Understanding JUPAS and

preparing for applications for

admission to local universities

March 8, 2013

• 1. 大學收生考慮

• 2. 聯招運作方法及注意事項

• 3. 聯招報名策略

• 4. 聯招成功秘技

Admission to Local Universities in

2012-13Some Basic Facts• The total number of First Year First Degree (FYFD)

places in the 8 UGC-funded institutions is about 15,000

• The number of places for each program were published in the JUPAS Guide

• The places are open for competition between

1) local students taking the HKDSE (JUPAS); and

2) applicants holding other acceptable academic qualifications applying directly to the universities (non-JUPAS)

The quota distribution between JUPAS/non-JUPAS varies with institutions

• Admission is by study programme or to

Faculties / Schools (broad-based admissions)

• For JUPAS applications, selection is based on

HKDSE results and other factors such as

interview performance, OEA and

rating/assessment by school, etc.

• For non-JUPAS applications, selection is based

on academic and interview performance

Competition from non-local students

• For internationalization purposes, institutions

admit non-local students.

• To do this, they are allowed to over-admit by

a certain percentage (currently at 16%)

• Students admitted from the Mainland are

amongst the top 3% of students there taking

the 高考 (approx 10 million each year)

Distribution of FYFD places

for 2012 admission

Institution Quota

City University of Hong Kong 2353

Hong Kong Baptist University 1401

Lingnan University 596

The Chinese University of Hong Kong 3284

The Hong Kong Institute of Education 782

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2641

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2168

The University of Hong Kong 3129

Last Updated: May 2012

Total 16,354

Band Degree Programmes Sub-Degree Programmes Total

A 13,027 (78.39%) 1,316 (7.92%) 14,343 (86.31%)

B 1,150 (6.92%) 205 (1.23%) 1,355 (8.15%)

C 437 (2.63%) 116 (0.70%) 553 (3.33%)

D 142 (0.86%) 62 (0.37%) 205 (1.23%)

E 91 (0.55%) 72 (0.43%) 163 (0.98%)

Total 14,848 (89.34%) 1,771 (10.66%) 16,619 (100%)

2012 Distribution of Main Round Offer Results by Band

What HKDSE results will be required

to get a JUPAS offer?

• Admission statistics (e.g. grades required

for admission to individual study

programmes, faculties and schools) have

been announced by the institutions.

JUPAS

Joint University Programmes

Admissions System

大學聯合招生辦法

• One application submitted via the JUPAS

website www.jupas.edu.hk

• Access to :

1.all government-funded full-time or sandwich

bachelor's degree programmes offered by the 8

JUPAS participating-institutions

2.government-funded full-time or sandwich sub-

degree (associate degree, higher diploma)

programmes offered by CityU, HKIEd and PolyU

3.non-government-funded full-time bachelor's

degree programmes offered by OUHK

JUPAS Application

Programme Choices:

• Each applicants may apply for 20 programmes,

to be listed in order of preference

• The programme choices are divided into 5

bands (A=3, B=3, C=4, D=5, E=5)

• The institutions only know the banding but

not the actual priority of a student’s choice.

• Reprioritization is allowed after the

announcement of HKDSE results – replace up

to a maximum of 5 programme choices

and/or delete programmes

Information to be submitted by School:

• Reference Report – rating the applicant in 12

areas + overall evaluation

• Academic performance in school at S6 (G12) –

percentile position & overall rating in class in

the core and elective subjects taken

• Supplementary information from Principal

• Student Learning Profile (SLP) – Optional

(25 Sep, 2012 – 27 Mar, 2013)

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Personal and General Abilities

IND – Industriousness / perseverance

Mat – Maturity

AP – Analytical power

Idp – Independence of mind

Lead – Leadership

Init – Initiative

Resp – Sense of responsibility

Cond – Conduct

Writ – Ability to communicate (Written)

Oral – Ability to communicate (Oral)

W/oth – Ability to work with others

Acad – Academic performance

Ov – Overall evaluation

Information to be submitted by student:

• OEA

• Additional information (500 words) –describing an interest or experience that is particularly meaningful or affecting personal growth and life goals

• Other qualifications (besides HKDSE results) –GCE, GCSE, IGCSE, IELTS, TOEFL, Applied Learning Courses, music qualifications, etc.

