Cross-Institutional General/Gateway Education (GE) Course Enrolment Scheme for Undergraduate Students

Cross-Institutional GE

It is agreed since 2011 between City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) that cross-institutional General/Gateway Education (GE) course enrolment be implemented. Both parties shall, on the basis of reciprocity, support and promote undergraduate students to gain access to each other’s General/Gateway Education (GE) courses.  The scheme allows students to enroll in GE courses offered by both institutions, benefitting from each other’s expertise. All full-time UGC-funded undergraduates of the 4-Year curriculum of HKBU and CityUHK  are eligible to apply. Each institution will reserve 100 seats for use by the partner institution in any academic year, capping the maximum number of student cross-registering in each semester to 50 (on first-come-first-served basis).  Interested students please read the relevant information and submit application for course enrolment according to the procedures and deadline as specified below.

Guidelines Governing the Cross-Institutional GE Course Enrolment Scheme for Undergraduate Students

Purpose

An agreement has been made between City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University to allow their Undergraduate Students to enrol in courses offered by both institutions. This Provision, effective from September 2015, will help enlarge the pool of courses for selection and allows students to gain access to other institutions' expertise.

General Principles

Students who wish to apply for courses offered by both institutions should submit an application to the host institution via their home institution before the course starts. The application should be accompanied by the endorsement of their home institution.

Acceptance of the student is at the discretion of the host institution, taking into account its quota availability and other relevant factors.  Course quotas will normally be assigned with priority to students of the host institution. They will be available to students of the partner institution for enrolment should there be any quota remained.

Students admitted to a course will be officially registered as a visiting student at the host institution and are required to participate fully in the course, which includes completion of coursework and examinations, if applicable.

If students admitted to a course and cannot sit for the examination of the home institution since it clashes with the examination in the host institution, the home institution should provide invigilation of the make-up examination of their own course, if any, for the students affected.

Grades will be given to students at the end of a course, and a transcript will be sent to the home institution. To comply with the requirement of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, the consent of students for the release of their course results to their home institution will be sought during the course application stage.

The decision as to how the grades should be used and whether credit transfer will be granted is at the sole discretion of the home institution.

Waiver of fees will be granted to such students.