Yes, A-level is accepted.

any idea of architecture in HKU ?
i plan to take that up ......but im not sure is it worth it or not?
any experince people out there, plz help

Yea, the impression.

I'm not too sure about science and technology, but the irony is that HKUST has one of the best business schools in Asia Pacific. So if you wanna do biz-related courses, do go for HKUST.

Check out: No. 17 in World MBA Rankings (Financial Times)

and No. 11 in World MBA Rankings (EIU).

Which isn't too surprising because HK is one of the largest financial centres in the world (Click on The Global Financial Centres Index - 4 link on this website). My lecturer says that in HK, actuarial science is as hard to enter as medic. lol

PS: Because I'm not studying in HK, I can't give tips on the experience studying there. But as an outsider, with the facts at hand, HK seems to provide very high quality education. Should be ultra competitive too.

This post has been edited by Tangiers: Jan 2 2009, 03:07 AM

is HKU renowned for medical/engineering courses?

no doubt

I am currently a student of HKU and I came from Sabah. I am doing the double degree which consist of Engineering as my primary (Complete within 3 yrs) and Business (2nd degree to be taken in 4th year).

For your info, Hku ranked 18 in the world by times 2007, which is the 2nd top in asia, just after tokyo u. For the 2008 ranking, Hku ranked 26 in the world, which is the 3rd in asia, after tokyo u , and kyoto u .

For Hku, the most demanding course is the Actuarial science, followed by medicine, law , business , and science related courses. If I am not wrong, the department of business is the largest in the whole uni, around 7 in 10 of the international students are studying business related subjects (I consider myself one of them, since I am doing the double degree).

For comparison, Hku is good in medicine, law, Business, and some science related course.
Hkust is good in engineering, all science related subjects, and business. But from what I know, most of the students from Hkust are facing extreme stress from their learning, this is because of their extremely strict curricula requirement and heavy workloads. Imagine, a uni which established in 1991 and climb up to top 50 in the world uni ranking, all within 20 yrs, and you will figure out how stress the uni is. But for reputation, Hku is the best, follow by cuhk, and hkust. And for the employment rate, Hku is the highest because it is the oldest, with tons of graduates and alumni.

For Malaysian student, they accept A-level , Stpm , and UEC . They admit international students using the Non-Jupas scheme, where applicants need to register online through the uni website.

If you want any further info, just pm me. I am the student ambassador of the uni, I am always happy to help.

This post has been edited by chen9wei: Jan 5 2009, 10:13 PM

wow, is it difficult to get admitted? Do they provide any scholarship or grant ?

they are very generous at providing scholarship. Most of my international friends got either their full or partial scholarship but not me. I get admitted with A-level AAB . They are more strict in choosing the students in Faculty of business, since most of the best mind opt to study for that course.

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Added on January 5, 2009, 10:45 pmActually, Hkust is good in science related subjects. For the ranking, I think it is based on the MBA program, which is of little influence with the BBA. As far as i know, most of the top scorer of HKALE (HK A-level) will opt for either medicine or Business. There is one program in the Faculty of business called International Business And Global Management, where they only recruit around 20 - 25 students each year, and each of the students will spend one year in asia (Hk) , one year in Americe , and one year in Europe. This will make them become the best of the best, since they will have the experience in the world's 3 largest financial hub. And for your info, this program is designed for the best of the best, the vacancies are even less than the medicine, and only those top scorer will dare to apply.

http://www.fbe.hku.hk/programme/undergraduate/ibgm/

This post has been edited by chen9wei: Jan 5 2009, 10:45 PM

Thanks a lot for the info, Chen Wei. Glad that someone studying in HK is writing here.

When I wrote about HKUST, I am in no way saying that HKU is not good. As an outsider, I can only rely on some facts I gather to suggest HKUST as a good uni for biz. To fully understand the situation, we need insider information. And thanks to you, we have one. I highly appreciate your information. I believe both our views should give readers a more balanced* idea of education in HK. I was just hoping my limited outside information could help.

