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.

Hey there. I am currently studying Systems Enginereering and Engineering Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

I'm not too sure about CItyU's business in comparison to other unis outside HK but in HK, HKU and HKUST would be the top choice for business.

Tuition fees for most unis in HK are 80K HKD per year which is just below RM40K except for HKU which charges 100K HKD per year ( just below RM 50K)

CUHK is slightly further out from the main city area (HK island and Kowloon) so my costs might be slightly biased but my current yearly living cost is RM12k per year not including summer period (Regular academic period from Sept until May) and not inclusive of hostel fees. Hostel fees differ for each uni but is 8K HKD per year here. (RM3.5k for the regular academic term)

And about English requirements, it differs per each person, faculty and university. They accepted my SPM 1119 English as an english requirement but I have heard of others who needed IELTS.

Feel free to pm me if any of you guys have any questions abt studying in HK.

ps. Yes..the mainland students pwn us all. Especially in Science, Maths and Engineering Fields. =(