Compulsory Medical Insurance for Non-local Students

a)

Please click here for the medical insurance coverage.

b)

For enquiries related to coverage/ claim eligibility, please consult the insurer (Blue Cross) directly by calling their service hotline: 3608 2988. Please retrieve your Policy number and Insured number beforehand by downloading the insurance certificate via Blue Cross's e-platform ("Super Care") (Login your account > Click "Claim" > "Select the "Certificate of Insurance" ). For first time activation of the student account, please click here for the instruction.

(Note: For newly admitted students, it may take a longer period of time for the insurer to process the user profiles. Kindly expect the e-platform service accounts for new students will be made available within 1 month from the commencement of the Fall semester (or Spring semester for students newly admitted in Spring).

Students who have difficulties in retrieving their Policy number and Insured number may contact Scholarships & Financial Aid Office by email to sfao.ins@ust.hk.

c)

If the insured student is holding another insurance policy and the incurred medical expenses could not be fully reimbursed by the other policy, he/she may claim for the balance from this policy by providing original receipts and proof of claim payment from other insurance policy.

d)

Extended Accidental Medical Benefits

a)

Hospital & Surgical Benefits

b)

Outpatient Benefits

c)

Extended Accidental Medical Benefits

a)

For 2023/24, all new and continuing non-local full-time degree-seeking students MUST pay a medical insurance fee of HK$500 with the tuition fee (Students commencing their studies at HKUST in Spring  semester shall pay HK$250). This also applies to,

• Students going on exchange in Fall or Spring Semester

• Scholarship students whose tuition fee is settled by their scholarships

b)

The compulsory medical insurance fee cannot be reduced, waived, deferred or refunded. To avoid coverage gaps, students holding other medical insurance policies cannot be exempted.

c)

Students are responsible for paying the insurance fee as required. Any outstanding payment must be settled before the University Diploma can be issued.

a)

For students being newly admitted in 2023/24, medical insurance enrolment dates as follows,

- For students being admitted in Fall semester: 15 August 2023

- For students being admitted in Spring semester (including those who have taken study leave in Fall and return to study in Spring): 18 January 2024

For continuing students (except for those who have leave/ inactive student statuses in 2022/23), the 2023/24 insurance enrolment will effect from 1 July 2023.  While for students who are graduating in 2023/24, the insurance coverage will remain active until 31 August 2024.

For students arriving earlier than/ staying beyond (for graduating students) the respective insurance effective date/period shall not be covered by the Scheme.  Students are advised to arrange their own insurance/ travel insurance to cover the relevant dates.

b)

Change in student status, e.g. taking study leave, changing the study status to off-campus study, will affect the eligibility of insurance enrolment. In case of any doubts, please consult Scholarships & Financial Aid Office.

c)

The Scheme may not satisfy the personal insurance needs of individual students. Students may consider topping up the insurance level with other insurance plans of their own choice.

d)

Students' dependants staying in Hong Kong with the student could participate in the Medical Insurance plan on a voluntary basis. However, kindly note that pre-existing conditions are not covered for dependants who are newly enrolled in 2023/24 policy year and onwards.

Students who are a registered student in Spring semester and would like to enrol the Plan for their dependants in 2023/24 should submit the enrolment form for each dependant by 21 February 2024. (Note: The enrolment period for 2023/24 Spring has ended. 2024/25 Fall's enrolment procedures will be announced around late August 2024.)

a)

General outpatient consultations due to illness or disease (except the Specialist's Consultation, Diagnostic X-rays & Laboratory Test and A&E Consultation in Hong Kong hospitals as specified in the Outpatient Benefits) are not covered in the Scheme. (Note: Full-time students can enjoy FREE general consultation services and medications at the campus clinic by presenting their student ID cards.)

b)

Students holding the following student statuses are not covered by the Scheme:

• Part-time students

• Students extending or taking their studies at the University without paying tuition fee (e.g. research postgraduate students retaining their student status at the University for a period no longer than 4 weeks)

• Exchange-in, Visiting Students or Visiting Interns

• Students holding off-campus study status without paying HKUST tuition fee

c)

The Scheme does not provide the coverage of travel insurance. Students going for exchange or internship abroad should arrange suitable and adequate insurance for their trip.

d)

Exchange-in, Visiting Students or Visiting Interns should subscribe to Travel Insurance for Exchange-in/Visiting/Short Program Students before leaving their home countries.

e)

Treatment related to Congenital Conditions or Developmental Conditions or disease of similar kind are not covered.

f)

The Policy does not include Dental Benefits.