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HKU Taster Days – to bring together Asia’s best students to Hong Kong

08 Jun 2011

 

For the second year running, HKU Taster Days brings together a carefully selected group of top ranking students from some of the best secondary schools around Asia to not only taste the life of a student at Asia's leading international university but also experience cosmopolitan Hong Kong.

This year, 70 students from 10 countries around Asia will participate in a four-day programme (June 7 to 10) designed to give participants, in particular those who are interested in Engineering and Arts studies, the exposure to diversity in knowledge to mold all-rounded individuals that are geared for the future. In recent years, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has seen a significant rise of interest amongst international students towards the Engineering and Arts discipline.  The Faculty of Engineering, ranked 19^th in the world by the Times Higher Education, is the top ranking Engineering faculty in Hong Kong, while, the Faculty of Arts, one of the most internationalized faculty in HKU, boasts more than 50% of international teaching staff.

Thus, the highlight of the programme is the faculties' commitment to showcase their best features and developments of their area of expertise. Not only will participants get a rare chance to observe what these experts in each field do and how they solve problems, they will also gain hands-on experience during interactive activities such as workshops, participation in group projects and even reflect on what they have learned.

These participants (some the first time out of their home country) will also experience life on campus, meet new friends from all over Asia and engage in new ways of living and learning. They will have the opportunity to bond with alumni from their respective schools who are pursuing their studies at HKU. These alumni have volunteered their time to facilitate the programme as they would like their juniors to experience HKU as they did.

You are cordially invited to attend the farewell ceremony of "HKU Taster Days" programme. Before the ceremony, some of the participants will meet the media to share their experience and HKU faculty members to give an account of the programme and the University's international student admissions. The details are as follows:

Meet the media session
Date: June 9, 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 3pm
Venue Global Lounge, HKU

Farewell ceremony
Time: 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Venue: Global Lounge, HKU
Features:
- Campus-wide Scavenger Hunt
- HKU 100 Birthday Card making competition
- Prize Presentation

For further information, please contact Ms. Daphne Wong (2219 4125) or Ms. Vina Goi (2219 4122).