1. JUPAS PROGRAMME CHOICES
F.6 PARENTS’ NIGHT
2013 OCT 11

2. JUPAS APPLICATION Band A x 3 Band B x 3 Band C x 4 Band D x 5
Band E x 5

3. HKU香港大學 CityU香港城市大學 CU香港中文大學 PolyU香港理工大學 UST香港科技大學 LingU嶺南大學
WHAT ARE MY CHOICES?
HKU香港大學 CityU香港城市大學
CU香港中文大學 PolyU香港理工大學
UST香港科技大學 LingU嶺南大學
BU香港浸會大學 HKIEd香港教育學院
OU香港公開大學
非政府資助?政府資助?
學士學位? 副學位?

4. WHAT TO CONSIDER? Ability –Grade Prediction Interest Helpful Reference
Program 1st year intake
Entrance Requirement
-Subjects/Grades
Past entrance scores
Admission Score Calculation Formula
Information Day

5. GRADE PREDICTION Subjects Most likely grades Best possible grades
Worst possible grades
English
Chinese
Maths.
M1 / M2
L.S. X1 X2 X3

6. PROGRAM FIRST YEAR INTAKE
Compare JUPAS and Non-JUPAS Intake
E.g. JS 5003 HKUST Business and Management Announced Quota 685
Year
Band A
Band B
Band C
Band D
Band E
Total
2013
606 -
11% Non JUPAS

7. E.g. JS 2410 HKBU Chinese Medicine and Biomedical Science
Announced Quota 30
Year
Band A
Band B
Band C
Band D
Band E
Total
2013 20 1 - 21
30% Non JUPAS

8. E.g. JS4501 CUHK Medicine Announced Quota 210 44.8 % Non JUPAS Year
Year
Band A
Band B
Band C
Band D
Band E
Total
2013
116 -
44.8 % Non JUPAS

9. PROGRAM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
General Requirements /3 (or ) “Minimum Charge” MAKE SURE YOU MEET ALL THE PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS

10. e.g. JS4401 CUHK Engineering ABOVE MINIMUM CHARGE CHINESE LANGUAGE 3
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LIBERAL STUDIES 2
MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART

11. e.g. JS2420 HKBU Chinese Medicine
REQUIRED SUBJECTS
Your application will not be considered if you do not take the required subjects.
e.g. JS2420 HKBU Chinese Medicine
Elective Subject(s)
Minimum Level
One of the following elective subjects:
BIOLOGY 2 Or
CHEMISTRY
COMBINED SCIENCE Note1

12. MORE EXAMPLES - REQUIRED SUBJECTS
City – JS1051 (Energy & Environment)
Phy / Chem / Bio / C.S.
CU – JS4276 (Quantitative Finance & Risk Management)
M1/M2 (level 3)
CU – JS4501 (Medicine)
Chem / Bio (prefer both)

13. e.g. JS4513 CUHK Nursing PREFERRED SUBJECT Elective Subject(s)
Minimum Level
ANY 2 SUBJECTS (1) 3
Remarks: (1) Biology / Chemistry / Physics / Combined Science / Integrated Science is PREFERRED as one of the required elective subjects.

14. e.g. JS4401 CUHK Engineering A COMBINATION OF BOTH
Elective Subject(s)
Minimum Level
Two of the following elective subjects:
BIOLOGY or CHEMISTRY or PHYSICS or COMBINED SCIENCE or INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (2) 2
CUHK general requirement:

15. (1) Mathematics (Module 1 or 2) is PREFERRED.
(2) The programme accepts either one of the following for fulfillment of the programme requirements:
4 Core + 2 Elective subjects (Biology or Chemistry or Physics or Combined Science or Information and Communication Technology) OR
4 Core + 1 Elective subjects (Biology or Chemistry or Physics or Combined Science or Information and Communication Technology) + Mathematics (Module 1 or 2)

16. OTHER ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
e.g. JS4212 CUHK Global Business
Level 4 or above in Chinese and English AND
Level 3 or above in Math, LS and 1 Elective AND
One of the following:
A minimum TOEFL score of 600 (paper) / 250 (computer) / 100 (internet) OR
a minimum IELTS score of 7.0 is required
Required also for JS4288 (International Business and Chinese Enterprise)

17. MEETING REQUIREMENTS
Make sure you read all entrance requirements. FOR ALL TWENTY CHOICES you make! Otherwise, you would have wasted an option.

18. PAST ENTRANCE RECORD DO NOT rely on it completely
Fluctuates every year
Entrance Requirements might have changed
(including required subjects/ score calculation mechanism)
Affected by number of applicants
Take Median as a safer reference
As the 4C+1X score is climbing in the first few years of HKDSE

19. SCORE CALCULATION GENERAL: BEST 5 OR 4C+1X
STUDENT A
Any Best 5
= =24
4X+1
Subjects A B
English 5 5*
Chinese 4
Maths.
M1 / M2
L.S.
Chem
Phy 2
Econ
5**
STUDENT B
Any Best 5
= =26
4X+1
= =25

20. SCORE CALCULATION FORMULA
Limitation:
No information about the past admission score. (except CityU)
Many institutions did not disclose the subject weighting.

