City University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong
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JS1042
BA Creative Media (Features: Animation / Cinema & Photography / Critical Theory & Practices / Game & Playable Media / New Media Art / Sound Art) 文學士(創意媒體) (特點: 動畫 / 電影及攝影 / 批判理論及實踐 / 遊戲及可玩媒體 / 新媒體藝術 / 聲音藝術)
BACM
Short Description
This major is an innovative programme that advocates inter-medial creative practices. The programme fuses art, culture and media technology, covering a wide range of subjects such as cinema, animation, photography, sound, installation, interactive media, video games and new media art. The curriculum strongly focuses on applied learning and integrated training in creativity and technology. Students are expected to develop professional competency and creative and critical thinking via hands-on learning and studio practice.
This major is designed to train creative talents and practitioners who not only possess cultural sensibility but are also equipped with strong technological literacy, ready and adaptable for the cultural sphere, creative industries and media sector of the 21st century.
BA Creative Media students are eligible to apply for the following joint degree programme:
Remarks:
Useful Links:
Useful Information for JUPAS Applicants
Assessment of Applications
Interview Arrangements
Flexible Admission Arrangement for JUPAS Applicants
Special Consideration for JUPAS Applicants
CityUHK Scholarships for Hong Kong Talents
CityU Tiger Programme
JUPAS Admissions Score Reference
Programme Website
Requirements
- Programme Entrance Requirements
- General Entrance Requirements
- Subjects under the following Applied Learning course clusters (subject list available at the Education Bureau website):
- Design Studies
- Media Arts
- Performing Arts
- Films, TV and Broadcasting Studies
- Media Production and Public Relations
- Medical Science and Health Care
- Psychology
- Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
- Information Engineering
- Services Engineering
- Business Studies ('Data Application for Business' course only)
Portfolio Submission:
Consideration may also be given to employment, travel and other examples of life experience.
| 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
Contacts
Statistics
Application Statistics (after Modification of Programme Choices)
| Year | Band A | Band B | Band C | Band D | Band E | Total |
| 2024 | 253 | 376 | 545 | 663 | 529 | 2366 |
| 2023 | 279 | 415 | 597 | 661 | 504 | 2456 |
| 2022 | 313 | 420 | 602 | 707 | 525 | 2567 |
| 2021 | 277 | 343 | 539 | 612 | 463 | 2234 |
| 2020 | 263 | 386 | 596 | 684 | 541 | 2470 |
| 2019 | 447 | 536 | 681 | 814 | 601 | 3079 |
| 2018 | 592 | 686 | 837 | 903 | 660 | 3678 |
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 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2022 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2021 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2020 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2019 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2018 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
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.