Number of applicants and final enrollments to Mainland universities
| Academic year | 2012/2013 | 2013/2014 | 2014/2015 | 2015/2016 | 2016/2017 | 2017/2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of DSE candidates | 73,074 | 82,350 | 79,615 | 74,170 | 68,167 | 61,669 |
| No. of applicants to DSE Admission Scheme | 4,248a (3.7%) | 2,279 (2.8%) | 3,249 (4.1%) | 2,988 (4.0%) | 2,689 (3.9%) | 2,568 (4.2%) |
| No. of students admitted by DSE | 971 | 1,188 | 1,535 | 1,444 | 1,391 | 1,295 |
| Admission Scheme (final enrollments)b | – | – | 474 | 458 | – | – |
| No. of participating institutions (DSE Scheme) | 63 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 84 | 90 |
| No. of students admitted through JEE PRCc | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,903 | 1,778 | 1,770 | 2,095 |
| Academic year | 2012/2013 | 2013/2014 | 2014/2015 | 2015/2016 | 2016/2017 | 2017/2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of DSE candidates | 73,074 | 82,350 | 79,615 | 74,170 | 68,167 | 61,669 |
| No. of applicants to DSE Admission Scheme | 4,248a (3.7%) | 2,279 (2.8%) | 3,249 (4.1%) | 2,988 (4.0%) | 2,689 (3.9%) | 2,568 (4.2%) |
| No. of students admitted by DSE | 971 | 1,188 | 1,535 | 1,444 | 1,391 | 1,295 |
| Admission Scheme (final enrollments)b | – | – | 474 | 458 | – | – |
| No. of participating institutions (DSE Scheme) | 63 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 84 | 90 |
| No. of students admitted through JEE PRCc | 1,900 | 1,900 | 1,903 | 1,778 | 1,770 | 2,095 |
Notes: a2012/2013 is the double cohort year. The large number of applicants is probably due to the additional number of candidates from HKAL Examination (41,500) as they can also apply to this scheme; bthe final enrollment figures are obtained from LC Paper No. CB(4)812/15-16(02) in 2016; cJEE PRC refers to the “Joint Entrance Examinations for Students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese-Resident Areas and Countries For Universities in PRC.” The number of students who actually enrolled after admission is not available
Sources: Handbooks on the Scheme for Admission of Hong Kong Students to Mainland Higher Education Institutions (from 2012/2013 to 2018/2019) and Legco document (2016), Statistics from HKEAA (from 2012 to 2017)