First Steps to HKU Undergraduate Admissions 2016 Miss Elaine Tang Programme Manager Admissions and Academic Liaison Section, Registry
Comprehensive university Disciplines in 10 Faculties from arts to sciences to business 9000+ non-local students from 100+ countries / regions more than 50% of faculty members from overseas 117 top-tier researchers from around the world
Whole Person Education Classroom Learning Residential / Hall Internships Study Abroad Service Learning Research
Architecture Dentistry Arts Business & Economics Education Medicine Engineering Sciences Law Social Sciences
Flexible Curriculum
Architecture Accounting Actuarial Science Dentistry Education Engineering Journalism Speech & Hearing Science Law Medicine
Bachelor of Arts First Year Intake: 337 Bachelor of Business Administration / Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting & Finance Bachelor of Economics / Bachelor of Economics & Finance First Year Intake: 305 Bachelor of Engineering First Year Intake: 443 Bachelor of Science First Year Intake: 358 Bachelor of Social Sciences First Year Intake: 193
Faculty of Business and Economics 8 Majors Faculty of Arts Faculty of Science Faculty of Social Sciences 23 Majors 12 Majors 16 Majors Faculty of Engineering 8 Majors
Marketing X Human Resource Management Finance X Risk Management Food & Nutritional Science X Literary Studies
Double Degree with LLB BA (Literary Studies) & LLB BBA(Law) & LLB BSS (GL) & LLB Double Degree with Education BA & BED (LangEd) BED & BSC BED & BSS Double Degree with Engineering BBA(IS) & BEng (CompSci) BENG/BBA Double Degree
University College London Dual Degree in LLB Sciences Po Dual Degree in BA, BBA, BSS
Your Teachers; Your Mentors Community Biomedicine Biomedical, Cancer, Development and Reproduction, Infection and Immunology, and Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Ageing, Neuroscience, Public Health, Sciences of Learning, Food and Law, Literature and Language Environment Clean Energy, New Materials, Earth as a Habitable Planet Frontier Technology Computation and Information, Drug, Genomics and Integrative Biology China China Business and Economics, China- West Studies, and Contemporary China.
Your Teachers; Your Mentors 117 scholars ranked in the top 1% of their fields globally by the Institute for Scientific Information 367patents Granted (1998-2013)
9718 3733 30740 2284 International students on campus currently Outbound HKU Students last year Alumni living outside Hong Kong Ongoing research Collaborations
The World is Your Classroom China North America Harvard Yale MIT Princeton Columbia Duke UK Cambridge Oxford King s College London Bristol Edinburgh Rest of Europe SciencesPo Bonn Bergen Oslo Peking Tsinghua Shanghai Jiaotong Fudan Zhejiang Nanjing Rest of Asia Keio KAIST Ewha NUS 330 Partner Institutions for Exchange in 42 Countries
The World is Your Classroom Yale Summer Session University of California-Irvine Summer Programme at Johns Hopkins University of California-Berkeley Summer Research (Engineering students) at Harvard University Summer Research (Engineering students) at Imperial College London Summer Programme at University of Cambridge
Experimenting in the field Internships - Overseas
Experimenting in the field Internships - Hong Kong
Experimenting in the field Internships - China
steps to join us
Steps to join us International / Non-JUPAS admissions Fast Track Main Round Application Launch September September Deadline Mid-November End of December Evaluation December January onward Offers January March onward Acceptance of Offer 2-3 weeks 2-3 weeks Commencement of Study September September
Steps to join us Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
University Entrance Requirements Graduation from a university preparatory programme (secondary education) GSAT 65 SATI: 1800 + SATII: 600 x3 or AP: 3 x3 Proof of Proficiency in the English Language TOEFL: 93 ibt, or 583 in the pbt IELTS academic: 6.5 Proof of Proficiency in a language other than English Programme Specific Requirements Possible requirement of subjects at the senior level BA(AS) Portfolio BA(LS) Creative Work Business - English Requirements on sub-total Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Personal Particulars Programme Choices Academic Qualifications Additional Examinations Personal Statement References & CV Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Personal Particulars Programme Choices Academic Qualifications Additional Examinations Personal Statement References & CV Fill in your basic personal information Make sure your Email Address is correct You will be asked to declare whether you are a local or a non-local student Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Personal Particulars Programme Choices Academic Qualifications Additional Examinations Personal Statement References & CV Up to 3 programme choices Common Admissions Programmes eg: BA; BBA; BEcon; BENG; BSC; BSS Most Double Degree Programmes BA&LLB, BBA & LLB, BA & BED, BED & BSC, BED & BSS; BSS & LLB Professional Degrees Programmes All choices will be considered placement do matter! Additional application required for Dual Degree programmes Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Personal Particulars Programme Choices Academic Qualifications Additional Examinations Personal Statement References & CV Provide us with your academic history IB Diploma Courses IGCSE results Your school will provide us with your PGs and official transcripts Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Personal Particulars Programme Choices Academic Qualifications Additional Examinations Personal Statement References & CV Additional examinations optional once you have met the entrance requirements You will be asked to provide records or transcripts for all additional examinations you have listed Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Personal Particulars Programme Choices Academic Qualifications Additional Examinations Personal Statement References & CV Two A-4 size page personal statement Why are you a good fit to the programme? The same personal statement will be read by ALL your programme choices Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Personal Particulars Programme Choices Academic Qualifications Additional Examinations Personal Statement References & CV Confidential Reference from your school counsellor CV for any extra-curricular activities Additional specific references Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Documents from YOU Passport / HKID Certificates for Public Exams Documents from your COUNSELLORS References School Transcript Official Predicted Grades Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Admission Interview 2 weeks after GSAT results released 5-7 students Group discussion Global affairs Daily Issues Self-introduction Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Admission Interview Dress Smart Causal Active Participant Smiles Eye Contacts Check the Requirements Apply Online Upload Documents
Undergraduate Scholarships Entrance Scholarships 4 year renewable Scholarships from Faculties, eg: Young Scientist Scheme Exchange Scholarships for overseas experience
Strengths Opportunities Network Programmes
Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions 2016 Saturday October 29
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