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Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies 園境學文學士

BA(LS)

Short Description

The Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies [BA(LS)] is an internationally recognised undergraduate degree offered by the Division of Landscape Architecture. Our programme delivers a broadly comprehensive education in the landscape architecture discipline. We teach the knowledge, concepts and skills required to respond creatively, professionally and ethically to the urgent social and environmental challenges faced by our cities and regions today. Students graduating from our BA(LS) programme may continue their studies in the professionally-accredited Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) programme at HKU, or apply for study in some of the world’s top postgraduate programmes.

Landscape architecture is an increasingly critical discipline that binds a core capacity in design and planning with fluency in ecology, civil engineering, and geography. This interdisciplinarity extends back to landscape architecture’s origins, where the profession and its antecedents engaged with the challenges of human settlement and environmental risk; planning for health, recreation, and conservation in the industrialising city; and remediating the landscapes of pollution that followed. Landscape architecture today faces challenges of rapid urbanisation, resource depletion, climate change, rising sea-levels, and declining biodiversity. Whether you end up engaging with a corporate client, informing a government body, or participating with an environmental non-profit, our degree will give you the critical, creative, and intellectual tools to advocate for just and sustainable change moving forward.

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Programme Website

https://www.arch.hku.hk/bals/

Requirements

Programme Entrance Requirements
General Entrance Requirements

Same as General Entrance Requirements

Candidates are required to take part in the Creative Design Response, a short exercise designed to allow candidates to express their creativity and independent thinking. The criteria measured by the exercise include critical analysis, creative problem-solving, and self-organization. The exercise proposes a new question every year and is completed at home and submitted as a digital upload through the programme website. Instructions for taking part in the Creative Design Response brief will be sent to all potential candidates via e-mail and posted on the programme website.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. Candidates are strongly encouraged to show a portfolio of creative work (which may include drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, creative writing, video, multi-media work) during the interview.

The calculation of programme score considers category A subjects and may include Mathematics Extended Module 1 or 2 or category C subject whichever is higher. Please refer to hku.hk/dse for details.

The result(s) of Liberal Studies, Combined Science and Integrated Science achieved in previous sitting(s) will also be considered.

Core Subjects	Minimum Level
CHINESE LANGUAGE	3
CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT³	Attained
ENGLISH LANGUAGE	3
MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART	2

Elective Subject(s)	Minimum Level
ANY 1 SUBJECT (EXCLUDING APPLIED LEARNING, OTHER LANGUAGE)	3
ANY 1 SUBJECT (EXCLUDING APPLIED LEARNING)⁴	3
Or
ANY 1 SUBJECT (EXCLUDING APPLIED LEARNING, OTHER LANGUAGE)	3
MATHEMATICS EXTENDED MODULE 1 OR 2	3

Remark:

"Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education” is referred to as “HKDSE”.
"Attained with Distinction" obtained prior to 2018, or "Attained with Distinction (I)" or "Attained with Distinction (II)" obtained in or after 2018, in Applied Learning subjects (other than Applied Learning Chinese) will be used as additional supporting information. In the meantime, student learning experiences in Applied Learning subjects may be considered within the context of other learning experiences in their application.
Level 2 in Liberal Studies achieved in previous sitting will be considered in lieu of Citizenship and Social Development.
Other Language subjects will be used as unspecified elective subjects. The minimum requirement is Grade E.

The result(s) of Combined Science and Integrated Science achieved in previous sitting(s) will also be considered.

Calculation of scores for applicants with more than 1 sitting in HKDSE Examination

In general, most of the programmes offered by HKU consider the best results achieved by candidates in different combination of sittings, except for a few programmes which only consider the latest results. Few programmes may also impose a penalty on HKDSE repeaters. Please refer to https://www.hku.hk/dse for details.

First Year Tuition Fee

HK$ 42,100

Contacts

Faculty of Architecture

Email: faculty@arch.hku.hk

Tel: +852 3917 2149

Statistics

Application Statistics (after Modification of Programme Choices)

Year	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Total
2023	38	61	116	151	194	560
2022	31	53	73	142	141	440
2021	31	39	68	128	148	414
2020	45	33	57	128	141	404
2019	37	45	93	136	174	485
2018	53	61	117	198	209	638
2017	94	69	97	182	186	628
2016	56	50	126	168	207	607
2015	59	63	115	207	272	716
2014	95	48	120	217	274	754
2013	157	95	203	320	392	1167
2012	70	78	167	249	331	895

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Offer Statistics (as at the Announcement of the Main Round Offer Results)

Year	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Total
2023	7	0	0	0	0	7
2022	3	0	0	0	0	3
2021	7	0	0	0	0	7
2020	7	0	0	0	0	7
2019	7	0	0	0	0	7
2018	8	0	0	0	0	8
2017	11	0	0	0	0	11
2016	10	0	0	0	0	10
2015	9	0	0	0	0	9
2014	14	0	0	0	0	14
2013	9	0	0	0	0	9
2012	11	2	0	0	0	13

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