SARs to recruit mainland students

Source: Xinhua  |   2008-6-3  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

THE Ministry of Education said yesterday that 18 universities and colleges from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Macau SAR, could enroll new students from the mainland this year.

The schools will admit students from every part of the Chinese mainland except Gansu and Qinghai provinces and the ethnic autonomous regions of Xinjiang, Tibet, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia.

They will finish recruiting before mainland universities start the process to avoid overlapping. Degrees from Hong Kong or Macau institutions of higher learning are recognized by the mainland.

Among the 12 Hong Kong institutions are the University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University and Lingnan University. They will recruit students for undergraduate programs only.

Macau universities, including the University of Macau, Macau University of Science & Technology, Macau Polytechnic Institute, and Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, offer undergraduate programs. Postgraduate programs are offered by the University of Macau, the Macau University of Science & Technology, and Asia International Open University.