HKU-Science Po Dual Degree Program 

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通常係bachelor of econ/bachelor of art 嘅，佢application process 會唔一樣，因為頭兩年會係science po讀。

通常佢會要一份大約1000字嘅Personal Statement，就係話點解想去science po，同點解要報呢個program，之後會有人聯絡你Skype/ in person alumni interview ，佢會早少少出conditional offer! 最

重要係佢會係application process 問你econ/art想focus 係邊個area (ex: Asia , Europe) ～

同埋雖然去法國讀書但係唔一定要識講法文先可以報/入到，

因為佢係全英文教學，但係如果識講法文嘅話會係一個bonus!

 

呢個program 嘅好處就係可以識到唔同嘅人，因為好多全球性最好嘅大學，

譬如話哥倫比亞大學 UC Berkeley Usyd 都有一樣嘅program，

所以變相來講會係一個好機會去擴闊自己嘅社交圈子；

但係相對來講呢個會係一個比較難嘅application process，

因為science Po係political science 係全球第二，如果要報要少少心理準備。

另外如果你俾人reject左呢個program，就唔可以單獨報science po or 經其他大學去報返同一個program。

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HKU-UCL LLB

 

*application procedures*

for me the 2016 batch applying through JUPAS (may be not that updated hahahah),

i had to submit a personal statement to the ucl-hku admission team to explain why im a suitable candidate etc,

and i was told to choose HKU LLB as A1 choice in JUPAS for a chance to be accepted in the program.

then the successful applicants were notified in late july/ early aug about the results ~

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- but the case might be different for IB students, i heard they had to do interviews too

(for JUPAS they was no f2f assessments)

 

 

*review about the programme*

- exams

UCL will be all closed-book in-hall exams (only one final exam a year). In HKU, there will be 2 exams a year, consisting of some openbook/ closedbook/ takehome exams.

 

- teaching style

i would say UCL is more interactive. 

(esp for its tutorial system - you only hv ard 6 students in a group and you will always be asked to speak haha) But for HKU, its more like seminar so you might be able to sit back for a bit.

 

- Extra-curricular-wise

i think UCL has a better system - cause for my 2 years, the UCL Law Soc held a lot of competitions for both aspiring barristers and solicitors - i know hku does a lot of mooting but if you are looking for more commercial comeptitions ucl offers more on negotiation/ client interviewing etc. And I think UCL offers more firm visits/ networking events for year1/2 students (cause its usual for them to start given they only have 3 years for an ordinary LLB programme)

 

- PROS

this programme gives u access to the knowledge base and networks in two prestigious unis

- you wont have to take conversion exams if you take this programme bc you are considered as a hku student

 

- CONS

the time at HKU will be quite intense (168 credits in the 2 years in hku, 84cred each), bc you will have to do a dissertation plus a compulsory hku legal clinic placement which are additional compared to ur straight HKU LLB coursemates. But the good thing is some will only be introductory courses others do in year1/2. Also, your time at UCL is relatively more chill I would say because you only have cover 4 core law modules a year.