[simonsaid]

Hi,
I'm studying for a Bachelor in business administration and would like to go to HK next year for one or two semesters. I want to concentrate my field of study on finance (In Germany you just have business administration and economy but no designated Bachelor in finance).

I considered to study at the HKU or at the CityU. At the moment I rather prefer to study at the CityU. I would be glad if you could tell me, whether my considertaions are correct or not and give me some useful advice.

HKU:
+ on HK Island - hence very central
+ very good international and local reputation
+ more rooms in residence halls and internationals quota
- halls require participation in "strange" activities and many compulsory events - no-go criteria
-fixed tution fees

CityU
+ courses are rather practical
+ strong program in finance and financial engineering
+ halls don't reqire participation in compulsory events
+ tution fees depend on courses really taken
- not on HK Island but Kowloon
- worse reputation than HKU but still not bad
- visiting stundents have low priority for smaller residence halls than at HKU

[dizzykaz]

HKU is far beta than CityU I suppose. But have you consider UST? I heard that one is the best in Business/ Finance course.

[lionrock88]

If the quality of education and reputation of the university is important to you, I would strongly recommend HKU.

City U is not a reputed university and I know of several i-banks that have an unwritten policy of only hiring graduates from the top 3 local universities: HKU, Chinese U, and HKUST (read: will not hire from City U, Baptist U, Poly U).

[etoile64]

Hi there, I graduated from HKU and am taking a course in CityU at the moment, and the latter experience is simply undesirable. Not only are the CityU lecturers' english level quite appalling, but the students there can get quite rowdy as well. before I had a chance to study at cityU, I actually didn't think it would be that bad, but now, I'd strongly reccommend that anyone wanting the most out of their education/university years should go to HKU. the environment is pleasant, the lecturers and resources up to an international standard, and classmates are much more pleasant to be with. best of luck and hope you like hk.

[simonsaid]

Thanks for your helpful advice.
About the reputation I don't really have to worry about, since I'm just a visiting student and my future employer in Germany most certainly won't care whether it will be HKU or CityU. HKUST program in finance and quantitative finance looks to be good too, but I don't think that I can afford it, since the tuition fees are high and the university doesn't offer accommodations for visiting students.
Maybe I should consider to study at the Chinese University. I'm just wondering about the name - do I have to have knowledge of one Chinese language in order to study there?

I read in this forum and on the website of the HKU that if I live in the halls of the university I have to go to mandatory events and dine every day together with other students. And no alcohol and no gambling is permitted in the halls (does it mean that it's even prohibited to play card games without money???). This sounds to me like even more regulation than in kindergarten and since I have where I study now, I have a single apartment and no events at the university where I mandatory would have to go to. To abandon this freedom would be a very unpleasant change for me.

I also read some hall rules from accommodations at the CUHK and they forbid to own a mah-jongg set or play with it. This sounds a little strange to me although I hate that game. Why do they have to forbid it???

[timklip]

probably because it's a very noisy game when played, and its a big gambling game here....

[PDLM]

One thing that you also have to remember coming from Europe is that you will feel as if you have regressed to kindergarten. The "developmental age" of most 20 year old locals is about equal to that of 12 year olds in Europe (think Hello Kitty for all the girls, for example).

[hongkongtong]

i have decided to go back to school and get my bachelors degree. i dont even have an associates, but i do have my US high school diploma. anybody know which community colleges will take me in, and then am able to transfer those credits to a regular university or college? im pretty sure ill be unable to get into HKU, HKUST, CHINESE U off the bat. someone please help me out thanksssss.

[timklip]

www.ouhk.edu.hk

they are an accredited university as any other, though not as highly thought of as the big 2.