Choice of Curriculum

You should only submit ONE application for admission in any one academic year, but in that one application you are permitted to indicate up to 5 choices of curricula.  While you should include at least one 2nd year programme, you can also include 1st year programmes among your choices if you so wish.  Check the entrance requirements of each programme from the supplementary information and the Undergraduate Prospectus 2010-2011 to make sure that you are eligible for the curricula you wish to choose.  Please note that the University will launch a new bachelor's degree programme, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies, for 1st year entry from the academic year 2010-2011. More information is available here.

Interviews and Results

You may be called for an interview or a test at any time after the closing date for application, and you should be prepared to come at very short notice.

Under normal circumstances, you will be informed by post of the result of your application as soon as possible and not later than September 10, 2010.  If you are offered a place, you must pay a deposit of HK$10,000 when you accept the offer by the date specified in the letter or the offer will be withdrawn automatically.  You are advised to call the Academic Services Office (28592432 or 28592433) if you have not received the result of your application by September 10, 2010.  Before that, you can view the status of your application at <http://www.hku.hk/admission/das.htm> starting from April 2010.

Composition Fees and Financial Assistance

The composition fees for local and non-local students are different.  According to the definition laid down by the University Grants Committee, non-local students are persons entering Hong Kong for the purpose of education with a student visa / entry permit issued by the Director of Immigration.  The composition fee for the academic year 2009-2010 is HK$42,100 for local students.  The fee for 2010-2011 has yet to be decided pending Government's advice, but we do not expect it to differ significantly from the current fee.  For non-local students, the composition fee for the cohort joining the University in 2010-2011 will be HK$100,000 per year during the period of their undergraduate studies.

Students who wish to apply for financial assistance under the Local Student Finance Scheme may submit their application to the Centre of Development and Resources for Students of the University before the specified deadline after being admitted to the university.

If you are admitted, you will be considered automatically for the award of University merit scholarships for which you are eligible.  Application for University bursaries and loans may be made in September / October 2010 after you have been offered admission.
 

INSTRUCTIONS ON COMPLETING THE APPLICATION FORM

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Enter your family name and given names in the boxes, without the title of address (i.e. Mr. or Miss or Mrs).  Leave a space between each name.  Your name should be identical to the one stated on your Hong Kong Identity Card / Passport and used for any public examination(s).

Example: CHAN TAI MAN 

FAMILY NAME

CHAN

GIVEN NAME(S)

TAI MAN

NAME IN CHINESE CHARACTER CODE
Please refer to your H.K.I.D. card for the Chinese Character Codes of the characters of your name in Chinese.  Leave this field blank if you do not have a Chinese name or a Chinese name in C.C. Codes.

DATE OF BIRTH
Choose the correct day, month and year.

SEX
Check the appropriate box.

HKID CARD Number
Enter the alphabetic prefix in the first box.  Be extra careful that you have entered your HKID number correctly, including the check digit.

Example: K 001234 (5)
 

K

001234

5

If you do not have a HKID number, leave all the boxes blank.

PASSPORT NUMBER
For applicants without a HKID card, please enter your passport number in the box.  If you have a HKID card, leave the box blank.

NATIONALITY
Choose your nationality.

UNIVERSITY NUMBER (if admitted to HKU previously)
If you were a student at this University previously, please enter your University Number in the box provided.

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
Give an address at which you can be contacted during November 2009 - September 2010.

Leave one box empty between words.   Please input your address carefully and correctly as all future correspondence will be sent to the address provided.  Inform the Academic Services Office in writing of any subsequent changes to the address.

Abbreviations:

APT=Apartment	CRT=Court	HK=Hong Kong	NT=New Territories
AVE=Avenue	EST=Estate	HSE=House	RM=Room
BLK=Block	FLT=Flat	KLN=Kowloon	RD=Road
BLDG=Building	/F=Floor	MANS=Mansion	ST=Street
CTR=Centre

TELEPHONE NUMBERS, FAX NUMBER and E-MAIL ADDRESS
The e-mail address which you need to register for this application is automatically displayed here. The telephone numbers, fax number and e-mail address must be the ones at which you can be contacted at short notice.  If you are not in Hong Kong, you should, if possible, give the telephone number of a person in Hong Kong through whom you can be contacted at short notice.

Please put down the country and area codes for telephone number outside Hong Kong. For local number, please leave the two fields blank.

Example: (1) Hong Kong Telephone number 2859 2433
Country Code       Area Code            Number   28592433

Example: (2) Telephone number 1234567 at Vancouver, Canada
Country Code   1   Area Code   604      Number   1234567

DO YOU REQUIRE A STUDENT VISA / ENTRY PERMIT TO STUDY IN HK?
Choose "Yes" or "No"  as appropriate.  If yes, you are classified as a non-local applicant and will be required to pay the composition fee for non-local students upon admission.

CHOICE OF CURRICULUM

Carefully read the supplementary information and the Undergraduate Prospectus 2010-2011 before deciding on your choice of curriculum.  You are permitted to indicate up to 5 choices of curricula of which at least one of them must be a 2nd year programme.  Changes to your choices will not be possible after the submission of the online application form.

Note: DO NOT choose any curriculum more than once as doing so will not improve your chance of admission to the curriculum concerned.

