Register as an HKCGI student

You may register as an HKCGI student any time throughout the year. Application deadlines for the upcoming examinations:
31 January (yearly) – for the following June examinations, and
31 July (yearly) – for the following November examinations

Late studentship applications shall pay a late administrative charge for enrolling in the upcoming examinations within 15 calendar days after the deadline.

Studentship application must be made online with certified true copies of all required supporting documents and the registration/re-registration fee.

Applicants may apply for exemption assessment upon studentship registration. For details of exemption assessment, please click HERE.

Studentship of all newly registered or re-registered students will be expired on the following 30 June irrespective of the confirmation date of your studentship during the year. Students must settle the student renewal fee issued on 1 July (yearly) to maintain their HKCGI studentship.

All fees paid for the studentship registration or re-registration are non-refundable and non-transferable, even if an application is rejected by HKCGI or withdrawn by the applicant.

All applications are subject to HKCGI’s approval and at its sole and absolute discretion. HKCGI reserves the right to decline applications without assigning any reason thereof.

Students of Collaborative Course Agreement (CCA) Programmes

Studentship registration policy applies to students who are planning or preparing to complete CGQP under CCA programme.

1. Students of the CCA programme:
   • who are current HKCGI student must declare with the Institute, within two months after the commencement of the CCA programme.
   • who never registered as HKCGI student must register as HKCGI student within three months after the commencement of the CCA programme.
   • who were HKCGI students previously but had ceased the studentship must re-register as an HKCGI student within three months after the commencement of the CCA programme.

2. (Applicable to CCA students commence CCA programme study on or before 30 June 2024)
   Students of the CCA programme who registered or re-registered as HKCGI students three months after the commencement of the CCA programme are subject to payment of CCA studentship late registration charges. The late registration charges shall be imposed from the fourth month on a monthly basis until they register as HKCGI students during their CCA programme study.

   (Applicable to CCA students commence CCA programme study on or after 1 July 2024)
   Students of the CCA programme who registered or re-registered as HKCGI students three months after the commencement of the CCA programme are subject to payment of CCA studentship late registration charges from the fourth month until they register or re-registered as HKCGI students during their CCA programme study, including:

   1. an administrative charge for the applicable financial year for ALL late CCA studentship applications, and
   2. an additional late application charge for CCA studentship from the seventh month after the commencement of the CCA programme.
   The late application charge rates are as follows:

   Application period made from the commencement of CCA programme	Late application charge
   7th to 12th months	Two times the studentship registration fee
   13th to 24th months	Three times the studentship registration fee
   25th to 36th months	Four times the studentship registration fee
   37th months and onwards*	Five times the studentship registration fee

   * applicable to CCA students whose study period beyond the required timeframe of three years.

3. Studentship application submitted after the graduation of CCA programme may not be eligible for CCA full exemption.

Members of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)

Subject to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), members of the ICSI can study with CGI Division. Interested ICSI members are required to get their ICSI membership verified via the ICSI’s online Endorsement of Member Verification at the ICSI website following the instructions. Once the endorsement process is completed, the ICSI will send details of members to the HKCGI. Upon receipt of the notification, HKCGI will contact the ICSI member by email for the further process of registering as a HKCGI student.

Successful applicants are eligible for module exemption and will be required to sit for the HKCGI qualifying programme examinations of three modules: Hong Kong Company Law, Corporate Governance and Risk Management.

For the details of MOU between the CGI and ICSI, please click HERE.

Guideline on Online Application for Studentship Registration

Instruction for Online Studentship Application

Student(Conditional) Registration only applies to current Year 3 or Year 4 students of a Partnership Bachelor's Programme (PBP). Click HERE to learn more about PBPs.

Student(Conditional) Registration opens throughout the year. Application must be made online with certified true copies of all required supporting documents and the registration fee.

Studentship of all newly registered students will be expired in the following 30 June irrespective of the confirmation date of your studentship during the year. (Students are required to settle the student renewal fee issued on 1 July (yearly) to maintain your HKCGI Student(Conditional) status.)

All fees paid for the studentship registration are non-refundable and non-transferable even if an application is rejected by HKCGI or withdrawn by the applicant.

Successful applicants will become Student(Conditional) and entitle to enjoy the same rights and obligations as other HKCGI students, subject to the following:

• Student(Conditional) may enrol in the Institute’s CGQP examinations once he/she become a Student(Conditional)
• If a Student(Conditional) cannot complete the respective PBP, a grace period of two years from the expected year of graduation is allowed for the Student(Conditional) concerned to fulfil the entry requirement for HKCGI studentship (i.e. students)
• If a Student(Conditional) still cannot meet the entry requirement after the two-year grace period, he/she will be removed from the Institute’s student register and his/her CGQP examination records with the Institute (if any), will be permanently invalidated, and
• All Student(Conditional) are required to declare their study status of the PBP with the Institute annually while remaining a Student(Conditional).

All applications are subject to HKCGI’s approval and at its sole and absolute discretion. HKCGI reserves the right to decline applications without assigning any reason thereof.