News

1.  Consolidation of Two Majors of HKBU Programme (JS2510)

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has recently consolidated two of the majors of Bachelor of Science (Hons) (JS2510) with effect from the 2024 – 2025 academic year.  Please refer to the Letter from HKBU and the HKBU website for details.

Original Arrangement	New Arrangement
Two Programme Majors: Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Chemistry  化學理學士（榮譽） Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Analytical and Testing Sciences 分析和檢測科學理學士（榮譽）	One Programme Major with Two Concentrations: BSc (Honours) in Biochemical and Testing Sciences ​生物化學和檢測科學理學士（榮譽） Biomedical Chemistry Concentration 生物醫學化學專修 Testing and Certification Concentration 檢測和認證專修

2.  Revision of CUHK Programme Entrance Requirement (JS4760)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has recently approved the revision of programme entrance requirements of the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Data Analytics and X Double Major Programme (IDADM) (JS4760) for the 2024 – 2025 academic year.  Please refer to the Letter from CUHK and the CUHK website for details.

3.  Change of Specialisations of SSSDP Programme Offered by VTC-THEi (JSSV09)

Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training Council (VTC-THEi) has recently obtained the approval from Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) to separate the specialisation of "Sports Coaching" from the existing programme Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports and Recreation Management (JSSV09) into a new standalone degree programme.  Hence, the existing programme will have two specialisations of "Sports Therapy" and "Sports Management" to be offered in 2024 – 2025 academic year.  Please refer to the VTC-THEi website for details.

4.  Special Arrangements for Free-of-charge Programme Change

In the light of the above changes, special arrangements have been made to allow JUPAS applicants to update their programme choices free-of-charge (for one submission only) via their JUPAS accounts.  Such free-of-charge change only applies to the following:

JUPAS Catalogue No.	Changes Allowed	Period for Free Changes
JS2510 JS4760 JSSV09	ADD JS2510, JS4760 and / or JSSV09 to the original programme choice list (as long as the total number of programme choices does not exceed 20) REPLACE existing programme with JS2510, JS4760 and / or JSSV09 REARRANGE the order of the original programme choices including JS2510, JS4760 and / or JSSV09 DELETE JS2510, JS4760 and / or JSSV09 from the programme choice list	15 February 2024 – 21 February 2024 (11:59 pm)

Please note that any change requests submitted outside the specified period of 15 February 2024 to 21 February 2024 (11:59 pm) for free-of-charge programme changes will be charged an amendment fee of HK$100 per request until 29 May 2024 (11:59 pm).