LOL... No idea how much it costs.. I have absolutely no idea where it is situated.

Yea comparatively, HKU campus is much more accessible than CU and UST. Thank god , my department is in BofA Tower, Admiralty and not in Shatin, at least for now. LOL.. actually I prefer being in central, probably it's because I am used to places where things are more reachable and nearby.

So how do you find the quality of teaching over there? Intense or is more like chilled-out for a first year? Has it met your expectation? I mean I would assume 1st year kids are more or less like honey moon year~ LOL... at least thats what I reminisce. I am very much looking forward to a whole new Asian teaching approach.

thx for replying my ques in ur previous post. what i meant was,for e.g. , i have a Hongkong NRIC but malaysian passport holder. will i be considered as a local student in the admission procedures? apparently the fees are very different between foreign and local admission.

Anyway, is HKU renowned for their dentistry course? izit accreditated by LAN? any idea on how much will it cost for the entire course? did she do Alvls here? Im interested in this particular course.

thx

BOFA tower = Bank of America tower ? I thought that was the place for working ?

For the teaching, the medium is all in English, except linguistic course for sure. When I first came to HK, I thought they will either apply the Western or australia style, which is honeymoon for the 1st year, if not first sem. I tend to expect things to be extremely relax at least for the 1st week of teaching, as we have encounter in most of the Malaysia style teaching. But to my surprise, the lesson start instantly after several brief introduction, and I found difficulties even for the 1st lecture, due to the fact that hk students spend 7 years in high school whereas we only spend 6. There is no honeymoon for engineering students, especially for me who do double degree. All the text book here are from US, and cost around 250 - 300 per book. I am not sure for your case since you are doing law, maybe UK textbook.

For engineering courses, especially those related to math (particularly pure math), you can expect a bored and tiring class, but for business class, there are always in class participation, looking at the stock market inside class, analyzing the market trend, and lots and lots of presentation that will require you to wear in formal. Make sure you bring enough suit for the presentation and high table if you reside in hall.


As far as I know, dentistry in hku is different with the medicine, cause medicine has their own campus which is nearby and supported by queen mary hospital. I can't provide you with much details about dentistry, but you can expect the qualification is recognized throughout the world. And I know one Malaysian from penang studying medicine here, perhaps i can ask him to give u some info.

Thanks for the info.... Yeap.. CU's Graduate Law Centre is in Bank of America Tower, Admiralty. So, just 20 mins of tube ride from my place.

Most of my Core textbooks will be a mixture of Local's and UK's ,If I am not mistaken... LOL... Pure Math classes are dull.. lol.. tell me about it .... thank god I lived through it.... I am more of a statistics and applied maths person....

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Added on May 11, 2009, 12:24 amQuote-C, I am kinda in the same situation as you. Yes, you will be considered as local, I was classified as local when I applied CityU ...

This post has been edited by Joshua836: May 11 2009, 12:24 AM

if it doesnt trouble u too much cant thank u more. now im able to c a flicker of light at the end of the road

ohhh i see. were u required to show some sort of a qualification of ur chinese foundation? coz i heard chinese is a required subj if ur 'local'?

what course did u take? approx how much do the fees differ between local/foreign?

thx

hi there . I am so glad I found this thread. I am beginning to wonder whether if there is alot malaysians studying in HK before I found this.
I am heading for UST in to do BEng(electronic) in september.. The reason I was attracted to engineering there is because of the Honors Research Option where one will get to study things from postgraduate studies & compulsorily be a paid intern in a world-reknown MNC. I quoted this from the program itself from the EE department website.

So I am just wondering if chen6wei , will you be working in HK after you graduate? Does hk companies discriminate internationals?

This post has been edited by dqbonafide: May 12 2009, 01:14 AM

What about postgraduate studies? Is HKU any good in postgrad studies for business/finance? Do they offer any scholarship?
Also, is it easy to breakthrough the job market after graduation?

I'm from Sabah too.

Perhaps this is something you guys should proud about. Official news still haven't publish in the official website, but we received the email from vice chancellor, congratulating all for the efforts we put in.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.js...f_ART_ID=193964


Hk dominates 3 out of 5 places in asia region, and to my surprise, Hku beat tokyo u for the 1st time.

This post has been edited by chen9wei: May 12 2009, 07:19 AM

Ah, my friend got accepted for Hong Kong University using STPM results

I went to Hong Kong before. You definitely need to equip yourself with Cantonese if you wish to get around.

@pinknotebook

may i knw wat course he chose? wat results did he get?

3A or sometimes 2A not including pengajian am will be sufficient to land business or engineering programme. But if your applying for things like medicine / law / actuarial science. Its best if you have straight.

C-Note, I have no idea about the chinese requirement, as I applied law postgraduate course. Sorry, can't help you on that ...

Actually if you could score 3As , you could pretty much get into any university (Europe, Asia and Australia)

that is if you mean 3As not including pengajian am.
anyway business related courses are more hotly contested there in hk so you need at least 3As to actually stand a strong chance.

actualy i planned to do dentistry in HKU. iz this course in HKU comparable to those in Aus in terms of credibility? i cant seem to find much info abt this course on the hku website.

Do they have financial aids/grant/loan for international students like us?
How much is the tuition fees + living cost per year?

thanks!

Anybody doing postgraduate there? Mind to share your admission experience ?

hi chen9wei and all,

glad to have someone studying in HK here in this thread. for ur info, I will be accompanying my wife to pursue master in dental surgery at HKU. Got the offer letter a bit late and she is supposed to start by mid of this month so we are a bit rushing to make the necessary preparation. Just applied the visa today.

anyway, hope u can give some advise on:-

1- Accommodation, where's the best place to stay/rent outside campus with reasonable (if not cheap) rental for a small family like us (with 1 kid)
2- am i allowed to work? i heard it's quite difficult to get working permit.
3- What's the most convenient bank to use there?
4- more questions will come...

thanks in advance

p/s i better get cantonese pocket dictionary fast

How is the IT industry in Hong Kong? Planning to take MS Comp.Sc there at HKU.

what is the currency rate may i ask?

anyone heard of Hong Kong University? Top U in Asia.