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The Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Chinese: 大學聯合招生辦法) or JUPAS (聯招) in Hong Kong is a unified system for applying to the eight universities for undergraduate admission. In 2006, 32,791^[1] students applied for programs of the 8 institutions under this scheme. Originally all programmes under JUPAS are government-funded, before the participation of Open University of Hong Kong in 2007, providing only self-financed degrees.

In 2000, all government-funded Higher diplomas from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Associate Degrees from City University of Hong Kong are also allocated under JUPAS. However, since 2005, the latter started converting all their government-funded Associate Degrees programmes to self-financed one, which are managed by a community college owned by the university. They finally outlawed all government-funded Associate Degrees in 2008.

The system was introduced in 1990. The system mainly evaluates students' Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) and Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) qualifications for application of programs offered by:

Application process

Applicants applying through JUPAS can select up to 25 choices of any program offered by the 9 local institutes via the online portal, provided that they satisfied the prerequisites. The application form is sub-divided into different bandings, namely Band A, B, C, D & E. Putting choices in different bands will affect the scoring of the applicants in the JUPAS process, therefore putting a program higher in their priority list will increase the chance of getting into a program in most cases.

Selection process

Each and every program offered under JUPAS will make a "Merit order list" for all its applicants based on their academic performances, interview performances and extra curricular activities. Note that many programs only look into the applicants' academic performance(especially in HKALE) when they create their "Merit order list".

The "Merit order list" and the applicants rank list are then entered into a match-making process. The process uses elminations so that all applicants will only get into a program that they preferred most in their application form and which they qualify.

The JUPAS is one of the most competivte university selection process in the World, which is claimed followed after China's Higher Level Examination. In 2007, more than 16000 students are able to meet the minimum requirements entering the university (passing in both language subjects plus 2 AL equivent subjects in HKALE) ^[2]. However, only about 11500 students are being selected to study a degree by JUPAS institutites in the same year^[3] Which means about 35% of applicants that have a minimum requirement ends up not being offered by any institutes. Moreover, the number of degrees offered by JUPAS institutes are decreasing every year, about 13% between 2002 to 2006, a slight rise can be seen in 2007 due to the addition of OUHK's self-financed degree programmes.

Sub-systems/Schemes

Apart from the main selection scheme and the EAS Scheme, JUPAS also offer a few sub-systems and schemes for candidates who may not do well academically but with proved qualities/needs in other areas.

Sub-system for Applicants with a Disability

Applicants with the following disability may apply through this scheme:

Physical handicapped
Hearing impairment
Visual impairment
Visceral disability
Speech impairment
Autism
Mental illness

The goal of this sub-system is to allow applicants to find out as early as possible the special assistance and facilities institutions could provide to them on their admission. Applicants may receive separate offers through this sub-system.

Sub-system for School Principal's Nominations

Each principal of a local secondary school may nominate up to three students from his/her own school. Those students must be having outstanding achievements in non-academic areas such as sports, music, social services, other cultural activities, or who have demonstrated leadership abilities. The goal of this scheme is to encourage students to go beyond academic during their secondary studies.

Self Recommendation Scheme

This scheme is for applicants with outstanding achievements in extracurricular activities. Applicants who apply for this scheme in addition to the main scheme will be able to provide a portfolio of extracurricular activities to the institutes he/she applies, so that those institutes may also consider the applicants' achievements in other areas in addition to their academic achievements. The goal for this scheme is to encourage students to participate in more extracurricular activities during their secondary studies.

Footnotes

^ JUPAS Application Statistics provided by JUPAS, 30 June 2006, URL accessed 18 July 2008.
^ HKALE Statistics 2007 provided by HKEAA, 29 June 2007, URL accessed 18 July, 2008
^ JUPAS Offer Statistics provided by JUPAS, 18 July 2006, URL accessed 18 July 2008.

External links

Official website

[1] JUPAS Application Statistics provided by JUPAS, 30 June 2006, URL accessed 18 July 2008.

[2] HKALE Statistics 2007 provided by HKEAA, 29 June 2007, URL accessed 18 July, 2008

[3] JUPAS Offer Statistics provided by JUPAS, 18 July 2006, URL accessed 18 July 2008.

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 The "Merit order list" and the applicants rank list are then entered into a match-making process. The process uses elminations so that all applicants will only get into a program that they preferred most in their application form and which they qualify.
-The JUPAS is one of the most competivte university selection process in the World, which is  claimed followed after China's Higher Level Examination. In 2007, about 16000 students are able to meet the minimum requirements entering the university (passing in both language subjects plus 2 AL equivent subjects in HKALE). However, only about 11500 students are being selected to study a degree by JUPAS institutites in the same year<ref>[http://www.jupas.edu.hk/jupas/content_stat_mainround.htm JUPAS Offer Statistics] provided by JUPAS, [[30 June]] [[2006]], URL accessed [[18 July]] [[2008]].</ref> Which means about 35% of applicants that have a minimum requirement ends up not being offered by any institutes. Moreover, the number of degrees offered by JUPAS institutes are decreasing every year, about 13% between 2002 to 2006, a slight rise can be seen in 2007 due to the addition of OUHK's self-financed degree programmes.
+The JUPAS is one of the most competivte university selection process in the World, which is  claimed followed after China's Higher Level Examination. In 2007, more than 16000 students are able to meet the minimum requirements entering the university (passing in both language subjects plus 2 AL equivent subjects in HKALE) <ref>[http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/doc/fd/2007ale/alexamstat07_3.pdf HKALE Statistics 2007] provided by HKEAA, [[29 June]] [[2007]], URL accessed [[18 July]], [[2008]]</ref>. However, only about 11500 students are being selected to study a degree by JUPAS institutites in the same year<ref>[http://www.jupas.edu.hk/jupas/content_stat_mainround.htm JUPAS Offer Statistics] provided by JUPAS, [[18 July]] [[2006]], URL accessed [[18 July]] [[2008]].</ref> Which means about 35% of applicants that have a minimum requirement ends up not being offered by any institutes. Moreover, the number of degrees offered by JUPAS institutes are decreasing every year, about 13% between 2002 to 2006, a slight rise can be seen in 2007 due to the addition of OUHK's self-financed degree programmes.
 ==Sub-systems/Schemes==