Dear Postgraduate students,
The application of Postgraduate House (PGH) accommodation for the 2nd semester of Academic Year 2021/2022 (hereinafter referred to as "AY2021/2022") is now opened for NEW and Returning Postgraduate Students* from 19 November 2021 to 25 November 2021. Details of the application are as follows:
A. Eligible applicants: NEW and returning active PG students* who need an accommodation of postgraduate house for 2nd semester of AY2021/2022, but the following courses are excluded:
- Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
- Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
- Doctor of Education (EdD/DED)
- Doctor of Public Administration (DPA)
- Postgraduate Certificate / Diploma Programmes
| *If you are currently staying in our Postgraduate House dormitory, you DO NOT need to submit this application. For existing PGH residents, please refer to : (https://go.um.edu.mo/307m476t) |
B. Schedule:
Application Period | 19 November 2021 - 25 November 2021 (11:59 p.m.)
Required Documents:
1) E-form
2) Applicants with Macao Resident Identity Card who do not have residence in Macau must also fill out the “Declaration of No Residence in Macao” and send it to sao.pgh@um.edu.mo
 Declaration of No Residence in Macao 在澳無住所聲明書(003).pdf |
PGH point calculation period | 1 August 2021 - 19 November 2021
- For details of PGH Point System, please refer to the following link: https://srs.sao.um.edu.mo/pghpoint/ |
Result Announcement Date | 14 December 2021
The result has been announced, please refer to: https://go.um.edu.mo/getnch8b |
Stay period of 2nd semester of AY2021/2022 | 7 January 2022# - 31 May 2022, move-out by 14:00
#For new move-in students, students are required to complete the PGH move-in procedure within the first month of the relative stay period in person. Otherwise, the bedspace will be cancelled automatically. A 1-month residence fee will be charged for this kind of case. |
Payment period of the PGH residence fee for 2nd semester of AY2021/2022 | 1. Returning students (except international students):
4 January 2022 - 17 January 2022
2. New PG students who will be admitted in 2nd semester of AY2021/2022 or
PG students who apply for resumption of studies in 2nd semester of AY2021/2022 or
Returning international students:
A debit note will be issued to student’s ISW account around 1 month after move-in procedure is completed. The payment period shall be subject to the e-debit note.
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C. Notes for applicants:
1. Please note that the number of bedspaces in PGH is limited, applicants should submit the application within the application period.
2. Late applications will NOT be accepted. Even if students are willing to accept the penalties, SRS will not entertain. Any decision made by SRS shall be final.
3. After renewal for existing PGH residents, the remaining bedspaces will be allocated to eligible applicants according to the approval criteria stipulated in the “Guidelines for Assessing the Applications for UM PGH Accommodation”. When the number of available rooms are insufficient and equal points occur, applicants who have received COVID-19 vaccination will be given higher priority for the application, remaining bedspaces will be decided by a draw.
4. Students who are not offered bedspaces will be placed on a waiting list in a sequence decided according to the above-mentioned guidelines. If there are bedspaces released from students who fail to settle the payment or from students who cancel their applications, the bedspaces will be allocated according to the waiting list order, except for the situation mentioned in article 3 of the above-mentioned guidelines. Students will be informed of the offers by emails. Besides, those student might need to arrange off-campus accommodation themselves. For off-campus accommodation information, please refer to Student Resources Section (Student Housing) website (https://srs.sao.um.edu.mo/).
5. Arrangement of share room allocation:
- Applicants who have already matched with a student who is currently staying alone in a shared room will be arranged first, and then other applicants who cannot find a roommate to stay with during 2nd semester of AY2021/2022 will be allocated to a shared room according to the room availability on-site, students might be assigned a roommate who has a different sleeping schedule due to room availability on-site.
- No further adjustment would be allowed for the room allocation.
- PhD students who have selected the "Shared Room" as their room type of 2nd semester of AY2021/2022, their request made at other times for changing to a single room during AY2021/2022 will not be accepted.
6. Arrangement of single room allocation:
- In case there are vacant single rooms, the applicants who are successfully offered a bedspace will be allocated together with the existing residents who applied changing to a single room in the “PGH Room Change Application for 2nd semester of AY2021/2022”. Priority of single room allocation will be given to PhD applicants first, and then will be allocated to eligible applicants according to the sequence of PGH Points. When the number of available rooms is insufficient and equal points occur, it will be decided by a draw.
-SRS will assign the single room(s) randomly to successful applicants and no further adjustment would be allowed for room allocation.
- For single room applicants, all PGH Points earned during the calculation period will reset for those successful single-room applicants. Please consider carefully whether you need to apply a single room.
