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Silk Road International Summer School

Posted by on May 18th, 2014 · 2014, Arts and Social Science, Scholarship Opportunities, Short courses, UNSW Partner Institution, UNSW Winter Break

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University of Humanities is offering their first summer programme on Chinese culture, called Silk Road International Summer School. It is a 3-week programme (July 6th – 27th) learning Chinese culture in English. The programme will be conducted in HK PolyU (1 week) and Xi’an Jiaotong University (2 weeks). 2 credit-bearing subjects will be taught during the 3 weeks and field trips in Xi’an will be arranged.

The programme is opened to all international students and the programme fee costs HKD50,160 (around AUD6,900). However, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University are kindly offering 5 scholarships to UNSW students to help supplement the costs of the program. Scholarship recipients will only have to pay HKD8,450 (approx. $1200AUD). This will include:

1. Tuition fee for two subjects

2. Package in Hong Kong:

– accommodation during the programme period, i.e. the night of 6 July to 12/13 July and the night of 26 July 2014

– transportation and admission fees of the scheduled study visits

3. Package for travelling in Xi’an includes:

– transportation costs from Hong Kong to Xi’an and Xi’an to Hong Kong on scheduled dates

– accommodation during the programme period, i.e. 12/13 July to the night of 25 July 2014

– transportation and admission fees of the scheduled study visits

– meals in Xi’an

 

On top of the HKD8,450 fee students will need to cover:

1. HKD450 application fee (approx. $62AUD)

2. Roundtrip air ticket between Hong Kong and home city

3. Meals in Hong Kong

 

Application

UNSW students who would like to apply can do so online at http://www.polyu.edu.hk/fh/FHISS/Applications.html. Please then email Erik Lo eric.kk.lo@polyu.edu.hk to notify HKPolyU that you have applied. Please also copy in advisor4globaled@unsw.edu.au to this email.

For more information about the programme, please refer to the website http://www.polyu.edu.hk/fh/FHISS/Programme.html.

Deadline to Apply

May 30th 2014

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