Education consultancy, Education Talk, Scholarship Programmes and General English Courses are organised to enhance the academic qualifications of athletes. These opportunities of education advancement increases the competitiveness of an athlete entering the workforce.
Education University of Hong Kong MOU
Hong Kong Athlete Education and Career Programme and the Education University of Hong Kong signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to set up a special admission scheme for athletes planning to retire and retired athletes on 8 January 2021.
All HKACED athlete members who fulfilled the below requirement are eligible to apply:
Athletes who are interested in 2023/24 admission, please download https://bit.ly/3MPvzsj and submit the application to HKACED Office on or before 20 December 2022 after vetting by your NSA. The programme details are available at: https://bit.ly/3P4VyOr
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong MOU
Hong Kong Athlete Education and Career Programme and the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong signed a MOU to support athletes planning to retire and retired athletes in April 2022.
All HKACED athlete members who fulfilled the below requirement are eligible to apply:
Athletes who are interested in 2022/23 admission, please download the application form from https://bit.ly/3vDP9BK and submit the application to HKACED Office on or before 30 June 2022 after vetting by your NSA. The programme details are available at: https://bit.ly/3MJrvcW
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong MOU
SF&OC and The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) signed a MOU to set up a special admission scheme for athletes planning to retire and retired athletes on 11 November 2022.
All HKACED athlete members who fulfilled the below requirement are eligible to apply:
Athletes who are interested in 2023/24 admission, please download and fill in the application form: http://bit.ly/3OxxOCC and submit the application to HKACED Office on or before 15 January 2023 after vetting by your NSA.
HKACED provides Education Scholarship Programmes for retiring and retired athletes, in various areas of Language Enrichment, University and Post-Secondary Education, Vocational Skills Training and Academic Enhancement.
HKACED Education Scholarship plays an important role in provision of support to retiring or retired athletes for pursuing better academic qualifications. In order to effectively utilise the resources and to encourage more devoted athletes to join the programme, HKACED relaxed the sports achievements of application requirements and included the postgraduate or master course into the scholarship programme. The new application requirements are listed as follows:
(For athletes who do not meet the above requirements, HKACED Committee may take into consideration on case by case basis.)
Scholarship Programme | Ceiling amount of subvention |
1. Scholarship Programme for Vocational Skills Training (C-03) |
Short-term programme (less than 1 year) : HK$20,000 Long term programmes (1 to 2 years) : HK$120,000 |
2. Scholarship Programme for Post-Secondary Education (E-03) | |
3. Language Enrichment Course (E-04) | HK$12,000 |
4. Scholarship Programme for Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Master Course (E-05/05M) |
Undergraduate programme (max. 5 years for full-time or part-time programme): HK$240,000 Postgraduate or Master programme (max. 4 years for full-time or part-time programme): HK$150,000 Athletes can only enjoy the benefit of this scholarship programme for either their first undergraduate / postgraduate / master programme. |
5. Academic Enhancement Scheme for Post-Secondary (EPS-06) | HK$24,000 |
6. Academic Enhancement Scheme for Undergraduate (EU-06) |
For more information, please contact us at 2504 8188.
* NSAs shall be interpreted as the Member National Sports Associations of SF&OC HK, China.
** Definition of full-time athletes: athletes engaged in a minimum of 25 hours training per week. Justification of the respective athletes’ status and definition of full-time would be subject to the confirmation of respective NSAs
*** Definition of part-time athletes: athletes engaged in a minimum of 15 hours training per week. Justification of the respective athletes’ status and definition of part-time would be subject to the confirmation of respective NSAs
# Sports of East Asian Games (1993 to 2003), includes: Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Billiard, Boxing, Cycling, Dance Sports, Dragon Boat, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Karate, Rowing, Rugby, Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Tenpin Bowling, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Windsurfing, Wrestling and Wushu.
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Programme Notes
Ceiling of Course Fee Subvention (% of total course fee):
Training Years | Full-time athlete (minimum of 25 hours training per week) |
Part-time athlete (EAG sports, minimum of 15 hours training per week) |
8 years or above | 100% | 70% |
7 years | 92.5% | 62.5% |
6 years | 85% | 55% |
5 years | 77.5% | 47.5% |
4 years | 70% | 40% |
Application Procedures
EF English Centers One Year Integrated General English Course
With an aim to enhance the English level of Hong Kong athletes’; EF English Centers has sponsored over 10 million dollar worth of Integrated General English Courses to over 200 athletes through the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China since 2007.
Athletes who are interested in the Integrated General English Course, please download the application form and email to hkaced@hkolympic.org.
Athletes who are interested in the Scholarship Program, please download the application form and email to hkaced@hkolympic.org.