University Life (U-Life) Programme

For students admitted as Year 1 in or after AY2018/19, directly admitted as Year 2 in or after 2019/20, or directly admitted as Year 3 in or after 2020/21

For students of the previous General Education Programme (38 units required), i.e. Year 1 entrants admitted in or before AY2017/18, Direct Year 2 entrants admitted in or before AY2018/19, and Direct Year 3 entrants admitted in or before AY2019/20, please refer to the webpage of General Education Office.

What is University Life (U-Life) Programme ?

Non-credit bearing Graduation requirement A.k.a. ULIF1005 Online tutorial Orientation workshops Co-curricular activities

U-Life Programme is a non-credit bearing graduation requirement for undergraduate degree students. Workshops and activities in U-Life programme aim to prepare the students for the new life at HKBU and enhance their capabilities to face challenges and find solutions that come from academic or work environment.

Why do we need U-Life Programme?

U-Life Programme will help you, as new students, to:

Adaption
Acquire the skills and knowledge for adapting to the new life at the University;
Awareness
Understand academic integrity and examine the issues of global citizenship with an awareness of your communities;
Application
Develop leadership skills, communication skills and team work spirit that can be applied to your daily life.

Components of U-Life Programme

U-Life Programme

AIOT
Academic Integrity Online Tutorial

3 UOWs
University Orientation Workshops

CCLs
Co-curricular Learning

Select

U-Life Programme Requirement and Deadlines

	UGC-funded degree programme			Self-financed top-up degree programme
	Year 1 entrant	Direct Year 2 entrant	Direct Year 3 entrant
AIOT	Required By the end of 2^nd semester*	Required By the end of 1^stsemester*
UOW	Required By the end of 4^th semester*
		Required By the end of 3^rd semester*
CCL	Total 8 units are required For entrants in 2021 or later, 2 out of 8 units must be taken on NSLE0001 By the end of 4^th semester*	Total 8 units are required For entrants in 2021 or later, 2 out of 8 units must be taken on NSLE0001 By the end of 3^rdsemester*	Total 4 units are required For entrants in 2021 or later, 2 out of 4 units must be taken on NSLE0001 By the end of 3^rd semester*

*All degree programmes of SCE follow the same requirements as the UGC-funded degree programmes. Programmes include:

Top-up degree programmes - same as "Direct year 3 entrant" as shown in the above table
Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) Programme
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education Programme - follows the same starting from the 2022 intake

The deadlines stated above are in terms of the student's normal study period at HKBU. Exchange period, suspension or special leave of study period duly approved by the Academic Registry for 1 semester or more will be excluded from the required time frame of U-Life completion. In such cases, the deadline will be extended accordingly by semester(s).

* In terms of U-Life Programme requirement, the end of the First Semester of an academic year is defined as 31 December; the end of the Second Semester is defined as 31 May. The deadline of U-Life Programme completion is either 31 December or 31 May.

Penalty for Incompletion of U-Life Requirement by the Deadline

Students who fail to complete ANY of the U-Life Programme requirement by the respective deadline may be barred from access to course grades, registration for courses, and adding/dropping courses during the Add/Drop Period until they make up for the U-Life deficiency concerned. Any request for extension of deadline is usually not entertained.

Complete or make up for all the U-Life requirement on time:

Academic Integrity Online Tutorial (AIOT)

Offered by Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning (CHTL)
Enquiry: 3411 5348 | buelearn@hkbu.edu.hk

Deadline
By the end of your 2nd semester studying at HKBU (in case of Year 1 entrants) or
By the end of your 1st semester studying at HKBU (in case of senior-year intakes and top-up degree students)

AIOT is designed to be an introduction in promoting academic integrity by increasing your awareness of the issues involved. Using pertinent cases as examples, the tutorial offers suggestions and solutions to help you recognize unethical behaviours, so that you can avoid committing academic misconduct unintentionally.

AIOT (sometimes known as ULIFE 1001) is available on the BU eLearning platform (Moodle).

How to complete AIOT?

University Orientation Workshops (UOW)

UOW 1: Personal Transformation Workshop

Offered by Counselling and Development Centre, Office of Student Affairs (SA/CDC)
Enquiry: 3411 7435 | cdc@hkbu.edu.hk

UOW 2: Insight into HKBU's 7 Graduate Attributes

Offered by Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning (CHTL)
Enquiry: 3411 5351 | chtl@hkbu.edu.hk

UOW 3: Get Ready for University Research

Offered by Library (LIB)
Enquiry: 3411 2711 | Information Desk, Level 3, Main Library, Shaw Campus

Deadline
By the end of your 4th semester studying at HKBU (in case of Year 1 entrants) or
By the end of your 3rd semester studying at HKBU (in case of senior-year intakes and top-up degree students) or

Freshmen joining the UOW1, UOW2, and UOW3 as assigned by Academic Registry in mid- to late August should have attended all the UOWs during the orientation period and completed the component of UOWs.

