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Information for Visitor

INFORMATION FOR VISITOR

VISA Application

If you have a close connection with the HKSAR by birth or long period of residence in the Region, you may not require a visa or entry permit. 
Please read Part I of visa requirement webpage of the Hong Kong Immigration Department.

 

If you are not in the group as stated in Part I of the page, you may need a visa or entry permit for visit depending on your nationality / type of travel document you hold. 
Please read Part II of visa requirement webpage of the Hong Kong Immigration Department.

 

If you need advice on individual cases, please address your enquiries to :

Transportation

The Department of Physics locates at Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building (CYP) in HKU main campus.

 

 

(A) Public Transportation to HKU Main Campus

There are different buses and mini-buses that can take you to the campus in the following routes:

 

District MTR Station* Bus Minibus
Central Central 3A, 4, 7, 13, 37A, 71, 91, 94 8, 22
Admiralty Admiralty 23, 37A, 40, 40M, 90B 10, 31
Wanchai Wanchai 23, 40, 40M 10
Causeway Bay Causeway Bay 23 10, 28
Aberdeen / 7, 71, 91, 94  
Tsim Sha Tsui Tsim Sha Tsui (/East) 973  
Mong Kok Mongkok (/East) 970  
Hung Hom Hung Hom 103  

* MTR system map

 

For maps and more information, please refer to HKU Transportation.

 

 

(B) From Airport


Take the Airport Express Train to Hong Kong Station

 

Then interchange for

 

Option 1: Island Line of MTR train (Kennedy Town Direction) to HKU Station OR;
Option 2: Taxi [Duration: about 10 minutes; Fee: about HK$40 (US$5)]

For easy reference to locate CYP building, you may refer to the map here.  

 

 

(C) From Train Station


If you enter Hong Kong by train, you should have reached either "Lo Wu" or "Hung Hom" as your first station. 

In any case, please follow the MTR system map to reach either Central Station

 

Then interchange for

 

Option 1: Island Line of MTR train (Kennedy Town Direction) to HKU Station OR;
Option 2: Taxi [Duration: about 10 minutes; Fee: about HK$40 (US$5)]

For easy reference to locate CYP building, you may refer to the map here.

Accommodation

Robert Black College provides in-campus accommodation primarily for overseas visiting scholars.

 

Robert Black College

University Drive, The University of Hong Kong

3910 2700

2559 4528

rblack@hku.hk

http://www.hku.hk/rblack/introduction/index.html

 

Limited accommodation for visitors is also available at St. John's College and Graduate House.

 

St. John’s College

College Office, 82 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

2817 7201; 2817 7102

2817 5624

stjohns@hku.hk

http://www.stjohns.hk/sjc.html

 

Graduate House

No. 3 University Drive, The University of Hong Kong

3917 1810

2546 1861

gradhse@hku.hk

http://www.hku.hk/gradhse/

Weather in Hong Kong

For details, please refer to Hong Kong Observatory

Campus Map