units, please submit the form to respective course offering units for pre-approval first and return it to the CityU School of Law General Office. If you wish to transfer credits towards the GE Requirements when an equivalent GE course cannot be identified, please submit “GE Course Credit Transfer Pre-approval Form” which can be downloaded from TED Office’s webpage to the Secretary of GEPC after the School of Law’s endorsement.

If you intend to qualify for the PCLL Programme, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have satisfied all the requirements for admission to the PCLL Programme. For details, please click here.

4. Budget and Financial Support

Budget
You should consider the following expenses (if applicable) when preparing for your exchange studies:

1. Travel expenses
2. Accommodation
3. Passport and visa fees
4. Medical and travel insurance
5. Food
6. Books and supplies
7. Local transportation costs
8. Personal spending
9. Study-related fees required by your host institution

Remarks:
Though you are exempted from paying tuition fees to the host institution, you are required to remain enrolled at CityU by paying tuition fees and the study-related fees to CityU.
Students in particular full-time non-local students should normally undertake a loading between 12 and 18 credits during the exchange period. Tuition fees will be calculated in accordance with the number of credits enrolled. The University Finance Office will send an email in due course to all students reminding them to check out the e-statement for payment.

Financial Support

• Student Exchange Fund
• Special Fund for Non-local Outbound Exchange Students
• Joseph Lau Student Exchange Awards
• Subsidies Offered by the Education Bureau
• University Scholarships

For details, please refer to GEO website.

As requested by the University, selected students will be required to pay a Caution Money of HK$1,000 when they accept the exchange offer from the University. Students will receive a reimbursement of the Caution Money if and when they have completed the exchange programme with satisfaction, and submitted all the required documents to the University upon completion of the exchange programme. Should student fail to meet any of the above stated requirements or decide to withdraw from the programme after accepting the offer, even before or after departure, the Caution Money will be forfeited.

5. Contact

General enquiry about the outbound exchange programme:lwllb@cityu.edu.hk

6. Feedback Form

Upon completion, you are invited to complete the feedback form to provide us with valuable comments about the exchange programme. Please click here.

 

Data Protection: CityU undertakes to observe the spirit and to comply with the principles and requirements of the data protection regulations such as the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of Hong Kong and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union.

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