Admission

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 before end of April, 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