China News Service, June 14. According to Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Daily" report, the new crown epidemic is raging around the world, causing many mainland students who originally planned to study abroad to study in Hong Kong.
As the application process for Hong Kong universities to admit mainland students is coming to an end, the newspaper has inquired with many universities in Hong Kong. The University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Education University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University have all recorded year-on-year growth. Among them, the University of Hong Kong this year The number of registered mainland students has increased by about 50% compared with last year.
Lingnan University of Hong Kong also recorded 28 students competing for one place this year, and the competition for places is fierce.
According to reports, the mainland college entrance examination ended last week, and the first-stage registration procedures for Hong Kong universities to recruit mainland students for the new academic year have ended one after another. More than 2,500 applications have been received, an increase of about 50% compared with the same period last year; Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Communication (Journalism and Digital Media / Public Relations and Advertising) and Bachelor of Business Administration, the three most popular, Guangdong, Shandong and Sichuan The province has the most applicants.
This year, HKBU has 113 mainland undergraduates who have passed the college entrance examination. It is expected that the number of students enrolled in the next academic year will be similar, that is, an average of 23 students will compete for one place.
According to the report, Lingnan University, which closed last Thursday for registration, plans to select about 70 mainland undergraduates for the next academic year, and has received about 1,950 applications, that is, an average of 28 students are competing for one place, and the competition for places is fierce.
Applicants are also mainly from Guangdong, Shandong and Sichuan, and the most popular courses are Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Bachelor of Social Science - Economics.
Zhang Huifang, Provost of Lingnan University, believes that the increase in the number of applicants is related to the severe epidemic situation overseas, mainland parents are worried about students living alone overseas, and mainland students tend to go to postgraduate courses after completing undergraduate courses. "The experience of coming to Hong Kong is different from the mainland. After graduation, parents will be more assured that their children will go to study farther away.” She pointed out that the university emphasizes the inclusive system, and regularly organizes activities in the dormitory to promote exchanges and allow students from different regions to integrate naturally.
The University of Hong Kong, the University of Science and Technology, and the University of Education all responded that the number of mainland students applying this year has increased year-on-year.
Among them, the University of Science and Technology pointed out that most of the applicants are from Guangdong Province. It is expected that 190 mainland students will be recruited nationwide, and online interviews will be conducted in the second half of next month; the application deadline for mainland students at the University of Hong Kong will be on the 28th of this month, but as of last Friday, the number of applicants has increased compared with previous years. There is a slight increase.
In addition, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong will enroll mainland undergraduates in batches in advance in 31 provinces and cities through the "National University Unified Admissions Program", with admission scholarships. The former is expected to recruit 4 to 23 students in each province, A total of about 300 students; the latter is expected to enroll a total of 220 students.
Many universities have set up scholarships to attract mainland students. Among them, HKBU provides a full scholarship of HK$195,000 per year and a half scholarship of HK$97,500 per year for outstanding mainland students. Scholarships will be awarded to mainland students with a score of 120 or above in English in the college entrance examination.
PolyU provides a full scholarship and an annual living allowance of 50,000 yuan.
At present, the "Eight Universities" in Hong Kong can admit non-local students to study public-funded bachelor's degree programmes through over-enrollment, and the number of students is limited to 20% of the approved public-funded bachelor's degree places.
In the 21/22 academic year, there are more than 13,000 non-local students in UGC-funded undergraduate programmes, accounting for nearly 180% of the public-funded places, and mainland students account for 65% of the non-local students; There are a total of 126 non-local students in the research courses of the graduate school, of which nearly 90% are mainland students.