University Offers - Culture of Excellence - Academic - St. Paul's Co-educational College

Class of 2022

Congratulations to the class of 2022, who has reached new heights, during what is arguably the most challenging year for global university admissions. All IB and DSE graduates have either received unconditional offers from leading universities or met the requirements of the conditional offers of their choice.

Continuing our culture of excellence, SPCC has been recognized yet again in The Telegraph “Revealed: The Best International Schools for Getting a Place at Oxbridge” for being one of the best international schools in terms of the number of successful offers to Oxbridge. SPCC ranks within the top 20 international schools in the world in terms of offers received and has been recognized as having the highest number out of any school in Hong Kong, a strong indicator of how our students fare against the world’s educational elite.

University Offers

In the UK, we continue to have strong acceptances with the class of 2022 receiving a total of 17 Oxbridge offers to read Psychology & Philosophy, Law, History, English, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, and Land Economy. Three offer holders are recipients of the coveted Jardine Scholarship and the Prince Philip Scholarship (2). Our capable graduates continue to receive offers from other highly selective institutions in the UK including Imperial College, LSE, UCL, and King’s College London.

In the US, students received offers from UC Berkeley (3), UCLA (3), Yale, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania (AmCham Charitable Foundation Lyn Edinger US Studies Scholarship), MIT, Georgetown (2), Johns Hopkins University, Duke (2), University of Michigan , Boston University (BU Presidential Scholarship), New York University (4), WBB HKUST-Bocconi-USC (WBB Merit Scholarship), amongst many other prestigious institutions.

In Canada, students received offers from the University of Toronto (International Scholar Award & President’s Scholars of Excellence), University of Waterloo, and University of British Columbia (Outstanding International Student Award).

In the Netherlands, we have offers from Leiden University and the University of Groningen.

US

Boston College 1	Boston University 1	Chapman University 1
Cornell University 1	Dartmouth College 1	Drexel University 1
Duke University 2	Georgetown University 2	Johns Hopkins University 1
Loyola Marymount University 1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1	New York University 4
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1	University of Michigan 1	University of Pennsylvania 1
University of Wisconsin-Madison 1	University of Southern California (USC) 1	UC Berkeley 3
UC Davis 2	UC Irvine 1	UCLA 3
UC Santa Barbara 2	UC San Diego 5	Yale University 1

UK

Anglia Ruskin University 2	Aston University, Birmingham 1	Bristol, University of the West of England 1
Cardiff University 3	Coventry University 3	Durham University 24
Imperial College London 17	King’s College London 46	Lancaster University 4
London School of Economics (LSE) 12	Manchester Metropolitan University 1	Newcastle University 4
Queen Mary University of London 4	Royal Veterinary College 6	University College London (UCL) 33
University College Birmingham 1	University of Aberdeen 1	University of Bath 5
University of Birmingham 19	University of Bradford 2	University of Bristol 13
University of Cambridge 12	University of Creative Arts 1	University of East Anglia 1
University of Edinburgh 30	University of Exeter 3	University of Glasgow 7
University of Leeds 5	University of Liverpool 3	University of Manchester 21
University of Nottingham 7	University of Oxford 5	University of Sheffield 4
University of Southampton 5	University of St Andrews 10	University of Stirling 1
University of Surrey 2	University of Sussex 2	University of Warwick 20
University of York 2

Canada

University of British Columbia
6

University of Toronto
13

University of Waterloo
1

Others

Leiden University (Netherlands)
2

University of Groningen (Netherlands)
2

University of New South Wales (Australia)
1

Music Conservatoires

Royal College of Music
1

Dual Degree / Triple Degree

University of British Columbia Sauders - HKU (Bachelor of Commerce / Business Administration)
2

University of Southern California – Bocconi - HKUST (World Bachelor of Business)
2

University of Dundee - National University of Singapore (NUS) (Biomedical Science / Biological Science)
1

Hong Kong (non-JUPAS)

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
56

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
31

University of Hong Kong (HKU)
65

Class of 2021

Congratulations to the class of 2021 on an incredible year of university offers during one of the most challenging years in university admissions. All IB and DSE graduates have either received unconditional offers from leading universities or met the requirements of the conditional offers of their choice.

University Offers

In the UK, we have continued with excellent numbers for Oxford and Cambridge. This year, students had to be interviewed virtually, which is not the norm, particularly for Oxford. SPCC remains at the top of the list in Hong Kong with 15 Oxbridge offers. From Cambridge, our students received offers to study law, natural sciences, economics, mathematics, HSPS and computer science. Our students also continue to receive offers from other highly selective institutions in the UK including Imperial College London, LSE, UCL and King’s College London.

