The SCIENCE BBA scheme will allow students to explore their interests in 11 science major programmes during their first year of study.  The 11 participating major programmes include:

1. Biochemistry;
2. Biology;
3. Cell and Molecular Biology;
4. Chemistry;
5. Earth System Science;
6. Environmental Science;
7. Food and Nutritional Sciences;
8. Mathematics;
9. Molecular Biotechnology;
10. Physics; and
11. Statistics.

Characteristics - Admitted via SCIENCE, students can declare any one of these programme as their major. The characteristics of the SCIENCE BBA scheme are as follows:

• ample academic advising to assist students to select their major;
• no quota for specific major; admission to student’s choice of programme is guaranteed; and
• pending on their preparation, students may declare major at the time of entrance, or before advancing to Year 2 or Year 3.

Students under the broad-based admission scheme will go through a common set of courses - the Faculty Package - in their first year of study. There are five groups of courses in the package: chemistry, life sciences, mathematics, physics and statistics. Students will study at least three 3-unit courses from the Faculty Package. The first course shall be chosen from the student’s most desired major programme, the second course shall be chosen from a relevant subject and the third course shall be chosen from the remaining groups.

Faculty Package - To better prepare students to select a major of study, a flexible first-year curriculum and a Faculty Package of courses have been designed for students with different HKDSE preparations. In the first year, students will study at least three 3-unit courses from the Faculty Package. For details, please refer to here.

Expected outcomes – The SCIENCE BBA Scheme and the Faculty Package allows the students to:

1. acquire a broader view and better appreciation of various science subjects;
2. be better prepared to study in a number of science major programmes; and
3. be able to tackle problems in a comprehensive and integrative manner.

Other Major Programmes – Risk Management Science, Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Science, Enrichment Mathematics and Mathematics and Information Engineering (admitted via the Enrichment Mathematics Progarmme) – will admit students via the Programme-based Admission Scheme.

For further information about the SCIENCE broad-based admission scheme, please refer to this PDF file. (Please use Adobe Acrobat to open the file)