About 34 per cent of students who applied through Hong Kong’s university admissions system have secured tertiary education places this year, marking a slight drop from last year amid stiffer competition.When the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas) results were shared on Wednesday, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) each said they had offered places to half of the 24 top scorers in this year’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) examinations.A dozen top scorers secured spots to CUHK’s medicine programmes, while HKU offered places to the other 12 through its medicine, government and law, as well as business administration and law programmes.
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34% of Hong Kong students win university, diploma spots under admissions system
This year, approximately 34% of students who applied through Hong Kong's university admissions system secured tertiary education places, a slight decrease from the previous year due to increased competition. On Wednesday, results from the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas) were released.
Edith LinSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-05 · 02:00 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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This year, approximately 34% of students who applied through Hong Kong's university admissions system secured tertiary education places, a slight decrease from the previous year due to increased competition. On Wednesday, results from the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas) were released. Both the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) reported offering places to half of the 24 top scorers in the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) examinations. CUHK offered spots in its medicine programs to a dozen top scorers, while HKU offered places to the remaining 12 in its medicine, government and law, and business administration and law programs.
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HKU offered the other 12 top scorers places in its medicine, government and law, as well as business administration and law programmes.
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A dozen top scorers secured spots in CUHK's medicine programmes.
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) offered places to half of the 24 top scorers in this year's DSE examinations.
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34% of students applying through Hong Kong's university admissions system secured tertiary education places this year.
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This year's success rate is a slight drop from last year due to stiffer competition.
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