In the US, we have received offers from Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, Duke University, University of Michigan, UCLA, UC Berkeley, as well as the Yale-NUS double degree program, just to name a few.

We are excited to also see students pursue paths that are generally less travelled by including one student who will pursue film production at Emerson College and another who have received an offer to continue their music passion alongside their academics at Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

US

American University 1	Cornell University 1	Dartmouth College 1
Duke University 1	Eastman School of Music 1	Emerson College 1
Fordham University 1	Emory University 2	Georgia Institute of Technology 1
Johns Hopkins University 1	Manhattan School of Music 1	Northwestern University 1
Oberlin College + Oberlin Conservatory of Music 1	Purdue University 1	Minerva Schools at KGI 1
Santa Clara University 2	Seattle University 1	Syracuse University 1
UC Berkeley 2	UC Davis 4	UC Irvine 2
UCLA 3	UC Santa Barbara 2	UC San Diego 7
University of Arizona 1	University of Illinois, Chicago 1	University of Michigan 1
University of Southern California 1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1	Yale University 1

UK

Abertay University 1	Cardiff University 3	Central Saint Martins 1
Coventry University 2	Durham University 24	Imperial College London 28
King’s College London 51	Lancaster University 9	Loughborough University 4
London School of Economics (LSE) 13	Manchester Metropolitan University 1	Middlesex University 1
Newcastle University 4	Queen Mary University of London 3	Royal Holloway University of London 1
Royal Veterinary College 1	University College London (UCL) 45	University of Bath 8
University of Birmingham 5	University of Bristol 22	University of Cambridge 13
University of Central Lancashire 1	University of Dundee 1	University of East London 1
University of Edinburgh 34	University of Exeter 4	University of Glasgow 3
University of Kent 1	University of Leeds 4	University of Leicester 1
University of Liverpool 3	University of Manchester 31	University of Nottingham 6
University of Oxford 2	University of Reading 2	University of Sheffield 3
University of Southampton 3	University of St Andrews 4	University of Surrey 1
University of Warwick 32	University of Westminster, London 1

Canada

McMaster University
1

University of British Columbia
2

University of Toronto
8

Others

Kyoto University (Japan)
1

Monash University (Australia)
1

Music Conservatoires

Royal Academy of Music 1	Royal College of Music 1	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 1
Royal Northern College of Music 1

Dual Degree / Triple Degree

UCL – HKU (Law)
3

Yale – National University of Singapore
1

Hong Kong (non-JUPAS)

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
29

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
23

University of Hong Kong (HKU)
90

Class of 2020

Congratulations to the class of 2020 on a stellar year of university offers. We had another record high for Oxbridge results this academic year with 16 offers from Oxford and Cambridge out of 42 applicants. This correlates with an impressive 86% interview offer rate and subsequently a 38% acceptance rate for this year’s applicants to Oxbridge putting us at the top of the list for Cambridge’s recruitment efforts in Hong Kong. This is a breakthrough year for our school as we compare our numbers with Cambridge's average acceptance rate of 21% and Oxford's acceptance rate of 17%. Students admitted to Oxbridge will be reading Law (5), English, Natural Sciences (3), Engineering (3), Computer Science (2), HSPS, Mathematics.
Prestigious scholarships awarded to Oxbridge offer holders include two St. John’s Hong Kong Scholarships, and two Prince Philip Scholarships and one Swire Scholarship.
Students applying to the US have received early offers from the top institutions including but not limited to the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University (AmCham US Scholarship), Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego.

US

American University 1	Babson College 1	Drexel University 1
Emory University 2	Johns Hopkins University 1	Maryland Institute College of Arts 1
New York University 1	Parsons The New School 1	Pennsylvania State University 1
Pratt Institute 1	Princeton University 1	Regis College 1
Rhode Island School of Design 1	School of Art Institute of Chicago 1	Stanford University 1
Temple University 1	UC Berkeley 1	UC Davis 1
UC Irvine 1	UCLA 1	UC San Diego 3
UC Santa Cruz 1	University of Illinois, Chicago 1	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 1
University of Pennsylvania 1	University of Washington 1

