• Sub-system for School Principal's Nominations
• Self Recommendation Scheme
• Sub-system for Applicants with a Disability

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Sub-system for School Principal's Nominations

The main objective of this Sub-system is to give due recognition to students who have contributed to social services or made outstanding achievements in non-academic areas such as sports, music, social services, other cultural activities, or who have demonstrated leadership abilities. It is hoped that this Sub-system will also encourage schools to provide opportunities for their students to participate in different areas of non-academic activities, and students to make good use of these opportunities.

More details on the Sub-system can be found at the JUPAS web site.

Interview Arrangement
Interview for the Sub-system for School Principal's Nominations will be held in mid June. Nominees under the JUPAS Sub-system for School Principal's Nominations will be invited to interviews in June provided that:

a) they have selected HKBU programme(s) in their JUPAS Band A choices;

b) they have met/are going to fulfill the University and Programme admission requirements for the Band A Programme(s). 

Applicants who are selected for interview will receive a SMS message and an email notification with interview details around 1^st week of June informing them of the interview arrangement.

Assessment of School Principal's Nominations
Based on the applicants' interview performance and information stated in their JUPAS applications, interviewed applicants will be informed of the following interview results before the announcement of HKALE results:

1) Conditional Offer, subject to fulfillment of the offer conditions stated in the interview result notification letter;

2) Bonus score be added to improve the chance of admission;

3) Applications be considered on equal grounds as other regular applications.

Kindly note that any favourable considerations will only be given if the applicants place the particular HKBU Programme(s) as their Band A choices after final reprioritization of choices in July.

Announcement of School Principal's Nominations
School Principal's nominees and the belonging School Principals will be informed of the outcome of the nominations by post before the announcement of HKALE results.

Enquiry
Please contact us if you have any enquiry regarding the Sub-system for School Principal's Nominations.

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Self Recommendation Scheme (SRS)

Introduction
Founded in 1956, the University has established its place in Hong Kong's tertiary education sector emphasizing on academic excellence and whole-person education with Christian ethos. Echoing the University's emphasis on students' all-round development, the University has participated in the JUPAS Self Recommendation Scheme with the view to giving due recognition to JUPAS applicants who have outstanding achievements in the following extra-curricular activities:

• Awards from / Participation in International / National /Regional Competitions or Achievements in Local Competitions
• Awards from / Participation in Other Local Competitions / Inter-School Competitions or Key Positions Held Demonstrating Leadership
• School / Community Services
• Other Extra-curricular Activities / Achievements

Eligibility
If you are a JUPAS applicant and believe that you have made outstanding achievements in extra-curricular activities, you are eligible to nominate yourself to HKBU programmes under the Self Recommendation Scheme if you meet the following criteria:

• have chosen HKBU programme(s) as your JUPAS Band A choice(s); and
• have met/are going to meet the University's and the Programme's admission requirements of your Band A choices.

Submission of Self Recommendation Portfolio and Supporting Documents
You may submit a portfolio for consideration of the University under the Self Recommendation Scheme to the JUPAS Office by 27 February 2010. For details, please refer to the latest JUPAS Guide or visit the JUPAS website at http://www.jupas.edu.hk.

Interview Arrangement
Interview for the Self Recommendation Scheme will be held in mid June. Applicants who are selected for interview will receive a SMS message and an email notification with interview details around 1^st week of June informing them of the interview arrangement.

When attending the interview, applicants are requested to produce original copies of supporting documents for the awards/achievements/services, stated in their Self Recommendation Portfolio for verification purpose.

Please note that only applicants who have very outstanding achievements in non-academic areas will be selected for interview.

Assessment of Self Recommendation
A SRS score will be computed based on your non-academic achievements for consideration of admission to your JUPAS Band A programme choices. Favourable consideration, if any, will be given to you only if the HKBU programmes remain as your Band A choices after the reprioritization of choices in July. 

For programmes that you place as your Band A choices after final reprioritization, the departments concerned will decide whether your Self-recommendation be considered or not.

On top of the non-academic achievements, applicants are required to fulfill the minimum University and Programme admission requirements for consideration of admission. Kindly note that admission is on competitive basis, satisfying minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission.

Announcement of Self Recommendation Results
The final decision on admission will be announced together with the result of the JUPAS Main Round exercise. No separate notification will be sent to individual applicants.

Enquiry
Please contact us if you have any enquiry regarding the Self Recommendation Scheme.

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Sub-system for Applicants with a Disability

The Sub-system is intended to enable applicants with a disability to find out as early as possible the special assistance and facilities available to them on their admission and to help us provide help and advice to them at an early stage. In the context of this Subsystem, the term "disability" refers to the following types of disabilities:

• physical handicap;
• hearing impairment;
• visual impairment;
• visceral disability;
• speech impairment;
• autism; and
• mental illness.

The deadline for submission of application under this Sub-system is 27 February 2010. Please visit the JUPAS web site for more details.

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