Briefing on Outgoing Exchange and Overseas

Summer Programmes

October 27, 2017

One year of exchange studies in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong

Autumn semester in Tokyo (Keio); Spring semester in Seoul (Yonsei); Summer in HK (HKU)

Medium of instruction: English

Quotas: 5 students from HKU (priority given to Social Science students)

Application: November 20 - December 21, 2017

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For all HKU Full-time

Undergraduate Students

Fulfill the Global Citizenship requirement by transferring course credits of advanced courses from Keio University and Yonsei University

Fulfill the Social Innovation requirement by undertaking a taught course and a 6-week internship in Summer in Hong Kong

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Study together with students from the following renowned overseas universities in South Korea and Hong Kong Cornell University

Princeton University

King’s College London

Georgetown University

University of Geneva

University of Southern California

Website: www.socsc.hku.hk/3campus/

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Financial Support• All accepted students reach the academic standard are

eligible for HKUWW scholarship (subject to approval by IAO)

• HK$15,000 to FOSS students (to be paid to Yonsei direct to subsidize part of the accommodation fee)

Pay HKU tuition fee + travel and living expenses

Keio and Yonsei will assist in finding accommodation in Japan and South Korea

Partner Universities (Faculty-level Exchange Programmes)

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1) Take time and do research on host institutions’ requirements2) Get yourself prepared for fulfilling the specific requirements 3) Research on the major or courses from preferred host institutions

When you plan for Exchange

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BEFORE departure, you are required to:

complete application procedures including the following through the Outgoing Exchange Study Application System (OES)

- apply for Leave of Absence with/without Credit Transfer through

- submit the academic calendar of the host institution to FOSS via the OES

- submit relevant course outlines/descriptions for the planned courses

When you get an offer

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Important notes:

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1) The Faculty Office will send out notification email announcing the commencement of the application period for the OES.

2) Select not fewer than 24 nor more than 36 HKU-equivalent credits of courses in any one semester.

3) Leave of absence and credit transfer must be applied BEFORE DEPARTURE.

4) At least 50% of the credits for fulfilling a major (excluding the fulfilment of SocialInnovation and Global Citizenship)/ minor programme requirement must be taken at HKU.

When you return to HK

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The official transcript issued by the host institution is required in order to complete the credit transfer process and the transcript shall be sent by the host institution to HKU 1 to 2 month(s) after your exchange studies. Only the credits of successfully completed courses at the host institution can be transferred to HKU.

The host institution will send the transcripts to the organizers of exchange programmes (e.g. IAO) and the transcripts will be forwarded to the Faculty Office for credit transfer.

However, if you wish to obtain a copy of transcript for your good self, you should apply it from the host institution direct.

Confirmation of Credit Transfer

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You can check and confirm your result of credit transfer on OES after exchange upon receipt of the notification email from the Faculty Office.

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University-level Faculty-level Departmental-level (exclusive for JMSC)

Coordinator International Affairs Office Faculty of Social Sciences

Journalism and Media Studies Centre

Application Period

September 8 –December 1, 2017

October 30–November 30, 2017

November 23 –December 11, 2017 (tentative)

Website http://www.aal.hku.hk/studyabroad/avail_program.php?id=1&type=outgoing

http://www.socsc.hku.hk/sigc/exchange/#faculty-level-exchange-out

http://jmsc.hku.hk/2010/01/international-student-exchanges/

Exchange Application

FAQs

http://www.socsc.hku.hk/sigc/faq/

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Student’s Sharing

Miss FAN Chun Ying BSocSc(Govt&Laws)&LLB Year 4

University of Warwick, U.K.

Q&A Session

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