7. For applicants who have be allocated to a single room OR a suite, the residence period will end on 31 May 2022. No matter which month students move-in / change to a single room or a suite, all single rooms and suites (including medical reasons) will be allocated all over again in June every year. If student would like to continue to stay in the same room type onward, they have to apply for single room and suite again in the application which will open in March or April 2022. The arrangement of single room / suite allocation will be subjected to the announcement in due course. Rooms are not guaranteed and are subject to the final approval.
8. According to Article 39 of the Personnel Statue of UM and Article 18 of Chapter 7 of Regulations of the Personnel Affairs of the UM about the attribution of housing subsidy, UM staff is not eligible to receive the housing subsidy when he/she successfully applied for the housing provided by UM or any public entities, including the Student Dormitory (i.e. Postgraduate House).
9. Room assignment is arranged by SRS. For any room with vacant bedspaces, SRS reserves all rights to assign other students to them at any moment.
10. For more information about Postgraduate House, Postgraduate House Resident Rules and Accommodation Fee and Charges, you may refer to the following link: https://srs.sao.um.edu.mo/accommodation-news-and-updates/
11. SRS has the rights to make the final decision.
D. Application Procedure:
| For freshmen who will register in 2nd semester of AY2021/2022, please send an email to sao.pgh@um.edu.mo during the application period. After receiving your notification, we will email the application form to you. |
1. Log in at: https://go.um.edu.mo/lqbg7k7w ; input your student ID no. and password.
2. Fill in the on-line application form;
3. Ensure the application information is filled correctly before submission as changes are not allowed once the submission is made;
4. Upon completion, click "Submit" and you will see this for successful submission;
5. Students will receive a confirmation email in their UM student email accounts after the application form is successfully submitted.
6. If NO confirmation is received, which means the delivery of application is unsuccessful, students should contact SRS to review the application and re-submit it again. Otherwise, the application will not be entertained after the application period.
7. Applicants with Macao Resident Identity Card who do not have residence in Macao must also fill out the “Declaration of No Residence in Macao” and send it to sao.pgh@um.edu.mo. For late / lack of submission of the declaration, application will not be entertained.
 Declaration of No Residence in Macao 在澳無住所聲明書(003).pdf
Notes for submitting an application:
- Students should read and complete the form carefully.
- Please ensure the application information is filled correctly before submission, no change is allowed after submission.
- The alert will pop-up at the top-left corner if there is any missing field.
- This form serves as application only; the final arrangement is subject to availability and draw result.
- SRS has the rights to make the final decision.
F. PGH Residence Fee:
The existing residence fee is shown as below and applies on the AY2021/2022 and onwards.
Room Type | Residence Fee for 2nd semester of Academic Year 2021/2022
(MOP) |
Suite (1 couple in a room) | 24,700 |
Single Room (1 student in a room) | 11,350 |
Shared Room - per student (2 students in a room) | 7,050/per student |
Disabled Room (mainly for students with physical disabilities; 1 student in a room) | 7,050 |
Notes for PGH Residence Fee:
a) Students whose application of PGH accommodation in the 2nd semester of AY2021/2022 is accepted will be required to pay their residence fee within the payment period stated in the schedule under Point B.
b) If NO residence fee is received by the payment deadline, the application will be cancelled automatically and NO bedspace will be reserved.
c) Students, who have paid the PGH residence fee and decided NOT to move-in PGH in the 2nd semester of AY2021/2022, are required to send a written request to Student Resources Section (SRS) for approval. Since this payment period for returning students is after the start date of the residence period, 1-month residence fee will be charged for this kind of case. The remaining residence feewill be refunded to students. For the amount of refundable residence fee, please refer to "PGH Refund Terms and Conditions".
d) For students who have paid the PGH residence fee and decided to move-out from PGH within the first 3 months of the residence period of 2nd semester of AY2021/2022, PGH residence fee will be refunded in proportion to students ONLY with reasons of graduation, exchange, medical issues (with medical certificates from hospitals in Macao). For the amount of refundable residence fee, please refer to "PGH Refund Terms and Conditions". No refund will be given to the students who check out without the said reasons.
e) For details of the PGH residence fee, refund terms and conditions and other fees, please refer to this link (https://srs.sao.um.edu.mo/accommodation-fee-charges/).
For enquiries, please contact Student Housing office at 8822 2660 during office hours or email to sao.pgh@um.edu.mo. Thank you for your kind attention.
Student Housing
Student Resources Section
Student Affairs Office
PGH S3, G/F, Room G002
Tel: 8822-2660
Email: sao.pgh@um.edu.mo |