Freshmen who did not join the NSO or missed any of the UOWs during the orientation period have to make up for the UOWs as follows by the deadline.

Make-up arrangements

► Undergraduates admitted in AY2024/25

UOW 1: Personal Transformation Workshop

https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/cdc/UOW1_makeup

UOW 2: Insight Into HKBU's 7 Graduate Attributes

There will be an in‐person makeup session for students. Students can EITHER attend the makeup session OR follow the instructions below to complete the UOW 2 activity:

The make-up consists of three parts. You are required to complete two online activities (Parts 1 and 3) as well as going through at least six virtual checkpoints in Google Earth (Part 2) of the TIE-General, a Trails of Integrity and Ethics (TIE):

Part 1*: Watch the introduction video in UOW2 Moodle course room. Download and login to the AR Trails app. Finish the online 'Part 1 - Pre-trail Question (AY2024/25)' in AR Trails app
Part 2*: Complete 6 out of 11 virtual checkpoints in TIE-General, a Trails of Integrity and Ethics (TIE) in Google Earth, with the AR Trails app. Collect 6 checkpoint codes.
Part 3*: Finish ‘Part 3 - Final Checkpoint (AY2024/25)’ – the online Post-trail Question and survey in the AR Trails app

Please go to the UOW2 Moodle course room (https://buelearning.hkbu.edu.hk/course/view.php?id=111347) for instructions. The result will be uploaded to the SLES and no other types of make-up activities for UOW2 shall be offered after the deadline for completion.

UOW 3: Get Ready for University Research

You are required to review the material provided in the HKBU Moodle course UOW3 Get Ready for University Research, and then obtain a passing grade in the Assessment Quiz. Please visit:
https://buelearning.hkbu.edu.hk/course/view.php?id=111227

► Undergraduates admitted in AY2023/24

UOW 1: Personal Transformation Workshop

https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/cdc/UOW1_makeup

UOW 2: Insight Into HKBU's 7 Graduate Attributes

Watch the video at (https://hkbu.questionpro.com/t/AU4XgZvl1T) before 31 December 2024. Remember to click the "Submit" button after watching the video.

UOW 3: Get Ready for University Research

► Undergraduates admitted in AY2022/23

UOW 1: Personal Transformation Workshop

https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/cdc/UOW1_makeup

UOW 2: Insight Into HKBU's 7 Graduate Attributes

Watch the video at (https://hkbu.questionpro.com/t/AU4XgZvl1T) before 31 December 2024. Remember to click the "Submit" button after watching the video.

UOW 3: Get Ready for University Research

► Undergraduates admitted in AY2021/22

UOW 1: Personal Transformation Workshop

https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/cdc/UOW1_makeup

UOW 2: Insight Into HKBU's 7 Graduate Attributes

Watch the video at https://hkbu.questionpro.com/t/AU4XgZvl1T before 31 December 2022. Remember to click the "Submit" button after watching the video.

UOW 3: Get Ready for University Research

► Undergraduates admitted in AY2020/21

UOW 1: Personal Transformation Workshop

https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/cdc/UOW1_makeup

UOW 2: Insight into HKBU’s 7 Graduate Attributes

Watch the video at https://hkbu.questionpro.com/t/AU4XgZvl1T before 31 December 2022. Remember to click the "Submit" button after watching the video.

UOW 3: Get Ready for University Research

► Undergraduates admitted in AY2019/20

UOW 1: Personal Transformation Workshop

https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/cdc/UOW1_makeup

UOW 2: Insight into HKBU’s 7 Graduate Attributes

Watch the video at https://hkbu.questionpro.com/t/AU4XgZvl1T before 31 December 2022. Remember to click the "Submit" button after watching the video.

UOW 3: Get Ready for University Research

You are required to review the material provided in the HKBU Moodle course LIB01 Library and Information Skills for University, and then obtain a passing grade in the Assessment Quiz. Please visit:
https://buelearning.hkbu.edu.hk/course/view.php?id=80737

► Undergraduates admitted in AY2018/19

UOW 1: Personal Transformation Workshop

https://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/cdc/UOW1_makeup

UOW 2: Insight into HKBU’s 7 Graduate Attributes

Watch the video at https://hkbu.questionpro.com/t/AU4XgZvl1T before 31 December 2022. Remember to click the "Submit" button after watching the video.

