Eligibility
 
The 5th Support Scheme is conducted in two phases, namely the 2022 Program Year and the 2023 Program Year. The eligible applying graduates (Graduate Applicants) should be:
  • Permanent residents of Hong Kong;
  • Students graduated in 2020 to 2022 (for 2022 Program Year);
  • Graduates of full time courses in universities and tertiary institutes (local and overseas) in related subjects, such as 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       2022 Program Year     
2020✓
2021✓
2022✓

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 organisers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.