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Insider Guide for New Students

Insider Guide for New Students

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Be an HKUer!
HKU CEDARS – Overview of Survival Kits for New Students
Find out how CEDARS empowers you to navigate student life. Covering everything from housing, counselling, financial support, anti-scam resources and more. Watch this short animated video for essential tips as you begin your HKU journey!
HKU-life 3-minute Survival Kit

Feeling frustrated to find non-academic resources to enrich your university experience? Watch the animations created by CEDARS to discover essential tips for surviving at HKU and becoming an HKUer.

Housing
Financial Resources
Job
Counselling
Insider Tips from Senior HKUers
If you are new to HKU and feeling puzzled about the new environment, don’t panic! Our senior HKUers will walk through with you and help you get familiar with HKU.
Weeks of Welcome

Weeks of Welcome (WoW) is a series of induction and orientation activities for newly arrived non-local students held in every August and January.

Discovering Hong Kong Local Food 

Street Food Paradise
Tasty HK Desserts & Pastries
Hot Pot & Yum Cha

Off-campus Food Tour

Top Picks for Off-campus Asian Eateries

Top Picks for Off-campus Western Eateries
Hiking Challenge
Hiking Challenge – Part 1
Hiking Challenge – Part 2
Hiking Challenge – Part 3
Theme Streets and Photogenic Places

Must-visit Theme Streets and Markets in Hong Kong

Photogenic places in Hong Kong

Shopping Challenge

Shopping for Essential Items

In-depth Campus Tour
In-depth Campus Tour – Part 1
In-depth Campus Tour – Part 2
In-depth Campus Tour – Part 3
GEST Skills Sharing

GEST Skills Sharing [Boba/Bubble Milk Tea]

GEST Skills Sharing [Vegetarian Meal – Mapo Tofu]
HKU Traditions
High Table
High Table is a proud tradition of HKU at which faculty members, guests and students in gowns sit at long refectory tables and dine together in a formal setting. It is designed to promote intellectual exchange among participants. The highlight of the High Table is an inspiring speech given by the Guest of Honour.
Green Gown

Green Gown is the official attire formerly worn by all undergraduates for formal occasions including High Tables and examinations. At the Inauguration Ceremony which is the first formal university gathering for new students, they will meet the principal officers and senior academics of the University. The Inauguration Ceremony also consists of a Robing Ceremony during which freshers will put on the HKU traditional Green Gown, signifying the official induction of the new students to the university family.

Super Pass

Super Pass is a traditional event at HKU to wish students the best of luck in their examinations. Super Pass activities include enjoying Super Pass dinners, writing Chinese couplets (Fai-Chun in Cantonese), chopping a roasted pig and getting Super Pass apples. Students will write good wishes on Chinese couplets and post them on the doors. Chopping a roasted pig is considered a sign of good fortune in Hong Kong, meaning everything will go smooth. Apple is pronounced as “Ping Gwo” in Cantonese. It reasonates with an HKU jargon called “勁過”, a saying that is used to wish students to pass their examinations with flying colours.