Choice finished for 4th friend of School Nominations Direct Admission Scheme
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The Education Bureau (EDB) today (July 4) revealed the conclusion of the choice procedure for the 4th associate of the School Nominations Direct Admission Scheme (SNDAS).
An overall of 814 legitimate SNDAS elections were gotten from 420 secondary schools for the 4th accomplice. In the previous couple of months, the 8 University Grants Committee (UGC)-moneyed universities taking part in the Scheme set up interviews for the chosen trainees and thoroughly considered their specific benefits. Company deals were ultimately made to 342 candidates prior to the release of the 2025 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination results, of which 335 have actually accepted the deals and will start research study on their picked UGC-funded undergraduate programs in September 2025 in a large spectrum of disciplines consisting of architecture, surveying and town, arts and liberal arts, organization, computing and engineering, ecological research studies, style, arts, language, law, medication and health, music, sciences and social sciences. A breakdown by research study discipline is supplied in the Annex.
The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, was pleased to keep in mind the motivating outcomes of the 4th associate of the SNDAS, in specific the continuing boost in the variety of deals made to effective candidates.
“Talent in diversified skills and knowledge is the key to Hong Kong’s future development. The Government has always placed great emphasis on nurturing young people, striving to enhance the education system and creating diverse opportunities for students to reach their full potential in different areas. I am deeply grateful for the support from secondary schools and universities for the SNDAS, as well as their recognition of students’ multifaceted talents, and for cultivating more future talent for Hong Kong,” Dr Choi stated.
To promote a culture of complex quality, the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau has actually introduced the Multi-talent Development Scholarship (MDS) in the 2025/26 scholastic year, moneyed by the Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries, for admittees of the SNDAS showing impressive accomplishments in arts, sports and/or social work on top of the company uses made under the SNDAS.
Amongst the trainees being officially confessed to their particular universities under the SNDAS, each of the 8 UGC-funded universities will be welcomed to choose SNDAS admittees showing an exceptional efficiency in arts, sports and/or social work for granting scholarships in addition to the company provides made. The quotas of scholarship elections will be dispersed proportionally having regard to the variety of trainees confessed to each university by the SNDAS. Each recipient, exempt to ways screening, will be approved a scholarship of $10,000 each year throughout his/her four-year tuition duration. Universities will delight in the autonomy to pick and choose recipients for the MDS.
The 5th mate of the SNDAS will be open for applications by Secondary Six trainees taking the 2026 HKDSE Examinations and starting their undergraduate research studies in September 2026. Information of the application plans will be revealed in due course.
The SNDAS was presented in 2021 as part of EDB’s action to the suggestions made by the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum, that included boosting versatility in university admissions. The 8 UGC-funded universities had actually designated around 300 openly financed undergraduate programs for the 4th friend of the SNDAS and set admission requirements that are not based upon HKDSE Examination results for specific programs.