PolyU Education Info Day offers prospective students first-hand information on application tactics

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will hold its Education Info Day on 5 October 2019 (Saturday) on its campus, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm, to provide students with the most updated information of its full-time undergraduate and higher diploma programmes. A series of seminars, facility visits, sharing and consultation sessions will be arranged on the day to help the prospective students plan ahead for their further studies. Further elaboration on PolyU’s revised mechanism in converting points for results at Level 5**, 5* and 5 of DSE subjects starting from the 2020/21 admission exercise will also be provided for those interested.

PolyU attained a remarkable admissions profile for the 2019/20 academic year. Among the undergraduates admitted, 253 scored at least 5** in one subject, with both Chinese and English at level 3 or above, in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) Examination.

For students admitted by PolyU via the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS) this year, the average score for the Best five DSE subjects is 23.1. Two top achievers, who scored 34, are now studying Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physiotherapy. (For details of the average DSE score of PolyU’s 2019/20 admittees, please visit: http://www51.polyu.edu.hk/eprospectus/ug/jupas/programme-requirements or www.polyu.edu.hk/study)

In 2019/20, among the 44 full-time public-funded undergraduate programmes of PolyU, “Hotel Management” was the most popular one, being chosen by 641 JUPAS applicants as their first choice. “Scheme in Design” and “Nursing” placed second and third, attracting 604 and 467 applicants respectively. More than 91% of PolyU admittees this year placed the University’s programmes as their Band A choices.

PolyU Education Info Day to be held on 5 October, highlights of the PolyU Education Info Day include:-

• two JUPAS admissions talks for Secondary Six students;
• two admissions talks for non-JUPAS applicants;
• around 100 information seminars organised by various academic faculties, schools and departments;
• a number of guided visits to research centres, laboratories, studios, workshops and hostels;
• showcase of PolyU’s award-winning research projects at the House of Innovation; and
• Entry Scholarship Presentation Ceremony 2019/20 for newly admitted student-athletes, sharing of student-athletes admitted by PolyU’s Outstanding Sportsmen Recommendation Scheme, performances by PolyU Sports Teams, sports games.

For details, please visit: www.polyu.edu.hk/infoday.

PolyU’s academic staff and student ambassadors will station onsite to provide advices on admissions and programme details for prospective applicants. The student ambassadors will also share their campus life experiences with participants.

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