City University of Hong Kong
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JS1025
Decision Analytics & Operations (Majors: BBA Business Decision Analytics / BBA Global Operations Management) 決策分析及營運學 [主修: 工商管理學士(商業決策分析) / 工商管理學士(環球營運管理)]
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Why Decision Analytics & Operations?
Decision Analytics & Operations is concerned with developing and applying models, concepts, and tools that enable organizations and companies to master big data and achieve operational efficiency. These problem solving and decision making skills are becoming increasingly popular in the big data era. If you are admitted to JS1025 Decision Analytics & Operations, you will study business foundation courses (Introduction to Financial Accounting, Business Statistics, Operations Management, Management, Microeconomics, Information Management, Marketing) and Gateway Education courses (Language, General Education) in your first year. At the end of your first year, you will go through a major allocation exercise and enter one of the following two majors:
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BBA Business Decision Analytics
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BBA Global Operations Management
Why BBA Business Decision Analytics?
The BBA Business Decision Analytics (BDAN) programme aims to develop students’ qualitative and quantitative ability to solve business problems and make decisions through DEEP data analysis. It provides a comprehensive training in business analytics, statistics, business intelligence, risk management, marketing analysis, business knowledge and communication skills.
BBA BDAN students are eligible to apply for the following joint degree programme:
Why BBA Global Operations Management?
The BBA Global Operations Management (GOM) programme aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to tackle the operational challenges of contemporary managers. Students learn to identify operations improvement opportunities for companies, propose and implement improvement solutions, and present their findings and results to senior executives.
Career Prospects
BBA BDAN graduates are prepared for statistical, analytical and managerial positions in financial, commercial and government sectors.
BBA GOM graduates are prepared for careers as management trainees, operations managers, operations analysts, project managers, etc. They typically begin in areas such as consulting, financial operations, health care operations, procurement and sourcing, retail management and supply chain management.
Admission Arrangements
JUPAS applicants will be considered for admission to first-year studies at the Department of Decision Analytics & Operations. Students will enter either BDAN or GOM as their major after one year of study. The top 40% of students in the Department# will have a free choice of majors. The remaining 60% of students will be allocated a major subject to the availability of places and the selection criteria set by individual majors. Please click here for details.
# based on CGPA with no failed grades and completion of at least 30 credit units including College/Department required courses
Remarks:
Programme Website
Requirements
- Programme Entrance Requirements
- General Entrance Requirements
| Core Subjects | Minimum Level |
|---|---|
| CHINESE LANGUAGE | 3 |
| CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | Attained |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 |
| MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART | 3 |
| Elective Subject(s) | Minimum Level |
|---|---|
| ANY 2 SUBJECTS | 3 |
- Besides Category A elective subjects, Mathematics extended modules (M1/M2) and Category C other language subject can also be used to meet the elective requirement. If students take both M1 and M2, they are counted as one subject only.
- Applied Learning (ApL) subjects are not counted as elective subjects.
| Core Subjects | Minimum Level |
|---|---|
| CHINESE LANGUAGE | 3 |
| CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | Attained |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 |
| MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART | 2 |
| Elective Subject(s) | Minimum Level |
|---|---|
| ANY 2 SUBJECTS | 3 |
- Liberal Studies would be used as the alternative of the core subject requirement of Citizenship and Social Development.
- Unspecified electives may include Category A elective subjects, Mathematics extended modules (M1/M2) (except for JS1801) and Category C other language subjects (Japanese: Level N3 or above; Korean: Grade 3 or above; French/German/Spanish: Level A2 or above) (except for JS1200, JS1201, JS1217, JS1801, JS1805, JS1806 and JS1807). If students take both M1 and M2, they are counted as one subject only.
- Applied Learning (ApL) subjects are not counted as elective subjects, except for JS1040, JS1041, JS1042, JS1043, JS1044, JS1805, JS1806 and JS1807.
- Please refer to the minimum entrance requirements webpage for details.
- Applicants who are marginally failed to meet the entrance requirements of the programme may still have opportunity of admission. CityUHK will continue the flexibility towards the minimum entrance requirements for JUPAS applicants in 2025/26 entry. The details of flexible admission arrangement can be found in CityUHK undergraduate admissions website.
- For details of the alternative Chinese Language qualifications acceptable by the University for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) students, please click here.
Calculation of scores for applicants with more than 1 sitting in HKDSE Examination
CityU accepts repeat results and will use the best results in assessing whether applicants fulfil the entrance requirements and to calculate admission scores.
First Year Tuition Fee
HK$ 44,500
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Statistics
Application Statistics (after Modification of Programme Choices)
| Year | Band A | Band B | Band C | Band D | Band E | Total |
| 2024 | 416 | 382 | 527 | 552 | 419 | 2296 |
| 2023 | 107 | 229 | 384 | 534 | 374 | 1628 |
| 2022 | 115 | 188 | 403 | 578 | 415 | 1699 |
| 2021 | 95 | 221 | 380 | 501 | 344 | 1541 |
| 2020 | 191 | 289 | 369 | 487 | 374 | 1710 |
Offer Statistics (as at the Announcement of the Main Round Offer Results)
| Year | Band A | Band B | Band C | Band D | Band E | Total |
| 2024 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2023 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
1. As the 2025/26 academic year is the beginning of the 2025/26 - 2027/28 triennium for which the allocation of UGC-funded places is still subject to the Government's approval, the number of intake places shown above is indicative only and subject to changes or confirmation.