Eligibility
 
The 4th Support Scheme is conducted in two phases, namely the 2020 Program Year and the 2021 Program Year. The eligible applying graduates (Graduate Applicants) should be:
  • Permanent resident of Hong Kong;
  • Students graduated in 2018 to 2020 should apply for 2020 Program Year and students graduated in 2019 to 2021 should apply for 2021 Program Year;
  • Graduates of full time courses in universities and institutes (local and overseas) in related subjects, i.e. digital entertainment, mobile software development, game development, digital creative media, design (multi-media, game, graphic, 2D or 3D, etc.), multi-media production or communications, interaction design, programming, etc.; and
  • With no full-time working experience in the DE industry prior to the application (the prior internship and summer job experience would not be counted as full-time working experience).
       
Interested graduates may apply for the eligible program year according to their year of graduation with illustration as below: 
Year of graduation       2020 Program Year     
2018✓
2019✓
2020✓

Disclaimer:

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organizers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.