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The Faculty of Business and Economics was established in 2001 as the university's tenth and youngest faculty. After 1989, the Hong Kong government began to emphasise local tertiary education in order to retain local students who would otherwise have studied abroad in the United Kingdom.
Prior to 1993, students needed to choose among two university entrance examinations, the HKALE or the Hong Kong Higher Level Examination.The former originally led to a three-year course in the University of Hong Kong (HKU) at the end of Form Seven (Upper Six), mainly for students in English-medium schools.
Grade D: Pass or GCSE/GCE B; Grade E: Pass or GCSE/GCE C; Grade F: Failed; UNCL: Unclassified; Note: Grade C or above in a HKCEE subject is recognised as equivalent to an O-level pass (grade C or better) in an overseas GCE examination. But Grade E in HKCEE is commonly recognized as a pass for most employers and education institutes in Hong Kong.
To reduce students' pressure of dealing with two examinations and admission processes, the University Grants Committee set up the JUPAS to unite the admission processes of five of the institutions (HKU, CUHK, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute, and the Hong Kong Baptist University). The UGC also selected the ...
Students who wish to study Mathematics to a higher level have the flexibility to choose one of the two Extended Modules: "M1" Calculus and Statistics or "M2" Algebra and Calculus. [9] However, the Extended Modules are considered only half a subject by the HKEAA, despite having syllabi amounting to full elective subjects.
In 2018 Angie Chan reported that increasing numbers of Chinese students, including Hong Kong Chinese and mainland Chinese, were enrolling in private international schools. In 2017 the percentage of foreign students in such institutions was under 75%, with Hong Kong Chinese being 21.6% and mainland Chinese being about 4%.
Alphabetised List; Note 1: The Open University of Hong Kong was established and financed by the Hong Kong Government from 1989 to 1993. Since then, it has been self-financed but still receives some irregular subsidies and loans from the government.
The Faculty of Arts, along with the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Medicine, are one of the first Faculties of the University of Hong Kong when it was established in 1912. [2]