This webpage is specially designed for career teachers to advise students about JUPAS admissions.
* Subject to Senate approval
Revisions to Programme Entrance Requirements
Admission Model for the School of Data Science
For 2019 entry, applicants may apply to JS1071 for admission to the School of Data Science with an undeclared major (students have a free choice of majors after one year of study), or to JS1072 and JS1073 for entry to the major direct:
Changes to Admission Score Calculation
For 2019 entry, the admission score calculation is based on ‘4 core subjects + 2 elective subjects’, except for the following programme:
For some programmes, changes have also been made to the weightings applied to individual subjects.
For details of our score calculations, please click here.
City University of Hong Kong aspires to become a leading global university, excelling in research and professional education. We have performed strongly and consistently in global ranking exercises.
^ College of Science and Engineering will be restructured into "College of Science" and "College of Engineering", with effect from 1 January 2019.
Useful Information for JUPAS Applicants
Admission Arrangements
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) students must apply for admission to first-year studies in a Bachelor's degree programme. Depending on the programmes, students are either admitted directly to a major in the first year or admitted to a School/Department with an undeclared major (enter a major after one year of study).
Curriculum Structure
‘Discovery' and 'Innovation' is an integral part of our 4-year undergraduate Discovery-enriched Curriculum (DEC) curriculum. The DEC has the goal of giving all our students the opportunity to make an original discovery while at City University. The minimum graduation requirement of a four-year degree programme is 120 credit units, subject to the requirement of individual colleges/schools. Students are allowed to graduate with a maximum of 144 credit units with a flexibility to enrich their studies with double majors or a minor. For details, click here.
HKDSE applicants must fulfil the General Entrance Requirements of four core and two elective subjects for admission to the University. In addition to the General Entrance Requirements, some programmes have specified subject requirements. For details of our entrance requirements, please visit the following webpages:
Bachelor's degree: https://www.admo.cityu.edu.hk/jupas/entreq/bd/
Associate Degree: https://www.admo.cityu.edu.hk/jupas/entreq/ad/
For programmes offered by the University under JUPAS, please click here.
The selection criteria vary among programmes. Various types of admission scores are calculated to facilitate the selection of applicants for admission. For details, please refer to the following web pages:
Bachelor's degree: https://www.admo.cityu.edu.hk/jupas/assessment/bd
Associate Degree: https://www.admo.cityu.edu.hk/jupas/assessment/ad/
Score calculator: https://www.admo.cityu.edu.hk/assessment/score_calculation/
Interviews are conducted for most of our programmes. The selection of students for interview is primarily based on application information [e.g. band choices, exams results (if available), information on OEA form and school reference report]. Interviews are usually conducted in May to July, before or after the announcement of public examination results. For details, please click here.
For details of the admission scores of our past JUPAS entrants, please click here.
The JUPAS website contains lots of useful information for JUPAS applicants. Click here for details.
CityU has established partnership with the following world renowned universities to offer joint bachelor's degree programmes:
On completion of the curriculum requirements of these joint degree programmes, students can earn two bachelor's degrees (one from CityU, and the other one from the partner university) normally within four years. CityU students who wish to be considered for the joint degree programmes must be enrolled in a 4-year degree programme of the majors concerned. For details, click here.
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