Hang Seng School of Commerce

Coordinates: 22°22′44.9″N 114°12′41.4″E / 22.379139°N 114.211500°E / 22.379139; 114.211500

Hang Seng School of Commerce/ Hang Seng Management College

Hang Seng School of Commerce (Chinese: 恒生商學書院, abbreviation: HSSC) was a Hong Kong's leading business school. In 2010, the school was promoted to a private university-level institution (Hang Seng Management College).

History

Hang Seng School of Commerce was founded in 1980 with funding from Hang Seng Bank, the S.H.Ho Foundation and several Hang Seng Bank directors.

Academic Achievements

Since its establishment, Hang Seng School of Commerce had been a pioneering and leading provider of upper secondary and post-secondary programs in business and related areas.[1] The school was renowned as "the cradle of Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination top performers".[2][3] Between 2002-2012, the school had produced more than half of grade A every year in Hong Kong A-level exam in the subject of business studies.[4] Students usually got admitted into the top 3 Hong Kong's universities: University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Students with exceptionally outstanding A-level exam results, usually also among the top in Hong Kong, were granted full scholarships for overseas university studies. These universities includes University College London, King's College London, University of Manchester, University of Warwick, etc.

Under the new schooling structure in Hong Kong, Hong Kong A-level exam no longer existed after 2012. In 2010, the school was restructured and was promoted to a private university-level institution (Hang Seng Management College).

Programs

The school offered programs in business and related subjects:

  • Two-year full-time Hong Kong A-level course
  • One-year Pre-Associate Degree
  • Two-year Associate Degree
  • One-year Top-up Degree Programmes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Introduction - Hang Seng Management College". Hang Seng Management College.
  2. ↑ "Most HK A-level exam stars from one school". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
  3. ↑ "Hang Seng School stars again as traditional elite colleges come up short in A-levels". South China Morning Post.
  4. ↑ Hang Seng School of Commerce (21 March 2013). "Wayback Machine". Hang Seng School of Commerce's Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination Results Since 2001. Retrieved 12 September 2016.


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