A list of the curricula on offer, together with their abbreviations and code numbers can be viewed here.   Please note that the University will launch a new bachelor's degree programme, Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies, for 1st year entry from the academic year 2010-2011. More information is available here.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
 

CURRENT STUDIES
 

Please provide details of your current study.  Leave the boxes blank if you are not currently pursuing a study programme in any institutions / schools. 
 

In order to support the information given in the application, you must separately provide us with an official transcript / the latest results issued by the institution concerned or arrange the transcript / results to be sent directly to the Academic Services Office.  References from teachers will also be helpful.
 

Example: 

You are currently a final year student at Hong Kong Baptist University - College of International Education reading for the Associate degree of Arts in Journalism which is 2-year full-time in duration.  Prior to your post-secondary study, you graduated from Hong Kong College after completing Form 7.  Information on your studies should be entered as follows: 
 

General Information
 

Country in which your study is pursued: Hong Kong, SAR of PRC

For "Others", please specify the country:
 

Name of institution / school in Hong Kong (if applicable): Hong Kong Baptist University - College of International Education

For "Others", please specify the name of institution / school in Hong Kong:
 

Programme Information
 

Type of programme / curriculum: Associate Degree

Programme title, e.g. Associate Degree of Arts (if applicable): Associate Degree of Arts in Journalism 

Programme duration (in years): 2 years

Study mode: select Full-time
 
 

Study Details
 

Date of admission (mmyyyy): 092008

Current year of study (e.g. Year 1): Year 2

Expected completion date (mmyyyy): 082010

Cumulative GPA (if applicable): 3.45 
 

Please provide, in chronological order, details of your past secondary / post-secondary studies, including completed and / or incomplete studies other than those listed under CURRENT STUDIES.

Example:

Full name of institution / school	Country &  Province	Programme title (enter N/A if not applicable)	Full-time or Part-time	Period of attendance (month / year) From   To	Level attained (e.g. Form 5, Grade 12)
Hong Kong College	Hong Kong	n/a	Full-time	9/2006 - 8/2008	Form 7

PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS

If you have taken any other public examinations which are equivalent to the GCSE and GCE 'A' Level Examinations, please enter the name of the examinations, the year in which they were taken, and the results.  Please also enter, if appropriate, the subjects that you will take in public examinations later in the year, and the expected dates when the examination results will be released.

Please enter results obtained / to be obtained in one sitting under one single field, e.g. if you took two subjects in GCSE in 2007, you should group them under one field, as below:

Example:

Year  (e.g. 2008)	Examination  (e.g. HKCEE, IB, etc.)	Subjects & Results (e.g. Grades / Marks / Bands) and Expected date of release of examination results (if applicable)
2008	General Certificate of Secondary Examination	History (C)  Economics (B)
2009	General Certificate of Education (Advanced Subsidiary Level)	Mathematics (B) Geography (A) General Studies (C)
2010	General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level)	English Literature Psychology Mathematics (To be announced on August 15, 2010)

PREVIOUS APPLICATION TO THE UNIVERSITY

Please give details of the application you have made previously for admission to this University.

PREVIOUS PROGRAMME OF STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY

For former students of the University, please indicate if you have been de-registered or were discontinued from studies. It is important that you provide such information, as failure to do so may lead to disqualification even after admission.

TRANSFER OF CREDITS (for 1st year programmes only)

Please check the box if you wish to apply for transfer of credits upon admission.

Transfer of credits may be granted to students in recognition of studies completed successfully elsewhere. The amount of advanced credits to be granted will be determined in accordance with the following principles:

(a) a minimum of two semesters of study at this University shall be required before the student is considered for the award of the degree; and
(b) for the entire study for the award of the undergraduate degree, a minimum of 60 credits shall be gained from this University.

The number of credits to be granted to students will be considered at the discretion of the Faculties upon their admission to the University.  Advanced credits granted are not normally included in the calculation of the student's GPA, but may be recorded on the transcript of the candidate.

Please provide certified copies of your academic transcripts to support your application.

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Enter your reasons for applying to HKU, the chosen curricula, extra-curricular activities, etc. in the space provided.

You may prepare the statement using a text editor or word processor first and then copy and paste it to the space provided.

OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION (For BA (6054) applicants only)

Please indicate the Arts subject(s) which you are interested in. The list of Arts subjects can be viewed here.

* OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED DOCUMENTS Copies of your original documents (transcripts and examination results) must be certified by the issuing authority concerned, or a school principal, or a notary public.  The name, status, and position of the person certifying the copies must be clearly stated.  In the case of documents supplied by universities and colleges, they should either bear the seals of the institutions and be signed by an appropriate official or be sent to the University directly by the institutions concerned. If you are in Hong Kong, you may call at the Academic Services Office at Room UG05,  Upper Ground Floor, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong during office hours (Mon. - Fri. : 9am - 5:30 pm, Sat. : 9am - 12:30pm) bringing with you your application form,  the original documents and one set of photocopies for our verification. Please do not send your original documents by post.  The University is not responsible for any documents lost in the post.  Documents once submitted will not be returned, and will be destroyed if the application is unsuccessful. The University may, at its discretion exercisable at any time, request you to produce original copies of certificates in support of all qualifications claimed by you in your application form, regardless of whether such certificates have been previously submitted to it.  If there should be any discrepancy which the University deems to be material between your original certificates and the qualifications claimed in your application form, the University has the right to withdraw at any time the offer of admission and / or to treat any acceptance of the offer as null and void. The tuition fee and other fees paid may be refunded, wholly or in part, at the discretion of the University.