The Swire China Scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year opened their applications from July to September this year. Swire announced that the number of participating universities has more than doubled this year, expanding from 13 to 30 and now including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Xiamen University and Sichuan University in Chengdu, amongst other leading universities. Fifteen scholarships will be awarded by end of this year, joining the existing 30 scholars who are already studying at Chinese mainland universities under the scheme.
Established in 2017 to enable Hong Kong students to pursue tertiary studies at leading academic institutions on the Chinese mainland, the scholarship scheme is part of Swire's commitment to providing educational opportunities for young people as a means of investing in Hong Kong's future.
