(for both JUPAS & Non-JUPAS applicants)
- Programme Details
| Faculty of Arts |
| School of Business |
| School of Chinese Medicine |
| School of Communication |
| Faculty of Science |
| Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Academy of Visual Arts |
| Double Degree Programme |
Background
Hong Kong Baptist University, as a community of scholars, is committed to a distinctive mission of higher education which incorporates teaching, research and service, and which inculcates in all who participate, a sense of value that extends beyond the mere acquisition of knowledge. The University seeks to foster and to achieve excellence, intellectual freedom, and the highest of ethical standards. These commitments have evolved from the University's heritage of Christian higher education within a Chinese cultural setting. As a result of this tradition, the University is committed to creating and maintaining an environment that develops and sustains the whole person in all these educational endeavors.
Founded in 1956, the University has established its place in Hong Kong's tertiary education sector emphasizing on academic excellence and whole-person education with Christian ethos. Pioneering and broad-based interactive programmes, academic excellence embodying a careful balance between teaching and research, international perspective, and commitment to quality assurance have become hallmarks of the University.
Faculties and Schools
The University has seven Faculties/Schools - Arts, Business, Chinese Medicine, Communication, Science, Social Sciences and Continuing Education, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in various disciplines.
As of September 2004, the University has around 4,500 full-time undergraduates, 1,657 course-based postgraduates, and 280 research-based postgraduates, making a total of about 6,400 students. The annual enrolment for part-time evening courses offered by the School of Continuing Education is over 50,000, amongst which 10,000 are at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
The University offers full-time integrated undergraduate programmes of single and interdisciplinary courses on both departmental and faculty/ school basis, providing students with training for an all-round development and enabling them to acquire good transferable skills required by the workplace. The curriculum structure is broad-based in nature with emphasis on intellectual development and creativity as espoused by the general education requirements outside the students' major disciplines. Except for the professional courses, the undergraduate curriculum carries at least 60 units for the major and 36 units of Complementary Studies. The Complementary Studies programme is designed to (a) provide adequate training in the transferable skills; (b) fulfil the University's ideal of Whole Person Education; (c) encourage students to acquire a body of knowledge in subject areas outside of major disciplines; (d) allow greater choice of subjects so as to encourage students to have a sense of responsibility for their own studies; and (e) enable students to choose a minor discipline.
English is the medium of instruction for formal classroom teaching, with exception for Chinese-related subjects.
Student
Exchange Programme
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~intl/index.htm)
Funding from the University is available to enable more students to participate in and benefit from exchange programmes with institutions outside Hong Kong. Participating students are provided with financial assistance.
Scholarships and
Financial Aid
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ar/sfa)
All full-time students with financial needs may apply for financial assistance in the form of grants, bursaries and loans. Scholarships are awarded to selected recipients including new students on the basis of academic merits and other criteria set by the donors. For more information, students may contact the Academic Registry or visit their website.
Student
Development Programmes / Counselling Services
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/sa/main/main.html)
The University strives to facilitate the total development of students through the provision of quality training, community service-learning opportunities and development education programmes. The Career Development Programmes, Co-curricular Learning Training Programmes, Leadership Programmes, Personal Development Programmes as well as Service and Experiential Learning Programmes are offered to develop students' integrity and commitments to both academic excellence and community service.
Student
Life
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/sa/main/main.html)
The University provides many opportunities for co-curricular and extracurricular activities to help enrich students' educational experience. Besides academic societies which are composed of students studying the same course/major, there are more than 50 student interest clubs on campus to appeal to the varied interest of students and to contribute to the objectives of a broadly-based liberal arts education. Student governance is exercised through the Student Senators, Student Union and its Council, and the Postgraduate Association. Student representatives hold more than 60 seats in approximately 33 U-wide committees and panels.
Achievement
Highlights in Extra-curricular Activities (http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~cpro/achieve/achieve_index.htm)
In line with the University's whole-person education ethos, students are encouraged to stretch their visions beyond textbooks and classrooms. In addition to achieving academic excellence, they have also demonstrated good spirit and sportsmanship through participation in social services and extra-curricula activities. Highlights of their achievements in the academic year 2004-05 are as follows:
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Recipients of the Timothy Fok Scholastic Award for Sports and Recreation Management of the HKRMA
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1st Runner-up, Innovation Idea, Audience's Choice awards and the Best Presenter in Hong Kong's annual inter-varsity Business Administration Paper competition
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Winning of the Hong Kong Management Association Personnel Management Club (PMC) scholarship for three consecutive years
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Winner of the prizes for Musical Drama Review Contest
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Winnng six awards in the 32nd Youth Literary Awards Competition jointly organised by the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Facilities
Offered
Library Services
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/lib)
As of June 2005, the Library has a collection of over 847,300 bound volumes of printed materials with approximately 4,200 active subscriptions to serials in print form, and over 108,400 audio-visual and microform items. In support of the University's teaching, learning and research activities, an array of electronic information resources and services through networked connections are provided. There are more than 142 databases providing access to electronic full-text journals, electronic books, and other electronic materials.
