Country extension · Hong Kong SAR China
.edu.hk domain name
What you need to know about .edu.hk: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .edu.hk
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Registry
- hkirc.hk
- Registration period
- 1 to 3 years, 5 years or 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 3 years or 5 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 3 working days
- Transfer time
- 10 days
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 13
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .edu.hk?
- The registrant must be based in Hong Kong; a local presence is required.
- .edu.hk is intended for educational institutions, such as schools, statutory institutions, providers of registered courses, and nurseries or kindergartens with an educational programme for children aged 2 to 6.
- All contacts for the domain name must be of the same type as the registrant: either all natural persons or all organisations.
- If the name contains the word government, bank, assurance or insurance, or a derivative of these, you must provide additional documents justifying its use.
Additional details for registration
- You state whether the registrant is a natural person or an organisation.
- Organisations provide a registration number, for example from the trade register, and state what kind of document it is, such as a business registration certificate, certificate of incorporation, school registration certificate, government document or ordinance.
- Individuals provide the number of an identity document, such as a Hong Kong identity card, a foreign identity document, a passport or a birth certificate.
- You also state the country that issued the document.
- Individuals state whether they are 18 or over.
Documents
- You send a copy of a school's certificate issued by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong.
- Alternatively, you can send a copy of the ordinance showing that your institution was established by law, together with a letter of application from the institution.
- You can also provide a copy of a course's registration certificate issued by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong.
- Kindergartens and nurseries with an educational programme for children aged 2 to 6 can send a copy of their childcare centre registration certificate or their education certificate.
- Organisations provide proof of registration. Individuals send a copy of their identity document or passport.
- You send the documents by email as a single PDF file of no more than 10 MB.
Good to know when registering
- The registration only goes ahead once the required documents have been provided.
Transfer
Transferring a .edu.hk
- You can only transfer a domain to another registrar with a transfer code.
- As the registrant, you request this code from your current registrar.
The transfer code
- You need a transfer code to transfer a domain.
- If you're moving to another registrar, you request a special transfer code directly via the HKDNR website.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- You can only set a different registrant through an official change of registrant. You can't simply change the registrant's name or organisation name.
- You request the change of registrant using an application form. With it, you provide documents from both the old and the new registrant, combined into a single PDF file.
- If the old registrant is a Hong Kong company, you include an extract from the trade register that is no more than 30 working days old.
- If the old registrant is a foreign company, you include the signed declaration form DCTNR1. You also provide a recent document, no more than 30 working days old, showing that the signatory is a director, partner or owner.
- If the old registrant is an individual from Hong Kong, you include a copy of their identity card or passport. If they're aged between 11 and 18, you also provide the identity documents of their parents or guardian, plus a birth certificate or guardianship declaration.
- A foreign individual includes the signed declaration form DCTNR2, along with a copy of a passport or identity card.
- The new registrant must meet the requirements for .edu.hk and prove that they legally exist.
- If the new registrant is a Hong Kong company, they provide a recent extract and the business registration certificate. A foreign company uses form DCTNR1.
- An individual from Hong Kong provides a copy of their identity card or passport as the new registrant. A foreign individual uses form DCTNR2 with an identity document.
- HKDNR may ask for additional documents. You must provide these within the set deadline.
- HKDNR may refuse the change of registrant if documents are missing or don't meet the requirements.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- After cancellation, the domain name is permanently deleted within 7 days.
- A request to restore the domain name is handled manually. You'll be notified of the outcome by email.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website hkirc.hk
- Registry whois registrar.hkirc.hk
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.