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Admission (for 2021 Entry)

Entrance Requirements | Assessment of Applications | JUPAS Admission Scores | Admission to Major

Division of Building Science and Technology 建築科技學部

Options選項: ASc Building Services Engineering 理學副學士(屋宇裝備工程學)
  ASc Construction Engineering and Management 理學副學士(建造工程及管理學)
  ASc Surveying 理學副學士(測量學)

Entrance Requirements

For admission to the government-funded Associate of Science programme offered by the Division of Building Science and Technology, applicants must meet the entrance requirements listed below. The levels/grades indicated are the minimum acceptable but possession of these qualifications in no way guarantees acceptance.

JUPAS
Catalogue No. and Title
Minimum Level Required
HKDSE
English Language
HKDSE
Chinese Language
Three Other HKDSE Subjects
JS1091
Division of Building Science and Technology
(Options: ASc Building Services Engineering,
ASc Construction Engineering and Management,
ASc Surveying)
Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 in three other subjects

(may include Attained with Distinction I or II in ApL `Environmental Engineering' or `Building Technology' as one subject)

Remarks:

  1. Three Other HKDSE Subjects
    • Chinese Language and English Language are excluded.
    • Besides Category A elective subjects, Mathematics extended modules (M1/M2), Category C other language subjects (at grade E or above) and some Category B Applied Learning (ApL) subjects can be used to meet the requirement of “three other HKDSE subjects”. If students take both M1 and M2, the two modules are counted as one subject only.
    • Students who plan to select Building Services Engineering OR Construction Engineering and Management of JS1091 are advised to study M1/M2, and preferably Physics, Combined Science (Physics and Biology) or Combined Science (Physics and Chemistry).
  2. Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students
  3. Applicants who have (i) learned Chinese Language for less than 6 years while receiving primary and secondary education or (ii) learned Chinese Language for 6 years or more in schools but have been taught an adapted and simpler Chinese Language curriculum not normally applicable to the majority of students in local schools can use one of the following qualifications to replace HKDSE Chinese Language Level 2 to meet the entrance requirement.

    • HKDSE Applied Learning Chinese “Attained” or above
    • GCEAL/AS Chinese Grade E or above
    • GCSE/IGCSE Chinese Grade C / Grade 4 or above

    HKDSE other language subjects normally cannot be used to meet the Chinese language entrance requirement. Waivers may be granted only under special circumstances.

 

Assessment of Applications

For applicants who have fulfilled the minimum entrance requirements, various types of admission score are calculated to facilitate selection of applicants for admission.

Presented below is the main admission score used by the Division of Building Science and Technology.

For applicants with the same admission score, reference will be made to other information such as band choice, interview performance, other admission scores, and/or application information where applicable.

JUPAS
Catalogue No. and Programme Title
 
Main Admission Score (with weighting applied)
(see remarks)
Subjects Included Subject Weighting
Eng. Lang. Chi. Lang.
Three Other HKDSE Subjects
JS1091
Division of Building Science and Technology
(Options: ASc Building Services Engineering,
ASc Construction Engineering and Management,
ASc Surveying)
Best 5 subjects (include English Language) 2.5 1.5 2 2 2

Remarks:
- Besides Category A elective subjects, Mathematics extended modules (M1/M2), Category C other language subjects (at grade E or above) and some Applied Learning subjects can be used to meet the requirement of “three other HKDSE subjects". If students take both M1 and M2, the two modules are counted as one subject only. Please refer to the above Entrance Requirements section for details.

Scoring Scale
Category A Core and Elective Subjects
(Including M1/M2)
Level 5** 5* 5 4 3 2 1
Score 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

 

Category C Other Language Subjects
Grade A B C D E
Score 5 4 3 2 1
 

 

For recognized Category B Applied Learning subjects, a score of '3' (Attained with Distinction / Distinction I)
or '4' (Attained with Distinction II) will be used in the score calculation.

JUPAS Admission Score Reference

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Admission to Major

The Division offers a flexible curriculum that provides students with the freedom to decide which discipline they wish to major in after the first semester of study. Students may choose from among:

(1) Building Services Engineering
(2) Construction Engineering and Management
(3) Surveying

In the first semester of study, students will be admitted to the Division of Building Science and Technology. They will study the core-curriculum courses of the Associate of Science programme, English and/or Chinese Language and Gateway Education courses.

At the end of the first semester, students will be allocated a major of their choice, subject to their academic performance, the availability of places and the selection criteria set by the Division of Building Science and Technology.

Last update: 08 October 2020