UK

Aston University, Birmingham 1	Cardiff University 5	Coventry University 1
Durham University 42	Imperial College London 35	Keele University 1
King’s College London 39	Lancaster University 5	Leeds Beckett University 1
Loughborough University 2	London School of Economics 13	Medway School of Pharmacy 1
Newcastle University 6	Queen Mary University of London 5	Royal Holloway University of London 1
Royal Veterinary College 5	University College London 53	University of Leeds 5
University of Leicester 1	University of Liverpool 1	Loughborough University 1
University of Arts London 1	University of Bath 13	University of Birmingham 11
University of Bristol 28	University of Cambridge 14	University of Central Lancashire 1
University of Dundee 1	University of East Anglia 1	University of Edinburgh 32
University of Essex 1	University of Exeter 5	University of Glasgow 4
University of Kent 1	University of Leeds 8	University of Leicester 2
University of Liverpool 2	University of Manchester 26	University of Nottingham 9
University of Oxford 2	University of Reading 1	University of Sheffield 7
University of Southampton 3	University of St Andrews 15	University of Strathclyde 2
University of Surrey 1	University of Sussex 2	University of Warwick 30
University of York 1

Canada

Carleton University 1	Concordia University 1	McGill University 1
McMaster University 1	Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) 1	Queen’s University 1
Simon Fraser University 3	Trent University 1	University of British Columbia 6
University of Guelph 1	University of Ottawa 3	University of Toronto 16
University of Waterloo 1	Western University 1	York University 1

Others

Trinity Laban Conservatoire
1

National University of Singapore
1

Dual Degree / Triple Degree

USC – HKUST – Bocconi
1

UCL – HKU
1

Hong Kong (non-JUPAS)

Chinese University of Hong Kong
11

Hong Kong University of Science Technology
15

University of Hong Kong
31

Class of 2019

Congratulations to the class of 2019 on receiving a record high number of 12 offers from Oxford and Cambridge. This correlates to an impressive 41% acceptance rate for this year's applicants to Oxbridge.
Early offers from the UK also include top universities such as LSE, SOAS, UCL, and Imperial.
Students applying Early Decision/ Early Action to the US have received offers from Brown, Cornell, Georgetown, Tufts, University of Michigan, and Northwestern.

US

Boston College 1	Boston University 1	Brown University 1
Cornell University 1	Duke University 1	Emory University 2
Georgetown University 1	New York University 2	Northeastern University 1
Northwestern University 1	Santa Clara University 1	Stanford University 1
Tufts University 1	UC Berkeley 2	UC Irvine 1
UCLA 3	UC San Diego 1	UC Santa Barbara 3
University of Michigan 1	University of Pennsylvania 1	University of Vermont 1

UK

University of Bath 12	University of Birmingham 5	University of Bradford 1
University of Bristol 16	Brunel University London 1	University of Cambridge 10
Cardiff University 3	Coventry University 1	Durham University 21
University of East Anglia 4	University of Edinburgh 19	University of Exeter 1
University of Glasgow 7	Imperial College London 16	Keele University 1
King’s College London 40	Lancaster University 3	University of Leeds 5
University of Leicester 1	University of Liverpool 1	London School of Economics 13
Loughborough University 1	University of Manchester 15	MET Film School 1
Newcastle University 1	University of Nottingham 1	University of Oxford 2
Oxford Brookes University 1	Queen Mary University of London 6	University of Arts London 1
Royal Veterinary College 2	SOAS University of London 3	University of St. Andrews 14
University of Sheffield 2	University of Southampton 2	University of Surrey 1
University of Sussex 3	University College London 34	University of Warwick 27
Bristol, University of West London 1	University of Winchester 1	University of York 7

Canada

University of Guelph 1	University of British Columbia 7	University of Toronto 7
University of Waterloo 1	Western University 1	York University 1

Japan

Kyoto University
1

Germany

EF Internationale Sprachschule München
1

France

Sciences Po
1

China

University of Peking
1

US / HK / Italy

USC – HKUST – Bocconi
1

France / US

Sciences Po – Columbia
1

France / HK

Sciences Po – HKU
1

UK / HK

UCL – HKU
1

Class of 2018

We are pleased to announce that our IBDP and DSE students have received admirable offers from leading universities around the world. Conditional offers have been made by Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, LSE, and UCL in the UK; Harvard, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Penn and Juilliard in the US.
The following is a summary of the university offers as of June 2018.

US

Bard College 1	Boston University 4	Carnegie Mellon University 1
Cornell University 2	Curtis Institute of Music 1	Duke Kunshan University 1
Georgia Institute of Technology 4	Harvard University 1	The Juilliard School 1
Manhattan School of Music 1	New England Conservatory 1	New York University 2
New York University Abu Dhabi 1	Northeastern University 2	Oberlin Conservatory of Music 1
Pennsylvania State University 1	Pepperdine University 1	Rice University 1
SUNY at Albany 1	UC Berkeley 2	UC Davis 4
UC Irvine 1	UCLA 6	UC Riverside 1
UC San Diego 3	UC Santa Barbara 3	UC Santa Cruz 2
University of Cincinnati College – Conservatory 1	University of Michigan 2	University of Pennsylvania 2
University of Washington 1	University of Wisconsin-Madison 1	Vanderbilt University 1
Washington University in St Louis 1

