Programme Prerequisite
Students who are interested to enroll in this programme will have to go through the selection procedures (e.g., interviews)
Selection Criteria
General expectation
Students have strong desire to form their own companies
Bonus points
Students have entrepreneurial experience, e.g. forming startup or attending business competitions…etc.
Students have already partnered with other students to form a very strong team
Students come with an excellent idea/product
Preferred students
Year 3 students
Complete the Minor in the 1st semester of Year 4 , start fundraising in the 2nd semester, and then graduate
Investor will not need to wait for them for another year to operate the company
Would also consider
Year 4 students
They should make a decision to defer one semester in order to complete the Minor
Year 2 students
They need to show their specialties, e.g. any of the bonus points mentioned above
Selection Procedures
The quota for this Minor programme is 20 for students from all faculties
To help students to build a better team, it is recommended for each student to write and submit a one- page proposal to Dr. Rocky Law via email to rockylaw@hku.hk, showing:
Who you are
Name, Student No., Faculty, Major, Year of Study, email address, Tel No., Date
How special you are
Why you should be chosen, e.g. because you have:
excellent team (preferably including at least science, engineering, business students…etc.)
excellent idea
excellent experience…etc
- Interview will be arranged after receiving one page proposal
Students will be notified the result in late June