Admission

BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATION (HONOURS)- GAME DESIGN AND ANIMATION MAJOR

Game Design and Animation (GDA) Major adopts programme-based admission.

All eligible JUPAS applicants should submit their application via JUPAS's website at http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/

Direct (Non-JUPAS) applicants should submit their application via Academic Registry's website at 
https://iss.hkbu.edu.hk/amsappl_nj/

Potential candidates will be invited for interviews. Each candidate is required to present a Letter of Intent and a digital Portfolio. The Letter of Intent should state clearly, under 200 words, the candidate’s reason to apply for the programme and his/her career goals for the future. The digital portfolio should demonstrate the candidate’s creativity, visual and design literacy, and potentials in game design and/or animation.

 For more details, please refer to the submission guidlines.

For Hong Kong students taking HKDSE for admission via JUPAS, the Entrance Requirements are:

Notes for elective subjects:

(1) One of the electives must be any Category A subjects excluding Extended Part of Mathematics (Module 1 or Module 2);

(2) The other elective can be any of the following subjects:

(a) Category A subjects including Extended Part of Mathematics  (Module 1 or Module 2);

(b) Related Category B (Applied Learning) subjects (with "Attained with Distinction (I)" or above) listed in the following website:

https://www.comm.hkbu.edu.hk/admission/en/ApL_2025_entry.pdf

(c) Category C (Other Language) subjects (Minimum requirements and  score conversion scale can be found at: http://admissions.hkbu.edu.hk/ug/jupas_requirement)

Remarks on other requirements:

(1) Good results in English Language, Mathematics Compulsory Part and Visual Arts subjects are preferred.

(2) High choice banding in JUPAS application is preferred.

(3) Candidates may be required to attend an interview. Candidates are required to present their portfolios during the interview. They may be required to submit their portfolios before/after the interview.

(4) Candidates should prepare their portfolios in digital format for the ease of presentation. Portfolios should demonstrate candidates' potential in creativity, visual and design literacy, animation and/or game design.

This programme considers the best 5 HKDSE subjects including Chinese Language and English Language subjects in Academic Score Calculation.