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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) held an Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions today (November 3, Saturday) to provide an opportunity for prospective students to understand the academic programmes offered at the University for the 2019-20 academic year.

HKU President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Xiang Zhang, Vice President (Global) Professor John Kao, Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) Professor Ian Holliday, Registrar Mr Henry Wai, Director of Undergraduate Admissions Professor John A. Spinks, and Chairman of University Admissions Committee Dr Philip Beh officiated at the Information Day opening ceremony.

Admission talks were held to provide important information including statistical figures on 2018-19 admissions and the latest admission requirements. In 2019-20, a majority of the programmes will use a new scoring system for JUPAS admissions. For details please refer to a separate press release on this.

2018-19 HKU admission figures (attached).

HKU offers a number of collaborative undergraduate admission programmes in partnerships with top overseas universities. Besides the successful launch of the “HKU-Cambridge Joint Recruitment Scheme” in 2018, the Dual Degree programmes in collaboration with University College London (UCL) in the UK and Sciences Po in France have proved to be phenomenally successful in attracting the brightest minds in Hong Kong and overseas over the past years.

Following these successes, HKU will offer even more Dual Degree programmes with prestigious universities worldwide over the next year. The University is planning a Dual Degree Programme in collaboration with University of California, Berkeley, with the first admissions in 2019 subject to the formal approval processes of both universities. Students under this plan will get a Bachelor of Arts or Social Sciences degree from HKU and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Berkeley after the successful completion of the four-year programme in both Universities.

More Dual Degree programmes with the world’s leading institutions are in the pipeline and will be announced in the coming months.

2019-20 new programmes
1. Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts & Sciences degrees
The interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts & Sciences programmes provide high-quality, transformative learning experiences for the best and brightest talents in Hong Kong and from overseas, such as a highly interdisciplinary curriculum, a cutting-edge leadership programme, exchange opportunities with top institutes including Yale, UC Berkeley, UBC, LSE, UCL etc., tailored internship opportunities with Google, NVidia, WHO, UN etc. as well as experiential learning.

2. Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education and Special Education
The Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education and Special Education, led by the Faculty of Education, is a five-year programme aimed at equipping students with academic and professional training, to help them obtain dual professional qualifications for kindergarten teachers and special child care workers (for children aged 0-6). The programme covers academic theories, professional teaching placements in early childhood education institutions and academic research training, to help students understand the developmental and learning needs of children aged 0-6.

Exhibitions, laboratory experience and demonstration activities were organised by the ten Faculties. Highlights of the day included medical clinical demonstration by the Faculty of Medicine, mock lectures by the Faculty of Social Sciences, student performances and cheering competitions by Hall representatives.

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