Comparing HKU to HKUST is maybe similar to comparing NUS to NTU:
1. HKU has higher overall ranking than HKUST; NUS has much higher overall ranking than NTU.
2. HKU seems to be more prestigious and older than HKUST; NUS is more glamourous and older too, than NTU in Singapore (I disagree tho, but that's the general perception).
3. HKUST is good in engineering/science-related programmes; So is NTU (T stands for Technological).
4. HKUST's MBA is ranked higher than HKU's; NTU's MBA is ranked higher than NUS's. Both (science/tech unis HKUST and NTU) have good biz schools.
5. HKU, CUHK, HKUST in HK, and NUS, NTU, SMU in Sg all have strong biz schools. Both HK and Sg are financial centres of the world.

When you look back at the similarities, they're very striking. So forgive me, if I try to equate them (HKUST vs HKU = NTU vs NUS).

And yes, I mentioned b4 in my other post (but fail to mention here), that anyone can argue (and probably should) that MBA ranking is not equal to biz school's strength. But I quoted it because it is very convenient.

Thanks again for your info. And from your posts, I admit that HK's biz schools are stronger than Sg's. The IB & GM programme you mention sounds very pro. Little wonder that finance is so strong in HK. And looks like my lecturer is correct: getting into actuarial science is as tough (if not tougher) than medic in HK. And if I may add, top students from China wanna get into HK (besides Shanghai) universities too (if they are interested in finance). I know it's ultra-competitive. With your quality of students, Sg unis have lots to learn from HK unis still.

*I say balanced because as ambassador of HKU, you will naturally promote HKU. Someone from HKUST care to comment?

PS: The IBGM programme looks very impressive to say the least. Looks like they want to cultivate global business leaders with this programme. How I wish Sg have similar programmes at undergraduate level. Too late for me to apply anyway. Even if apply, I guess I have near-zero chance of getting it. lol

PPS: HKU is one of the best universities in Asia (as I am fully aware when I wrote before this). Check this ranking to confirm.

This post has been edited by Tangiers: Jan 6 2009, 02:14 AM

Thx for the info. I'm really glad someone from the forum is studying in hk.

if compared to studying in Aus, HK should be cheaper in terms of accomodation and fees?

For the fees, Hk should be more expensive, $100,000 per year for HKU. But you can take as many courses as you want, as long as you can manage all your time. For accommodation, if you live in hall, fees is $9000 per year, extremely cheap. But if you plan to stay outside, $8000 per month, my previous roommate was a german and he decided to stay outside.

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Added on May 9, 2009, 2:18 amfor each meal, expect it to be more than Rm10, but below Rm20.

This post has been edited by chen9wei: May 9 2009, 02:18 AM

lets say, do i get any benefits if I, as a malaysian-born PR holder, enter HKU? do i get any discounts?

Hk is nothing related to Malaysia. I can't see why you can get the fees discount. HKU will only reward students in term of scholarship with good results.

Interesting thread I must say, for all I've heard from my Hongkonger friends the current scenario of individual university's main expertise is as follows:

1) HKU- Law & Medicine (in particular after SARS), others are average, somehow HK ppl told me that if you have a choice, HKU's business isn't the one you should aim for)

2) CUHK- Business (certain programs) & Medicine, others are average, some are even up and coming (like their new Law faculty)

3) HKUST- Engineering and Business (up and coming as well, especially the Global Business program)

These are the top 3 unis in HK (these are also supported by the THES ranking) which Hong Kong employers generally view highly of.

And then CityU, PolyU, HKBU etc come along. I have heard that there's a big gap between the top three and the rest in terms of teaching quality wise and academic research wise. (as probably some of you might have seen the news about the protest going on at CityU)

English is the main medium used in most courses, however outside classes Cantonese are more popular and widely used.

Anyways, these are just my 2 cents about HK Unis current situation.

Chen9Wei, I was utterly shocked and surprised to find a Sabahan in this forum studying in Hong Kong (not in an offensive way, its just that its rare), I am a Sabahan too, going there myself this fall to further my studies, what are the odds? LoL....

