S5 Parents’ Meeting 29 April 2015

Done!  13 lunch Career talks (universities, institutions, overseas studies, workplace…)  Career visits  University information Days  Friday Careers Meeting  Job Shadow Day : Civil Engineering and Development Department  University interviews – Talk  JA – Success skills in writing resume and job interview

JUPAS  Joint University Programmes Admissions System  With Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination results  Apply for admission to programmes offered by the JUPAS participating- institutions

JUPAS - ONE application University Grants Committee (UGC)- funded Programmes Self- financing Programm es Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP) Programmes 8 Institutions ~200 Programmes Open University 24 Programmes 5 Institutions 13 Programmes

Participating Institutions for UGC-funded programmes HKBU LU CUHK HKIEd (D,HD) PolyU (D,HD) HKUST HKU CityU (D,AD)

Participating Institutions for other programmes Self- financing Programmes SSSDP OUHK

Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP)  In the 2014 Policy Address  broaden the opportunities for local students to receive higher education  13 programmes with 940 places  $40,000 – programmes which are not laboratory-based  $70,000 – programmes which are laboratory-based  sp

Entrance Requirements of UGC-funded Institutions for 2015 AdmissionInstitutions Core Subjects Electives ChiEngMathLS HKU HKUST (including M1 and M2) CUHK3322 CityU (2016 Entry) HKBU HKIEd PolyU LU3322+2

If I satisfy the minimum entrance requirements of a programme, will I be offered a place?

Points for possible university entrance  ~20 points (for 5 subjects including core subjects)   Refer to specific admission score and admission calculation of EACH programme  Admissions Scores of the 9 JUPAS Participating-institutions ( )  material

JUPAS Selection Criteria  HKDSE results  College Assessment: School Reference Report  Principal Nomination Scheme  Other Learning Experience and Achievement / Student Learning Profile (OEA / SLP)  Banding  Interview …

How to select 20 Programmes?  Information 1.List of programmes 2.Specific Entrance Requirements and 2014 admission scores and calculation 4.Predicted grades  Strategy – Interest, Ability, Ambition and Prospect

1. List of programmes  Go To Website  Participating-Institutions  Programmes Information  Any of the universities  List of Programmes

Summary of Entrance Requirements of UGC- funded Institutions under the NAS for 2015 Admission content/uploads/2014/11/03_HKACMGM_Requ irement_UGC_2015.pdf 2. Specific Entrance Requirements

 Go To Website  Useful Materials  Admissions Scores of Participating-Institutions  and 2014 admission scores

 Higher than predicted grades  Lower than predicted grades  Equal to predicted grades  Associate Degree / Higher Diploma 4. Predicted grades

To be done in Form 5 and Form 6  JUPAS Briefingsss…  Personality test  E-APP Briefing and multiple pathway sharing  Alumni sharing on JUPAS choice and other study options  Individual counseling conducted by teachers  Job-related mock interviews and Formal dressing day

 JUPAS interview workshops (optional)  Summer internship  Pre-HKDSE seminar (July 2016)  Post-HKDSE teacher support To be done in Form 5 and Form 6

When will JUPAS application start?  Mid-September 2015 (for 2016 university entry)

How to prepare for JUPAS?  Visit University Information Days (Sept – Nov 2015)  Select a draft of 20 Programmes (Summer Assignment)  OEA and Additional Information (supporting documents)  Attend career talks and visits  Visit Careers Website am/  Meet the deadlinessss for JUPAS Application

 Self-financing Degree  Sub-Degree Programmes, eg Associate Degree Programme (AD), Higher Diploma Programme (HD)  Vocational studies  EAPP (Apply in Dec 2015)   Overseas Studies, eg UK, Canada, Taiwan, Mainland Multiple Pathways

 Communicate  Interest and ability  Set realistic goals (Degree and Sub-degree programmes)  Dig out the information on the interested pathways or those related to the goals Suggestions for Parents

Possible pathways with levels attained in HKDSE

Questions raised by parents:  What is the way to compare my child’s grades with the university admission cut-off grades of last year to assess the child’s chances of getting admission to different courses in various universities in Hong Kong?  What is the percentage of student who get a place into University in the past 3 years ?  For non-Chinese students, what are the chances of getting a job in HK after attending university in HK?