21. IMPORTANT Message:
WEIGHTING of certain preferred subjects may give you advantages!

22. SCORE CALCULATION HKUST ENGINEERING (ENG)
Subjects A B
ENG A
ENG B
English (2) 5 5* 10 12
Chinese 4
Maths. (2) 8
M1 / M2 (1.5)
7.5
L.S.
Chem 9
Phy 2
Econ
5** 7
TOTAL
44.5
42.5
STUDENT A
Any Best 5=24
4X+1=24
STUDENT B
Any Best 5=25
4X+1=26

23. SCORE CALCULATION HKUST BUS. & MGMT.
Subjects A B
SBM A
SBM B
English (2) 5 5* 10 12
Chinese 4
Maths.(2) 8
M1 / M2
L.S.
Chem 6
Phy 2
Econ
5** 7
TOTAL 39 40
STUDENT A
Any Best 5=24
4X+1=24
STUDENT B
Any Best 5=25
4X+1=26

24. SCORE CALCULATION ENGINEERING
HKUST
School of Engineering(JUPAS Code:JS5002)
Score Calculation – No. of Subjects: 5
English Language
x 2
Mathematics (compulsory module)
(i) Best of Biology/ Chemistry/ Physics / Combined Science; OR 
(i) x 2, OR
(ii) Information and Communication Technology
(ii) x 1
Best 2 other subjects:
M1/M2 
x 1.5
any other subjects
x 1

25. SCORE CALCUATION ENGINEERING
City U
JS1021

26. e.g. JS4401 CUHK Engineering A COMBINATION OF BOTH
Elective Subject(s)
Minimum Level
Two of the following elective subjects:
BIOLOGY or CHEMISTRY or PHYSICS or COMBINED SCIENCE or INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (2) 2
CUHK general requirement:

27. (1) Mathematics (Module 1 or 2) is PREFERRED.
JS4401 CUHK Engineering
(1) Mathematics (Module 1 or 2) is PREFERRED.
(2) The programme accepts either one of the following for fulfillment of the programme requirements:
4 Core + 2 Elective subjects (Biology or Chemistry or Physics or Combined Science or Information and Communication Technology) OR
4 Core + 1 Elective subjects (Biology or Chemistry or Physics or Combined Science or Information and Communication Technology) + Mathematics (Module 1 or 2)

28. SCORE CALCULATION BBA JS5003, JS5013
HKUST
School of Business and Management (JUPAS Code:JS5003,JS5013)
Score Calculation – No. of Subjects: 6
English Language
x 2
Mathematics (compulsory module)
4 Best other subjects
x 1
HKUST: M1/M2 is treated as ELECTIVE

29. SCORE CALCULATION BBA JS6781
HKU
Core Subjects
Minimum Level
CHINESE LANGUAGE 3
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 4
LIBERAL STUDIES 2
MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART
Elective Subject(s)
ANY 2 SUBJECTS

30. Heavier weight given to Chinese, English, Maths, and Electives
HKU BBA JS6781
2013 Data:
4C+2X
Heavier weight given to Chinese, English, Maths, and Electives
Heavier weight range: 1.05 to 2

31. SCORE CALCULATION BBA JS2120BU
ALL subjects has uniform weighting
Might benefit those without high grades in English and Math but doing well in other 2 core and the elective.

32. SCORE CALCULATION POLY U
THREE different score calculating
Mechanisms
4 Core+1 Best Elective
Any Best 5 Subjects
Chinese+English+Any Best 3
*Further information will be announced in Feb 2014

33. SCORE CALCULATION POLY U SUBJECT WEIGHTING
Core: x7 Core with higher weight: x10 Irrelevant Electives: x5 Elective with higher weighting: x7 or x10
HIGHEST WEIGHTING

34. Uncertain. Varies between colleges/departments.
M1/M2
CHECK IT YOURSELF!
Considered as an elective for ALL programs
Considered as an elective or requirement for SOME programs
Considered as preferred
Subject for SOME programs
Carries Certain
Weight
for other programs
Not Considered
HKU CU
UST
Poly
City
Uncertain. Varies between colleges/departments. BU
LingU OU
IEd

35. STRATEGIES
Choose a variety of programmes (institutions) that covers your possible grades
Include programmes with various sizes of intakes
Include programmes which gives heavier subject weighting in your strengths
Put programmes that have interviews in Band A / B
Include programmes with different past admission score.
Include only choices you will accept

36. KEEP YOURSELF UPDATED
All the information presented above might change over the course of the application process.
Universities or specific programs might fine tune their admission requirements anytime.
Further information might be announced to the public later. (even after JUPAS deadline)
WE DO NOT HAVE COMPLETE INFORMATION OR INSIDERS INFO.

37. Not necessarily related!!
Programme Studied
Not necessarily related!!
Career in the corresponding field