UK

Cardiff University 2	Durham University 25	Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1
Imperial College London 21	King’s College London 33	Lancaster University 3
LSE 15	Loughborough University 3	Middlesex University 1
Newcastle University 2	Oxford Brookes University 1	Plymouth University 2
Queen Mary University of London 9	Queen’s University Belfast 1	Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 1
Royal Holloway, University of London 1	Royal Northern College of Music 1	Royal Veterinary College 1
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 1	SOAS University of London 1	St George’s University of London 2
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 1	UCL 57	University of Aberdeen 1
University of Bath 15	University of Birmingham 13	University of Bristol 23
University of Cambridge 5	University of East Anglia 4	University of Edinburgh 21
University of Essex 1	University of Exeter 5	University of Glasgow 6
University of Kent 3	University of Leeds 4	University of Leicester 1
University of Liverpool 3	University of Manchester 24	University of Nottingham 10
University of Oxford 2	University of Sheffield 5	University of Southampton 2
University of St Andrews 11	University of Surrey 3	University of Sussex 3
University of Warwick 32	University of York 1

Canada

University of British Columbia 2	University of McGill 1	University of Ottawa 1
University of Toronto 5	University of Waterloo 1

Australia

University of New South Wales 1	University of Queensland 2	University of Sydney 2
University of Western Australia 1

France / HK

Sciences Po-HKU
1

Class of 2017

We are pleased to announce that our IBDP and DSE students have received admirable offers from leading universities around the world. Conditional offers have been made by Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, LSE, and UCL in the UK; Ivy League universities, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UChicago in the US.
A total of 10 Oxbridge offers have been made to our students.
The following is a summary of the university offers as of May 2017.

UK

Cardiff University 6	City University of London 1	Coventry University 4
Durham University 19	Imperial College London 16	Keele University 2
King’s College London 32	Lancaster University 3	Louborough University 2
LSE 17	Manchester Metropolitan University 1	Newcastle University 1
Queen Mary University of London 5	Queen’s University Belfast 1	SOAS University of London 1
UCL 34	UCL–HKU 2	University of Bath 7
University of Birmingham 12	University of Bristol 15	Cambridge University 9
University of East Anglia 4	University of Edinburgh 22	University of Exeter 7
University of Leeds 7	University of Leicester 1	University of Liverpool 1
University of Manchester 31	University of Nottingham 5	Oxford University 1
University of Sheffield 4	University of Southampton 4	University of St Andrews 10
University of Strathclyde 1	University of Surrey 6	University of Sussex 2
University of Warwick 36	University of York 6

US

Bard College 1	Boston University 2	Brown University 1
Carnegie Mellon University 1	Columbia University–Sciences Po 1	Cornell University 1
Duke University 1	Emory University 2	Fordham University 1
Georgetown University 1	New York University 5	Northeastern University 1
Pepperdine University 1	Purdue University 2	Rice University 1
Syracuse University 1	UC Berkeley 3	UC Davis 3
UC Irvine 1	UC San Diego 2	UC Santa Barbara 1
UCLA 3	University of Chicago 2	University of Connecticut 1
University of Michigan 2	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 1	University of Notre Dame 1
University of Pennsylvania 2	University of Virginia 3	University of Wisconsin–Madison 1
USC 2	USC–HKUST–Bocconi 2	Wake Forest University 1
Washington University St Louis 2	Williams College 1	Yale–NUS 1

Australia

Australia National University 1	University of Melbourne 1	University of New South Wales 1
University of Sydney 1

Canada

McGill University 1	University of British Columbia 7	University of Toronto 7
University of Waterloo 2

France

Sciences Po
1

Japan

Keio University
1

Waseda University
1

Singapore

Yale–NUS
1

Class of 2016

The following is a summary of the university offers as of July 2016.

