WHERE CAN HONG KONG’S DSE STUDENTS TURN IF THEY DON’T GET INTO A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY?
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Some 43,347 day-school candidates are sitting Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam this year, but there are only about 12,000 subsidised undergraduate places at the city’s eight public universities. So what options do the tens of thousands of remaining students have?
According to a survey by education authorities, 85 per cent of Form Six students in the 2024-25 cohort opted for local tertiary education, including bachelor’s degrees, sub-degrees and diploma courses. The South...
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- News - South China Morning Post: Some 43,347 day-school candidates are sitting Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam this year, but there are only about 12,000 subsidised undergraduate places at the city’s eight public universities.
- News - South China Morning Post: So what options do the tens of thousands of remaining students have?
- News - South China Morning Post: According to a survey by education authorities, 85 per cent of Form Six students in the 2024-25 cohort opted for local tertiary education, including bachelor’s degrees, sub-degrees and diploma courses.
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on WHERE, HONG, KONG, STUDENTS, TURN.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 07:09 UK.
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