Special collections include the Contemporary China Research Collection, the European Documentation Centre, the Archives on the History of Christianity in China, and the Elsie Tu Collection. Chinese Medicine materials are housed in the Chinese Medicine Library established in 1998.
In addition to a seating capacity of over 900, the Library has a Multimedia Learning Centre which is equipped with PCs and a variety of audio-visual facilities to enable students to make use of multimedia materials and self-accessed learning resources. Other facilities include Group Study Rooms, Group Viewing Rooms, and a music listening and video viewing area.
Student Residence Halls/Accommodation (http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/sa/main/main.html)
Residential facilities include the Dr. Ng Tor Tai International House (330 person capacity) and 4 Student Residence Halls (total of 1,629 places). The halls are well equipped with ample communal facilities including a 350-seat cafeteria, a courtyard, fitness room, computer room, multi-purpose rooms, a Chapel, study rooms, game/entertainment rooms, lounges and laundry facilities.
Sport and Recreation Facilities
Sports facilities include two multi-purpose gymnasiums, squash and tennis courts, swimming pool, fitness room, and an outdoor athletic stadium (with football field, tennis courts, bleachers, etc). Student rooms/lounges are provided throughout the University campus.
Educational Technology
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~itsc/)
Information Technology provisions in the University include central and satellite computer rooms. Every student will be provided with an e-mail account upon admission and will have the opportunity of taking computer literary courses. Computers provided exclusively for student use are supplemented by numerous specialized machines/workstations that support special projects and research activities. All student hostel rooms are wired to the campus computer network. Wireless LAN service covers most classrooms and lecture theatres on campus. Teaching rooms are provided with projection equipment and computer network connectivity.
Graduate
Employment Survey 2004
The distribution of 2004 graduates by employment status is shown in Figure 1. Among the 1,284 respondents, 1,059 were engaged in full-time employment (82.48%). The unemployment rate is 0.16%. 11.45% of graduates are pursuing further studies with 93.15% enrolling in postgraduate/master level studies. As shown in Figure 2, employment among the Commercial or Industrial companies is 78.88% with the rest shared by the employment in Government (2.65%), Education (8.62%) and Community/Social Services (9.85%) sectors. The average monthly salary (including commission, allowances, and any year-end bonuses) is $9,420.88.
| AL/AS REQUIREMENTS | |||
| Grade E or above in any two sittings in | |||
| 1. | either | : | 2 AL subjects |
| or | : | 1 AL subject and 2 AS subjects (other than Use of English and Chinese Language & Culture), and |
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| 2. | AS Chinese Language & Culture(1), and | ||
| 3. | AS Use of English(2) | ||
| HKCEE REQUIREMENTS | |||
| Grade E or above in at least 6 subjects (3) including Chinese Language (or French or German) and English Language (Syllabus B)(4) with at least 5 subjects in a single sitting. | |||
| Footnotes: | |||
| (1) | Those without a Chinese Language qualification at HKCEE level (substituted by French or German) must have an additional AL/AS subject to substitute for AS Chinese Language & Culture. | ||
| (2) | Admitted students with Grade E in Use of English are required to attend the English Bridging Course in Year I studies. | ||
| (a) | The following public examination results are recognized by the University as equivalent to Grade E in AS Use of English: | ||
| (i) a score of 520 (paper-based) or 190 (computer-based) or above in TOEFL | |||
| (ii) a score of 6 or above in International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Academic Level | |||
| (iii) grade C or above in GCSE/GCE O-Level English | |||
| (iv) grade III in Joint Matriculation Board (JMB) University Test in English (or a pass in the NEAB University Entrance Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages). | |||
| (b) | The following public examination results are recognized by the University as equivalent to Grade D in AS Use of English: | ||
| (i) a score of 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based) or above in TOEFL | |||
| (ii) a score of 7 or above in International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Academic Level | |||
| (iii) grade C or above in GCSE/GCE O-Level English | |||
| (3) | 5 subjects are acceptable if the total of these 5 grades is not less than 8 points (Grade A to E shall be given points 5 to 1 respectively). | ||
| (4) | Grade C in English Language (Syllabus A) is considered equivalent to Grade E in English Language (Syllabus B). | ||
| Calculation of scores for applicants with more than 1 sitting in HKALE | |||
| 1. | The best 2 sittings of HKALE results would be combined among all sittings of HKALE results. | ||
| 2. | The higher grade of a subject would be considered if the subject is found in the combined 2 sittings. | ||
| 3. | The following AL/AS subjects would be counted in the score calculation: AS Use of English, AS Chinese Language & Culture, 1st AL subject and 2nd AL subject (or 2 AS subjects). | ||
| 4. | In some programmes, calculation of scores may vary. | ||
