Local Intake
JUPAS
This year CUHK made a total of 2,367 admission offers through the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS). Among the 1,000 JUPAS entrants with the highest average grades in HKCEE and HKALE, 500 were enrolled at CUHK, which is half of the total sum of all local tertiary institutions (Figure 1). CUHK also admitted the largest share of both first-choice and Band A JUPAS applicants among all tertiary institutions in the territory. 98% of the students admitted, or 2,319 students, were Band A applicants; while 31% or 1,505 students, were first-choice applicants (Figure 2).
CUHK also admitted the highest number of students receiving 4As or more in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) in three years—a total of 24. This includes one student with 6As majoring in Professional Accountancy. They were all awarded a full-fee matriculation scholarship. The candidates with 6As in the HKALE was Yam Shu Jun, who was admitted to the Professional Accountancy Programme. The winner of the gold award at the International Mathematical Olympiad in both 2005 and 2006, Tsoi Yun Pui, was admitted to the Mathematics Programme. He had given up an offer by another university through the Early Admissions Scheme last year so he could study at the CUHK Department of Mathematics. This testifies to the quality of the University's programmes and its appeal for prospective students of great competence and promise.
(Figure 1) JUPAS entrants with the highest average grades in HKCEE and HKALE
(Figure 2) Number of first-choice JUPAS applicants admitted in 2006
Early Admissions and Other Schemes
In the 2006-07 exercise, CUHK also admitted, through the Early Admissions Scheme, the highest number of outstanding Secondary Six students among the three institutions participating in the scheme—a total of 181. Eight of these students had obtained 10As or 9As in HKCEE. And of the 86 students selected for admission from the 493 applicants under the School Principal's Nomination Scheme, were recipients of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Prize, the champion of the International Triathlon Tournament (Youth Section), the champion of the Hong Kong Interschool Basketball Marathon Tournament, winners of interschool or regional sports contests, as well as social service enthusiasts. CUHK admitted 48 students out of 3,337 applicants under the Self-recommendation Scheme.
Mainland Intake
Unified National Colleges Admissions System
240 outstanding Mainland undergraduates were admitted through the Unified National Colleges Admissions System, including the top scorers in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi and Shandong. In the 14 provinces and municipalities which have provided ranking information (the number of candidates in these provinces/municipalities ranges from 0.1 to 0.7 million), 15 students admitted by CUHK rank among the top 10, and 47 students rank within the top 500. English proficiency of these students is particularly impressive, with 10 students scoring above the 95th percentile and the average score above the 88th percentile in the English paper.
Non-local Admission
In our commitment to broadening our student mix and maintaining a multicultural campus, CUHK sets its sights beyond Hong Kong. This year, we admitted 300 non-local undergraduates from 20 mainland provinces and municipalities, as well as countries and regions all over the world, including Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Mauritius, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the US. The average scores of mainland students admitted were higher, by about 50 to over 150 points, than the cut-off scores of those key universities in all 20 mainland provinces and municipalities (Figure 3).
In terms of international recruitment, the number of applications almost doubled this year while the number of enquiries soared by 125% from last year. The mainland recruitment exercise also underwent a promising 25% increase in the number of enquiries received, from last year.
(Figure 3) Admission Scores of Mainland Undergraduates 2006
Programmes with the Best Admission Results
For the JUPAS intake, the five CUHK programmes with the best admission results were Global Business Studies; Medical Studies; Quantitative Finance; Insurance, Financial and Actuarial Analysis; and Risk Management Science. In terms of results of the best applicants admitted, the top five programmes were Professional Accountancy, Translation, Journalism and Communication, Music, and Global Business Studies, with students admitted having scored close to full points in the HKALE.
Ranking | Programme |
1 | Global Business Studies |
2 | Medical Studies |
3 | Quantitative Finance |
4 | Insurance, Financial & Actuarial Analysis |
5 | Risk Mangement Science |
6 | Professional Accountancy |
7 | Pharmacy |
8 | Journalism & Communication |
9 | Translation |
10 | Psychology |
(Figure 4) Top 10 CUHK programmes in the 2006 admissions exercise
Commitment to Excellence
The 2006 recruitment figures bode very well for the future of the University. Through the concerted effort of all its members, CUHK will continue to attract Hong Kong's elite students by virtue not only of its academic supremacy, but its bilingual and multicultural tradition tradition, and its global vision.