Information for Visitor

VISA Application

Transportation

Accommodation

Weather in Hong Kong

VISA Application

Unless you have a close connection with the HKSAR by birth or long period of residence in the Region (details refer to here), you are required to get a visa or entry permit before travelling to the HKSAR.

You may apply for the appropriate visa or entry permit from the nearest Chinese diplomatic and consular mission.

For more visa application details, please refer to Hong Kong Immigration Department’s HK Visa Page.

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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:

* MTR system map

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

(B) From Airport

Take the Airport Express to the Hong Kong Station. It takes about 23 minutes and costs around HK$100 (about US$13).
Then take a taxi to CYP. It takes about 10 minutes and costs about HK$40 (US$5). Or you may get to any MTR station as stated above in (A) from the Hong Kong Station, and then reach the East Gate or West Gate of HKU main campus through public transportation. To help the taxi driver or yourself to locate the building in HKU main campus, you may download the map here.

(C) From Train Station

If enter Hong Kong by train, you should have reached either "Lo Wu" or "Hung Hom" as your first station. If you are at Lo Wu, take MTR train to Hung Hom, and then get to East Gate by bus no.103 as stated in (A). Or you may get to any MTR station as stated above in (A) from the Hung Hom Station, and then reach the East Gate or West Gate of HKU main campus through public transportation. If you would like to take a Taxi after MTR, either the Central Station or Sheung Wan Station should be a good choice. To help the taxi driver or yourself to locate the building, you may download the map here.

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Accommodation

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

Robert Black College
University Drive
The University of Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2296 1771
Fax: (852) 2559 4528
Email: rblack@hku.hk
Website: http://www.hku.hk/rblack/introduction/index.html

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

St. John’s College
College Office
The University of Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2817 7201; 2817 7102
Fax: (852) 2817 5624
E-mail: stjohns@hkucc.hku.hk
Website: http://www.stjohns.hk/home.php

Graduate House
No. 3 University Drive
The University of Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2249 1800
Fax: (852) 2546 1861
Email: gradhse@hku.hk
Website: http://www.hku.hk/gradhse/

Pokfield Road Residences
13-21 Pokfield Road
Hong Hong
Tel: (852) 2589 0404
Fax: (852) 2819 7973
Email: pflac@hkucc.hku.hk
Website: http://www.hku.hk/pflac

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Weather in Hong Kong

 For details, please refer to Hong Kong Observatory

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