The BASE:
The BASE is a venue dedicated to support current HKUST students who are passionate about entrepreneurial activities, startups, brainstorming new ideas, building prototypes, networking, and working with like-minded peers.
The common area, meeting room, locker and mailbox at BASE (facilities) are available for rental by qualified students/teams who have demonstrated interests and started entrepreneurial-related projects.
Please refer to the requirements and related conditions below to apply to use the facilities at BASE.
Available Facilities/Support:
- One Mailbox** (120w x 350d x 218h mm)
- Weekly mail delivery
- Large locker (266w x 450d x 562h mm) or Medium locker (266w x 350d x 262h mm)
** Contact address only, NOT for business registration
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Application Period |
Start Date |
End date |
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Spring & Summer (Feb – Aug) |
Mar 1st or 3 weeks after submission of application; whichever occurs later |
Mar 31st of the following year |
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Fall (Sep – Dec) |
Oct 1st or 3 weeks after submission of application; whichever occurs later |
Oct 31st of the following year |
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Winter (Jan) |
3 weeks after submission of application |
Oct 31st |
Qualified Candidates/Teams:
- The principle applicants must be current HKUST students.
- The selection and priority of the applications will be determined by the following requirements and bonus points:
Requirements:
- HKUST students with a product idea
- The team is building a functional prototype (Note: App and Website must be native)
- The team is drafting a business plan
- The team has not received any other similar support from other HKUST parties
Bonus Points:
- Track record on entrepreneurial activities
- Joined or won a public competition
- Have media exposure or coverage on entrepreneurship
- Have a valid business registration
- The students must be current HKUST students during the course of use of the designated space, related facilities and services.
Application procedures and conditions:
- Application is open all year round.
- Generally speaking, result of application will be released within 3 weeks after submission of application to Entrepreneurship Center* (EC).
- Shortlisted applicants will be invited for interview.
- Grant of use of facilities is subject to availability and satisfactory progress of the team’s project.
- Re-application may be required depending on each team’s project progress or other special situation.
Interest student/teams please complete and send the application form with supplementary documents to Entrepreneurship Center via email ecenter@ust.hk.