6963 BENG
This is the JUPAS code for the Engineering Common Admissions.

We are under the new common admissions scheme, the quota for Bachelor of Engineering (JUPAS code: 6963) will be around 500.
There is no quota restriction for the BEng(CS) programme.

There should be no such penalty.

The Department of Computer Science offers a flagship programme, Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, with the following distinctive features:

• Comprehensive programme in Computer Science with a strong component in Software Engineering.
• Lots of hands-on: Final year project, workshop and industrial trainings, research internships, and sandwich programme, etc.
• Flexibility for taking electives, or a second major option in Risk Management/Mathematics/Statistics, or a minor option in other disciplines.

For further details, please refer to "Programme Highlights".

For 6963, you will obtain a BEng degree after completing the first three years of study with some required business courses. By taking an additional year of study on a self-financed basis, you will be awarded a second degree in BBA. For 6793, you will do it in the reverse order, i.e., you will obtain a BBA degree first after the first 3 years, and then the BEng degree after the 4th year.

The best way is to send an email to enquiry@cs.hku.hk, and our Department will give you a reply within a few days.

The minimum entrance requirements for the BEng(CS) programme are:

• University Entrance Requirements with
• 2 Advanced Level subjects; or
• 1 Advanced Level subject + 2 Advanced Supplementary Level subjects.
• The Advanced Level subjects must include at least one from the following list: Pure Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry; Biology; Computer Studies; Applied Mathematics.

Please refer to the University's requirement on HKCEE. We do not take into account HKCEE results in the scoring formula for selection.

Depending on the total number of applicants, we may interview all applicants or applicants from Band A to Band C.

The interviews will be held after the HKAL examinations and before the release of the HKAL results.

Applicants will be interviewed individually in English for approximately 20 minutes.

Bonus points will be awarded to applicants with good performance in the interviews.

Excellent job market. Many IT companies do not have enough supply of young talents. The media has been reporting the short supply of IT professionals recently. The financial market in Hong Kong demands a lot of IT professionals to develop products and services for the industry. Global IT companies require large number of technical staff to develop and support the market in China. Many public and private companies require the service of IT professionals in their businesses. Please refer to the statistics on the employment situation of our past graduates.

BEng(CS) graduates with good standing will have an advantage in applying to our highly competitive MPhil/PhD research postgraduate programmes. The Department also offers two taught postgraduate programmes - MSc in Computer Science and MSc in E-Commerce & Internet Computing. Many of our past graduates further their studies in the world�fs top institutions such as Princeton, Stanford, Cornell, Oxford, Cambridge, etc.

Students can opt for and graduate with a minor in another discipline. Students have to take at least 6 courses to satisfy the requirements of a minor offered by the following faculties:

• Arts
• Business and Economics
• Science
• Social Sciences

Students can opt for and graduate with second major in an area outside this degree curriculum, by selecting the appropriate courses to satisfy one of the second major programmes offered.
A second major is available in:

• Risk Management
• Mathematics
• Statistics

Yes. Other than the required industrial training in the summer following Year 2, students may opt to participate in other internship programmes available at Departmental and Faculty level.
Students may apply for exchange to a foreign university for study or internship for one year or a semester. Credits earned can be transferred back to HKU to satisfy graduation requirements.