(25 Sept, 2012 – 8 Apr, 2013)

Public Examination Results

• HKDSE results will be provided by HKEAA

directly to JUPAS and the institutions

JUPAS Sub-systems

• School Principal’s Nomination (SPN) – 5 to 10 nominations based on OLE, students may not change programme choices if given conditional offers

• Disability – Students with disabilities will neither be positively nor negatively discriminated. Reported disabilities need to be certified. The purpose is to alert institutions to give proper advice and make necessary preparations if the student is admitted.

JUPAS Iteration Process

• Applicants of a programme will be ranked in a merit order list (to be used for the computer matching) based on their admission score.

• The computer system will match (the "iteration process") the order of preference a student has assigned to the study programmes of his/her choice with the student’s position in each merit order list of these programmes.

• The student will then be made an offer of the highest priority on his/her programme list for which he/she has the required rating (see flash demo).

Main Round Offer Results

• Main Round offer results will be announced

on the JUPAS and institution websites

• Each successful applicant will only get one

offer

• If the offer is declined, no other offers will be

made in the same year

• No appeal mechanism

Clearing Round

• Applicants who did not receive any offer in

the Main Round will be automatically

considered in the subsequent Clearing Round

• Applicants who receive more than one offer in

the Clearing Round will be given an offer of

the highest priority

Subsequent “free-for-all” Rounds

• Applicants may receive more than one offer and

may be outside their selected programme

choices

• Allowed to accept only one offer

• Once accepted, will not be reconsidered for

admission to any programmes in the same year

• If the offer is declined, the applicant may be

reconsidered for admission to programmes only

if vacancies are available

University Admission Requirements

General Requirements

• 4 core subjects + 1 or 2 electives (see level requirements)

Programme Requirements

• Specific subject requirements

• Additional subject requirements

• Additional level requirements

(Entrance Requirements of University Grants Committee-funded Institutions under the New Academic Structure (March, 2012) )

Admission by Faculty / Programme (2011-12)

No. of Prog Areas

CityU 8 Business, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Science &

Engineering, Creative Media etc.

HKBU 17 Arts, Business, Chinese Medicine, Communication,

Science, Social Sciences, Visual Art etc.

LU 3 Arts, Business, Social Sciences

CUHK 48 Languages, Arts, Social Sciences, Business, Sciences,

Government and Public Administration

HKIEd 18 Education, Arts and Social Sciences

PolyU 63+8 63 programmes + 8 broad-based admission of 8

disciplines (Applied Science, Business, Construction &

Environment, Hotel & Tourism Management, Social

Sciences, Engineering, Lang, Culture and Communication,

and Computing)

HKUST 4 Science, Engineering, Business & Management,

Humanities & Social Science

HKU 37 No major changes on the current practice

*Updated in August 2012

• E.g. UST School-Specific Requirement

School-Specific Requirement

• How will the HKDSE Score of HKUST be

calculated?

Calculation of Admission Score

Important Dates

Important Dates

Important Dates

Reminders for students

General Preparations

• Know your interests

• Know the institutions

• Know the academic disciplines that match your interests and career aspirations

• Know the programmes offered by institutions

Subject Selection in School

• Select academic disciplines/programmes you are interested in andcapable of doing

• Note the admission requirements

• Ensure your electives will meet the requirements

• Note additional programme requirements, if any

• Benefit from OLE activities

• Carefully prepare your SLP

JUPAS Application

• List your programme choices carefully

• Prepare your submission on “Other Experiences and Achievements” (OLE)

• Complete the “Additional Information”

• Gather your “additional qualifications” , if any, for submission

• Note the deadlines for programme choice amendments

• Re-prioritize / amend your programme choices if necessary after announcement of HKDSE reaults

“Things To Do” for students

Thank You !

Q & A