School Recommended Direct Admission Scheme for Talented Students

School Recommended Direct Admission Scheme
for Talented Students

Objective

School Recommended Direct Admission Scheme for Talented Students (The Scheme) aims at giving due recognition to students who have demonstrated remarkable talents / distinguished achievements in academic and/or non-academic areas, significant contribution to community, or strong leadership for direct admission. Students with distinguished academic and/or non-academic achievements will be considered for direct admission regardless of their HKDSE examination results.

The details for the Scheme are as follows:

School Recommended Direct Admission Scheme for Talented Students
Number of Nominees2 nominees to be recommended for direct admission
Number of programmes joining the Scheme per nomineeOnly 1 applied NMTSS programme,
chosen by the nominee
Outcome of RecommendationsFirm offers

Eligibility

Students who meet the following criteria are eligible to be considered under the Scheme:

  • Local Student* / residents with right of abode in Hong Kong; and
  • Applicant of HSUHK NMTSS programmes; and
  • School applicants attending the public examination e.g. HKDSE, IB, GCE A-level, etc; and
  • Outstanding academic achievements; and/or
  • Distinguished achievements in non-academic areas, e.g. sports, music, arts, etc.; or
  • Outstanding leadership qualities, e.g. Head Prefects, Presidents of Students’ Unions; or
  • Participation in community services

* Please click here for the definitions of local and non-local students.

Submission of Application

  1. All recommendations should be submitted via SCHOOL no later than 14 February 2025 (Friday). Late submission / amendment will not be considered. School applicants who wish to be nominated under the Scheme should approach their school principals or career masters for recommendation.
  2. Required documents for submission include:
    – Completed School Application Form signed by the principal; and
    – Student Personal Profile and ALL copies of certification/awards for each nominee
  3. Each secondary school can nominate 2 students at maximum.
  4. Schools please send the whole set of submission documents to the Registry of HSUHK by email (ugadmission@hsu.edu.hk) or by mail:
    Attn: Registry (Admission Team),
    4/F, M Building, Yuen Campus,

    The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong,
    Hang Shin Link, Siu Lek Yuen, Shatin, Hong Kong
    Re: “School Recommended Direct Admission Scheme for Talented Students”

Important Notes

  • If the school would like to recommend students for admission to programmes under Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP), i.e. BBA-SCM, BSc-AIN, BSc-AC, BSc-DSBI, BMSIM# and BA-AD, please follow the School Principal’s Nominations (SPN) in the JUPAS.
  • Student nominees must first submit application via the HSUHK Undergraduate Application System or Electronic Advance Application System for Post-secondary Programmes (E-APP) and complete all the application procedures (including uploading the HKID Card / valid travel document, school report(s) for the recent two academic years to UAS and settling the application fees) before joining the Scheme.

# The programme will be renamed to Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Business Analytics and Information Management (BSc-BAIM) for Year 1 entry starting from the 2025/26 academic year, subject to approval from CE-in-Council.