How long have you been there? Let me guess, you're an IS Almuni?

Hai, I am Sabahan too, and I will be going to have my further studies in HKUST this september. Well, I just want to ask more about the education in hong kong. Is it true that there are lots of mainland students?

Hey, Ryan. Yes, there are quite a number of mainlanders in HK doing either their 1st degree or postgrad courses.

Hey, are you the TTSS guy who got the scholarship to do Civil at HKUST or something? (I read it from the papers couple of months ago)

Have you got everything sorted? Have you firmed your uni choice, or are you still contemplating ?

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Added on May 10, 2009, 3:31 pmI think we should do some occasional meet ups when we're in HK ... LOL...

This post has been edited by Joshua836: May 10 2009, 03:31 PM

Hi, yeah, I am IS alumni. What are you going to study in HK ? And which uni ? For uni decision, I think the most important is the overall ranking, despite Harvard is not good in engineering, but you will woow if found some engineering graduate from there. For HKU, i think the strength is on medicine, law, science, and business. As for the business, the uni has just start a program which combine London Business School, Colombia Business school, and HKU itself. They claimed it is the best program for EMBA program. (Verify please)

And for UST , their strength is on Business program and engineering. Just imagine a uni with less than 20 years of history but successfully climb up to top 50 in the world, what kind of study environment and materials they provide.

For Cuhk, I am not quite familiar with it, but it often ranked 2nd in hk after HKU. And some of the case, cuhk did perform better than hku. In terms of school compound, cuhk is the biggest.

And this is not the 1st time i been ask why i pick HKU instead of UK, since I have been offered a place in imperial college, UCL, etc. My answer is that, as we are from sabah, why should we pick a place with full of trees and shops which close at 5pm ? What I want is tall building, fast pace, extremely convenient traffic, near to city (HKU to central only need 5 minutes), shops almost close at 10 pm and some even never close, and place where we wont get discriminate but respect. I found it all in HK.


Mainlanders in HK are not the same with mainlanders in UK ( as my friends in UK told me). As mainlanders here are the best of the best of the high school grad in mainland.


They study hard, study smart, and frankly, their use of english is some time on par with the native english speaker. They dominate all the top places in uni.

http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/5/8/21/n1025978.htm

http://big5.china.com.cn/chinese/OP-c/1273295.htm

This post has been edited by chen9wei: May 10 2009, 04:46 PM

Yea, I have seen the HKU's EMBA commercials that they have in the airport (HKIA). Anyways, I am not disregarding HKU's reputation, by all means, HKU is a great school. I am just sharing what I've heard.

Just my 2 cents:
I used to think that uni rankings are everything, not that I don't have it now but it's become a smaller role nowadays. Plus, I believe the ranking doesn't reflect the entire true picture since they often change their methodology in their computation. LOL... anyways I reckon that the most important thing is Employers view on it? At the end of the day, they are the ones who assess where a uni grad stands .....
(could be found in http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/ Employers Review section. )

I am well impressed with UST, I have heard a lot of good things about them as well.

I'll be heading to CU for Law (J.D.) that makes us 3 sabahans representing 3 HK unis...LOL...

Chen9wei, are there anymore Sabahans over there at HKU?

I know someone who is doing law in CUHK , but she is graduating this year. For sabahan, In hku only me and a girl who is doing dentistry. But for Malaysian, there are like 10-20 of us. Most of them do business related course particularly Econ and Finance and Acc and Finance. For CUHK, it is situated in northern part of New territory, near to Shenzhen. But in terms of environment, UST and CUHK are better compare to HKU because of the campus is bigger and further away from the city. HKU is just too near to central, and hence Lan Kwai Fong. and make the land there expensive.

Can you guest, how much is the price of apartment on the top floor of this building cost ?
http://www.belcher.com.hk/



And this is not the most expensive one.

This post has been edited by chen9wei: May 10 2009, 05:50 PM