Eligibility The 4
th 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 | 2021 Program Year |
2019 | ✓ |
2020 | ✓ |
2021 | ✓ |