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JS6884

Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Finance 理學士(計量金融)

BSc(QFin)

Short Description

The Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Finance [BSc(QFin)] is a premium finance programme. Built on a solid foundation in economics and finance, the BSc(QFin) programme equips students with the essential quant skills, such as mathematics, statistics, and programming, that are required in more advanced and sophisticated analyses, such as valuation models of structured products, risk management, simulation and data analysis, financial engineering, and quantitative trading.

The programme goes beyond merely equipping students with quant skills. More importantly, it stresses on combining these skills with an understanding of the financial markets, the macro environment, and the practical situations where financial managers work. To this end, the curriculum offers a balanced mix of quant and business courses.

In the first two years students take basic finance courses such as accounting, corporate finance, macroeconomics, derivatives, and portfolio management. At the same time, they are introduced to a strong foundation in probability, statistics, calculus, linear algebra, and computer programming.

Students will apply the aforementioned quant skills in specialised QFin courses the third and fourth years of study, such as risk management, financial engineering, spreadsheet financial modelling, and mathematical finance. They can also choose from a wide selection of major elective courses such as time series analysis, big data and quant trading.

We believe that a broad knowledge base is essential for undergraduate students to understand the world in depth, absorb new ideas quickly, and think outside the box and from multiple perspectives. Hence the programme affords much flexibility to students to pursue other academic interests via second major or minor(s), whether they are mathematics, economics, or biochemistry.

To nurture students’ soft skills and market acumen, the programme provides a wide range of value-enhancing activities, such as Round Tables with Practitioners, Alumni Drinks, Executive Mentorship Scheme, Bloomberg training workshops, simulation trading workshops, and an international field trip to other international financial centres such as New York, London and Zurich.

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Programme Website

https://ug.hkubs.hku.hk/

Requirements

Programme Entrance Requirements
General Entrance Requirements

Core Subjects	Minimum Level
CHINESE LANGUAGE	3
CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT¹	Attained
ENGLISH LANGUAGE	4
MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART	3

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

Remark:

Level 2 in Liberal Studies achieved in previous sitting(s) will be considered in lieu of Citizenship and Social Development.

The calculation of programme score considers category A subjects and M1/M2 only. 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 Business and Economics (HKU Business School)

Email: fbe.ugenquiry@hku.hk

Tel: +852 3917 5343

Statistics

Application Statistics (after Modification of Programme Choices)

Year	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Total
2023	103	37	116	107	111	474
2022	92	61	79	103	119	454
2021	100	38	76	107	118	439
2020	65	46	81	112	122	426
2019	89	46	92	107	110	444
2018	81	47	91	140	120	479
2017	71	39	80	106	105	401
2016	75	50	93	120	113	451
2015	72	53	83	119	153	480
2014	73	46	82	117	136	454
2013	83	36	70	94	157	440
2012	105	46	76	118	180	525

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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	24	0	0	0	0	24
2022	27	0	0	0	0	27
2021	18	0	0	0	0	18
2020	20	0	0	0	0	20
2019	21	0	0	0	0	21
2018	17	0	0	0	0	17
2017	17	0	0	0	0	17
2016	17	0	0	0	0	17
2015	20	0	0	0	0	20
2014	19	1	0	0	0	20
2013	20	0	0	0	0	20
2012	21	0	0	0	0	21

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