Important Updates – JS6717-Bachelor of Social Sciences Expected Score (2026 JUPAS)

At HKU Faculty of Social Sciences, we strive to provide world-class education so as nurture the next generation of leaders in Society.

To give our prospective applicants full confidence and clarity during your JUPAS planning, we are pleased to announce that the 2026 Expected Score for the Bachelor of Social Sciences is set at 24 (Best 5 subjects). This maintains our well-established, stable admission standards from previous years, ensuring our flagship programme remains highly accessible and welcoming to all aspiring students!

Diverse Major Choices and Flexibility

The Bachelor of Social Sciences Programme offers a wide array of 1^st major and 2^nd major choices. Major declaration is subject to students’ Interest. There is NO Quota and no GPA requirements.

1st Majors

• Computational Social Science
  • AI, Data Science, Machine Learning……
• Geography
  • GIS, Human and Physical Geography, Sustainable Development…..
• Politics & Public Administration
  • International Relations, Public Policy
• Social Policy & Social Development
  • Social Enterprise, Social Work……
• Sociology
  • Crime, Culture, Media, Population……

2nd Majors

• Cognitive Science
• Counselling
• Criminology
• Psychology
• Urban Governance
• Majors offered by other faculties
• …and MORE!

Faculty-arranged Internship Opportunities

Our faculty offers Experiential Learning opportunities, in the form of credit-bearing internships. We collaborate with over 160 local and non-local community partners as internship employers, to provide diverse choices of placements:

• Urban Planning

• • Civic Exchange
  • Land Education Foundation

• Social Services

• • Against Child Abuse
  • Caritas Rehabilitation Service
  • Hong Kong Red Cross

• Diplomacy

• • Consulate General of Belgium in Hong Kong
  • Royal Thai Consulate-General, Hong Kong

• Public Policy

• • Hong Kong Policy Research Institute
  • Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute

• International Relations

• • UNWFP (UN World Food Programme)
  • UNICEF Hong Kong

For more information about our flagship programme, Bachelor of Social Sciences, click HERE to learn more!