\tThe Faculty of Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will launch a flexible Broad-based Admissions Scheme for Life Sciences programmes in the 2009\/10 academic year. Being the first such scheme of the Faculty of Science, it will allow students to explore their interests in all 6 Life Sciences programmes offered by the faculty during the first year of study before declaring their major study programme.<\/p>
\tThe 6 participating Life Sciences programmes include Biochemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, Food and Nutritional Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology and the new programme, Cell and Molecular Biology. The 6 Programmes now share one single JUPAS code for both the Joint University Programmes Admissions Scheme (JUPAS) and Early Admissions Scheme (EAS).<\/p>
\tUnder this new scheme, students do not have to choose any particular programme at the time of admission. They will go through a common set of courses in their first year of study. Thereafter, they can choose their major programme from the 6 Life Sciences disciplines. The admission quota of Life Sciences will be 220, i.e., the combined quota of the 6 programmes, with students admitted having a free choice of their major programme after their first year of study.<\/p>
\t“With the launch of this new broad-based admissions scheme, students will have more time to consider before deciding which Life Sciences discipline to pursue,” said Professor Hoi-shan Kwan, Dean of Faculty of Science. “The new scheme gives options to applicants with greater flexibility in making their programme choice. After they are admitted, students will build a broader foundation in Life Sciences disciplines before they proceed to the major studies,” he added.<\/p>
\t“We do not have a specific quota for each Life Sciences discipline. Students admitted under this scheme will have a higher chance to pursue their favorite programme when compared to admissions through the programme-based scheme,” he said.<\/p>
\tProspective students may access the website (www.cuhk.edu.hk\/sci\/lifesciences.htm<\/a>) for more details about this admissions scheme. Email enquiries can also be sent to lifesciences@cuhk.edu.hk<\/a>.<\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":null,"video_file":null,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":"316","photos_original":null,"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/47359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/47359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}