UK

Bath University 12	Birmingham University 2	Bradford University 1
Bristol University 16	Bristol University (West of England) 2	Brunel University 1
Cambridge University 2	Cardiff University 4	Coventry University 1
Durham University 32	Edinburgh University 16	Exeter University 9
Glasgow University 4	Imperial College London 18	Keele University 2
Kent University 1	King’s College London 28	Lancaster University 6
Liverpool University 1	Liverpool Hope University 1	Loughborough University 1
LSE 9	Manchester University 18	Newcastle University 2
Northumbria University 1	Nottingham University 7	Oxford University 1
Oxford Brookes University 1	Queen Mary, University of London 4	Royal Academy of Music 1
Royal Holloway, University of London 1	Royal Veterinary College 1	Sheffield University 9
Southampton University 1	Southampton Solent University 1	St Andrews University 9
Surrey University 10	UCL 29	University of East Anglia 1
Warwick University 40	York University 8

US

American University (in Washington DC) 1	Bard College 1	Boston College 2
Boston University 2	Case Western Reserve University 1	Claremont McKenna College 1
Columbia University-Sciences Po 1	Fordham University 1	Haverford College 1
Indiana University Bloomington 1	Johns Hopkins University 1	Loyola Marymount University 1
Manhattan School of Music 1	Mannes School of Music 1	Michigan State University 1
New York University 3	Northeastern University 7	Oberlin Conservatory 1
Penn State University 1	Pratt Institute 1	Purdue University 1
Rhode Island School of Design 1	San Diego University 1	Santa Clara State University 1
UC Berkeley 2	UC Davis 5	UC Irvine 5
UC Merced 1	UC Riverside 3	UC San Diego 3
UC Santa Barbara 5	UC Santa Cruz 12	UCLA 7
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 1	University of Miami 1	University of Michigan 2
University of Pennsylvania 1	University of San Francisco 1	University of Texas at Austin 1
University of Wisconsin–Madison 1	USC 4	USC-HKUST-Bocconi 1
Vassar College 1	Yale - NUS 1	Yale University 1

Canada

McGill 1	Simon Fraser University 1	UBC 3
University of Toronto 5

Australia

University of Sydney 1	Monash University 1	Queensland University of Technology 1
Flinders University 1	University of Newcastle 1

Singapore

NUS
1

Yale-NUS
1

Class of 2015

We are pleased to announce that our IBDP and DSE students have received admirable offers from leading universities around the world. Conditional offers have been made by Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, LSE, UCL and Warwick in the UK; Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UPenn and Wellesley in the US.
A total of 10 Oxbridge and 12 Ivy League offers have been made to our students, which is a record high.
Remarkably, our students received 9 Medicine offers from universities in the UK which include Cambridge and St Andrew’s. It is noteworthy that Medicine in the UK is the only degree for which there is a quota for international students – no more than 7.5% of all medical students in the UK can be international students.
The following is a summary of the university offers as of June 2015.

UK

Aston University 1	Bath University 12	Birmingham University 7
Bristol University 15	Brunel University 1	Cambridge 6
Cardiff University 2	City University 5	De Montfort University 1
Durham 18	Edinburgh University 9	Essex University 3
Exeter University 3	Glasgow University 2	Glasgow Caledonian University 1
Hull University 1	Imperial College London 14	Keele University 3
Kent University 2	King’s College London 13	Lancaster University 6
Leeds University 2	Leicester University 3	Loughborough University 1
LSE 17	Manchester University 18	Middlesex University 1
Newcastle University 1	Nottingham Trent University 1	Oxford 4
Queen Mary, University of London 10	Queen’s University Belfast 1	Reading University 1
Royal Academy of Music 1	Royal College of Music 1	Royal Holloway, University of London 2
School of Oriental and African Studies 3	Sheffield University 5	Southampton University 3
University of St Andrews 8	University of Surrey 6	University of Sussex 1
University of East Anglia 5	UCL 32	University of Warwick 27
Westminster University 2	University of York 2

US

Boston College 4	Boston University 4	Columbia University 1
Cooper Union 1	Cornell University 4	Duke University 1
Fordham University 1	Georgia Tech 1	Harvard 1
Harvey Mudd College 1	Ithaca College 1	Johns Hopkins 1
Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory 2	The Juilliard School 1	Manhattan School of Music 1
New York University 3	Northeastern 1	Northwestern 1
Parsons the New School of Design 1	Princeton 1	Purdue University 1
Rice 1	Roosevelt University Chicago Conservatory of Music 1	Syracuse 1
Tufts 1	UC Berkeley 2	UC Davis 8
UC Irvine 2	UCLA 11	UC Riverside 1
UC San Diego 9	UC Santa Barbara 2	University of Chicago 1
University of Michigan 2	University of Rochester Eastman School of Music 1	University of Pennsylvania 4
University of Southern California 1	University of Virginia 1	University of Wisconsin – Madison 1
Washington University in St Louis 4	Wellesley College 1	Yale 1

Canada

McGill University 1	McMaster University 2	Queen’s University 1
Simon Fraser University 5	Western University 1	University of Alberta 1
UBC 5	University of Ottawa 1	University of Toronto 4
University of Waterloo 2

Japan

University of Tokyo
1

Singapore

NUS Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
1

Yale–NUS
1