Admission requirements
1. Total score of the college entrance examination
Mainland high school graduates need to apply for admission to Hong Kong based on the results of the National Unified Higher Education Entrance Examination (College Entrance Examination) The school requires good results in the college entrance examination.
Generally speaking, candidates’ actual college entrance examination scores (excluding any bonus points) must at least reach the admission score line for the first batch of key universities ("first line"). Going to Hong Kong to study for an undergraduate degree is not just for top-achieving candidates. Candidates whose college entrance examination scores reach the “second-tier” level are also eligible to apply for Hong Kong schools such as the Higher Education Institute of Science and Technology in Hong Kong and Hang Seng Management College.
2. English proficiency
Good English proficiency is also one of the requirements for Hong Kong schools to recruit mainland college entrance examination graduates. Hong Kong schools require that candidates’ foreign language test language must be English. In the college entrance examination, based on the standard full score of 150 points, candidates must reach 120 points or above, and an English score of 135 points or above is the stepping stone for Hong Kong school scholarships.
3. Interview performance
After receiving the admission notice from a Hong Kong school, candidates must also pass the interview at the Hong Kong school. The Hong Kong school uses English as the interview language to examine candidates' comprehensive abilities and requires candidates to have good performance in communication, organization and coordination, interpersonal communication and other aspects. Candidates only have a few weeks to prepare for interviews at Hong Kong schools. According to the evaluation of previous applicants to Hong Kong schools, the interview stage is the biggest difficulty for mainland students to enter Hong Kong schools.
Tuition fees at the University of Hong Kong are HK$70,000 per year, and accommodation and living expenses are calculated separately.
2017 University of Hong Kong tuition fees rose to HK$119,000 per year
As Asia’s leading university, the University of Hong Kong enrolled students in mainland China last year Happy harvest. According to reports, last year, more than 8,000 mainland students in Hong Kong applied for the University of Hong Kong. The university admitted 273 mainland students, 13 of whom were top scorers in the college entrance examination in each province. In 2010, the school plans to recruit 250 to 300 mainland undergraduates. These enrollment quotas are not divided and allocated to different provinces and cities. There is no upper limit for quotas in each province and city. Applicants will be admitted by the school on a merit basis. Hainan is still within its enrollment range this year.
Different from the admission process of ordinary universities in the Mainland, which organizes candidates to fill in their applications, the University of Hong Kong implements independent admissions. Candidates complete the registration process after submitting the application form and application fee. Even if they are not admitted to HKU, it will not be affected. Participate in admission to ordinary universities in the Mainland. The deadline for online applications this year is June 15. All applicants are required to pay an application fee of HKD 450.
Entrance scholarship with a full scholarship of up to more than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars
In the "2010 Mainland Undergraduate Admission Plan" announced by the University of Hong Kong, it is clearly stated that studying for your first undergraduate degree at the University of Hong Kong For undergraduate courses, the tuition fee is HKD 119,000 per year, plus accommodation and living expenses (approximately HKD 40,000 per year). Prior to this, the annual tuition fee for mainland students at the University of Hong Kong was HK$100,000 per year, an increase of nearly 20%.
In order to enable students to smoothly integrate into the life of the University of Hong Kong, as in previous years, the University of Hong Kong will arrange for all mainland freshmen to study in top mainland universities for one year, and then officially enroll in the University of Hong Kong to study their first undergraduate courses. Students in the designated schools will study the same or similar majors as those admitted to HKU. Mainland authorized training institutions include Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, etc. The cost of studying through a commissioned training program at a mainland university is RMB 30,000. The local accommodation fees and other miscellaneous fees are similar to those charged by overseas students at the university where you are located.
The University of Hong Kong will allocate NT$9 million to set up entrance scholarships, which will be awarded to students on the admission list with outstanding performance in various subjects. The full scholarship covers tuition, accommodation and living expenses, up to a maximum of over HK$500,000. Admitted students will automatically be considered for scholarships and do not need to apply individually.
HKU also has about 1,000 scholarships and awards of different categories for all undergraduate students to apply for to reward students who have outstanding performance in academics, sports or social services.
By understanding the tuition fees and scholarships for studying abroad at the University of Hong Kong, many students who plan to study abroad in Hong Kong need to make choices based on their own actual situations when choosing schools and majors.
Interviews do not require examination questions, but international events are selected for group discussions
Many candidates asked on-site, what kind of candidates can get an interview opportunity at HKU? What kind of test questions will be asked during the interview?
The admissions teacher of the University of Hong Kong said that candidates whose college entrance examination scores exceed the first batch of undergraduate admission scores and who apply for the University of Hong Kong will receive an interview notice, and the interviews will be held from the end of June to the beginning of July this year. Interviews do not test academic questions, and usually involve talking about international events of high social concern. The examiner selects a topic worth discussing and arranges for the candidates to discuss it in groups. Generally speaking, 5-7 candidates form a group, and each candidate has two or three minutes to speak. The examiner uses this to observe the candidate's language expression ability and attitude towards life. Candidates with sunny personalities and teamwork spirit will be favored.
According to reports, more than 8,000 people from the mainland applied for HKU last year, and 2,000 people got interview opportunities.
The above is a detailed introduction to the fees of the University of Hong Kong in 2017. I hope it can help you.