The total tuition is HK$60,000. The tuition already covered:

• Student’s textbook
• Student’s uniform (slippers, gowns and laundry service)
• Student's tuition fees.

In order to provide a moderate student to teacher ratio, HKIOSW limits to only 6 students per class. This ensures each student is having sufficient learning resources and individual attention.

Currently, all courses at the Hong Kong Institute of Swiss Watchmaking are taught mainly in English, with Cantonese as supplementary language.

Students at the Hong Kong Institute of Swiss Watchmaking are expected to have basic written and conversational skills in English.

There is no age limitation.

The Hong Kong Institute of Swiss Watchmaking aims to increase the number of young professional watchmakers in Asia Pacific.

All candidates are carefully and objectively screened for their ability to be successful in the program in which they are enrolled and also for their ability to adapt to the culture of the working environment.

Thus, although in some instances previous experience may help a candidate, it is not a prerequisite for admission purpose.

• Hong Kong Identity Card / Passport (For international Student)
• 1 passport photo
• Completed application form
• Two reference letters

The selection procedure includes:

• Verifying applicant’s qualifications by reviewing documentation and submissions
• Bench test (classroom exercises)
• Interview by members of selection committee

Attendance is mandatory – eligibility to sit for the WOSTEP intermediate and final examinations include a minimum number of classroom contact hours.

Successful applicants must have:

• Good eye sight
• Passionate in watchmaking.
• Ability to sit and concentrate for extended periods of time
• Steady hands to delicately manipulate small mechanisms, apparatus and components by using specialized instruments, hand tools, and equipments.

The Hong Kong Institute of Swiss Watchmaking endeavors to provide each student with the personal and professional resources for a successful career in the profession of watchmaking.

The culture of the classrooms at the Hong Kong Institute of Swiss Watchmaking is a student-oriented learning environment focused strongly on strict adherence to the WOSTEP standard and ever striving to increase the technical and professional level of graduates in Hong Kong.

Moreover, the integration of the HKIOSW to our Hong Kong service centre and high complications workshop give our students the unique experience to interact and put into practice what they learn on diagnosis, disassembly, service, and quality control under the supervision of our trainers.

Please contact our admission office at the Hong Kong Institute of Swiss Watchmaking ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) for any enquiries.

You are always welcome to contact our admission office. Details as follows:

Hong Kong Institute Of Swiss Watchmaking
Admissions Office
Room 2601-2602, 26th Floor
909 Cheung Sha Wan Road,
Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Fax: +852 2973 0660  / e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please follow the link to WOSTEP’s web site for more information:

WOSTEP is the world leader in watchmaker education which gives our successful graduates a significant advantage when applying for a job anywhere in the world. Your WOSTEP certification provides maximum options for employment toward a successful career