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For more detailed and update information, please refer to the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid’s Minimum University Requirements for JUPAS Applicants and the Entry Undergraduate Admissions Handbook.

(A) Minimum University requirements for application

Applicants shall

1. HKCEE requirements

HKCEE requirements

have obtained in one sitting of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) grade E or above in at least seven subjects including two language subjects (Chinese Language~^, English Language~, French or German); AND

2. HKALE requirements

HKALE requirements

have obtained in one or more sittings# of the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) grade E or above in:
a) Advanced Supplementary Level Chinese Language & Culture*; and
b) Advanced Supplementary Level Use of English; and
c) at least two Advanced Level subjects, or one Advanced Level and two Advanced Supplementary Level subjects.

3. Remarks

~ Level 2 or above for Chinese Language and English Language in HKCEE commencing 2007.
Applicants with very special circumstances may, at the discretion of the faculty deans concerned and on a case-by-case basis, be allowed to substitute the Chinese subject in HKCEE by obtaining a pass grade or above in a Chinese subject in other recognised public examinations as approved by the University from time to time.
# Results of applicants repeating in HKALE subjects will be downgraded. The scales of downgrading are subject to review by individual Programmes periodically.
Subject to fulfilling the following conditions, JUPAS applicants may, at the discretion of the faculty deans concerned, be granted waivers of this requirement:

The applicants concerned:
i)  should NOT have taken the Chinese Language subject in HKCEE and the AS Chinese Language and Culture subject in HKALE, and
ii)  should have obtained grade E or above in the French or German subject in HKCEE; or a pass grade or above in a Chinese subject in other recognised public examinations as approved by the University from time to time, and
iii)  should have obtained grade E or above in 1 other AL/AS subject as a substitute for the AS Chinese Language and Culture subject
(In other words, applicants concerned will no longer be required to take a Chinese test arranged by the University.)

 



(B) Requirements of the programmes

In addition to satisfying the University requirements, appliacnts shall satisfy the additional requirements of the programme concerned as listed in the following table:

JUPAS code

Programme/Stream

HKALE Requirements

Number of AL/AS subjects in which grade E or above should be obtained to AS Chinese Language & Culture and Use of English

Specific subjects in which grade E or above should be obtained, if any

4628

Chemistry

2AL or
1 AL + 2 AS

(I) AL Chemistry and one other AL science subject; OR
(II) AL Chemistry and two other AS science subjects
<option (I) is preferred>

4642

Chinese Medicine

2 AL or
1 AL + 2 AS

Any AL/AS science subject

4757 Life Sciences
(Including Biochemistry, Biology, Cell &
Molecular Biology,
Environmental
Science, Food
& Nutritional
Sciences, and
Molecular
Biotechnology)
2 AL or
1 AL + 2 AS
(I) AL Biology or AL Chemistry; AND
(II) One AL science subject or two
AS science subject

4682

Mathematics

2 AL or
1 AL + 2 AS

AL Pure Mathematics

4733 Mathematics and Information Engineering* 2 AL or
1 AL + 2 AS
(I) AL Pure Mathematics; AND
(II) Any one other AL science
subject, or any two AS science subjects.

4707

Physics

2 AL or
1 AL + 2 AS

(I) AL Physics; AND
(II) Any one other AL science
subject; or any one AS science subject and any one other AS subject.

4276 Quantitative
Finance and Risk
Management
Science
2 AL or
1 AL + 2 AS
In one sitting^ of HKALE, grade E or above in AS Chinese Language & Culture, AS Use of English, AL Pure Mathematics and 1AL or 2AS Subjects.

^ For applicants who have obtained outstanding results in HKCEE and satisfied the specific conditions for entering for HKALE in Secondary 6 and 7, the results of both sittings will be considered.

4719

Risk Management Science

2 AL or
1 AL + 2 AS

(I) AL Pure Mathematics; AND
(II) Subject(s) from: AL/AS science
subjects, AL Economics and AL
Business Studies

4721

Statistics

2 AL or
1 AL + 2 AS

At least one subject from AL Pure Mathematics, AL/AS Applied Mathematics, AS Mathematics & Statistics, AL Physics or AL Chemistry.

       

* For S7 entrants, the BSc in Mathematics (Information Science) is awarded after three years of study and the BEng in Information Engineering is awarded after the optional fourth year. Graduates of BSc in Mathematics (Information Science) who would like to study the optional year should note that the fourth year will be offered on a self-financing basis.


 

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