UOW 3: Get Ready for University Research

Complete an online research skills assessment, namely the Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA). Please click below:
http://library.hkbu.edu.hk/support/ulife.html

Co-curricular Learning (CCL)

May be offered by any of the University departments/offices/units
General enquiry: 3411 2331 | ccl@hkbu.edu.hk
Specific enquiry (e.g. event details, reporting miscounted record, etc.): Respective organiser of the event as listed on http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ccl/event

Requirements
1. 8 CCL units are required to complete for Year 1 entrants
2. 8 CCL units are required to complete for Year 2 entrants
3. 4 CCL units are required to complete for Year 3 entrants and top-up degree students
4. All new entrants in 2021 or later are required to complete National Security Law Education (course code: NSLE0001)
5. 2 CCL units will be counted after attending the NSLE lecture and obtaining a pass in NSLE0001

Deadline
8 units by the end of your 4th semester studying at HKBU (in case of Year 1 entrants) or
8 units by the end of your 3rd semester studying at HKBU (in case of Year 2 entrants) or
4 units by the end of your 3rd semester studying at HKBU (in case of Year 3 entrants and top-up degree students)

CCL offers you an array of out-of-classroom learning opportunities in the forms of seminars, workshops, campus events, and experiential learning activities which all aim to foster your whole person development. You are free to choose plenty of them out of over 600 CCL-recognised activities per year to fulfil the requirement.

View the CCL website for a complete list of CCL-recognised activities, guidelines and FAQs.

Undergraduate students, particularly the freshmen (Year 1 entrants), are encouraged to make good use of the block-out period on Tuesday afternoons of the First Semester to join sufficient CCL activities for completing the requirement on time.

How to view my U-Life record?

UGC-funded undergraduate students:

View your U-Life completion status and relevant deadlines on Student Learning Experience System (SLES):

SLES ► Student Learning Experience ► University Life Programme

Self-financed top-up undergraduate degree students:

View your U-Life completion status and relevant deadlines on MyBU-Study. More information is available on the College of International Education website.

MyBU-Study ► My Study ► Graduation

Details of your CCL attendance record and CCL fulfilment status are also available on Student Learning Experience System (SLES).

Frequently Asked Questions

1. I understand that U-Life is also known as "ULIF1005". Do I have to attend a "ULIF1005" course regularly?

No. Except the University Orientation Workshops (UOWs) that are designated with a certain time slot for you (i.e. usually in mid- to late August during the orientation period before you formally start your semester at the University), you are free to complete the other U-Life components at your convenience before the deadlines.

2. My timetable has a scheduled class called "ULIF1005". Are you sure that it is not a course?

The course code of ULIF1005 is merely for blocking a time slot per week for you to freely attend any CCL activities, organised by the Office of Student Affairs, other departments, units or offices, at your own choice and interests in your first semester. There is no designated location for this "class". You are encouraged to make good use of this block-out time slot to complete your CCL requirement as soon as possible.

3. I look forward to the New Student Orientation. How to view my schedule of UOWs? (Applicable to UGC-funded students only)

Login to the BUniPort and click Studies ► My Studies ► Registration and Progress ► Study Progression ► University Life Workshop Schedule.

4. I had important engagements and could not join the New Student Orientation (NSO), UOW2 and UOW3 in August indeed. What should I do?

There are make-up arrangements for the 3 UOWs. Please make up for your absence at the UOWs as instructed on the tab of UOW ► Make-up Arrangements according to your admission year.

5. Are the deadlines of all U-Life components (including AIOT, UOW and CCL) the same?

No. AIOT has an earlier deadline, while UOWs and CCL have a later deadline. See the specific deadlines of the components and your exact deadlines on Student Learning Experience System (SLES), or MyBU-Study if you are a self-financed top-up degree student of the College of International Education (CIE).

6. What happens if I missed the deadline of completing U-Life requirement?

You will be barred from viewing course grades, registration for courses, and adding or dropping course during the Add-Drop Period until you make up for the deficiency concerned. Please note that incompletion of ANY of the U-Life requirement by the respective deadline will result in the above penalty. You have to make up for the deficiency as soon as possible; see the details of the make-up arrangement by clicking the above tabs of AIOT, UOW or CCL.

If you do not complete all the U-Life requirement, you will, of course, cannot graduate from the University.

7. UOW is for freshmen only. I am now in Year 2. Why am I still asked to complete the UOW component?

Students who missed their UOW(s) during the New Student Orientation period will have to do the make-up exercise for the UOW(s) before the deadline. If you receive reminder emails on the make-up of UOW(s), please just follow the instructions to have them completed on time.

8. I should have completed the U-Life component(s). Why the component(s) is/are still shown as "not yet completed" on SLES or MyBU-Study?

Though many U-Life components are online modules, the data transfer of your completion record may take 1 day or more to be effective. Moreover, the record on MyBU-Study (self-financed top-up degree students only) is updated monthly. You may re-visit SLES or MyBU-Study later to check the record out again.

9. I have completed all the U-Life components just in time. Why am I still barred from viewing course grades?

Though many U-Life components are online modules, the data transfer of your completion record usually takes 1 day to be effective. As for CCL activities, the updating of their attendance records is usually not immediate and may take up to 10 working days. In the case of CCL-recognised eCourses organised by Counselling and Development Centre (CDC), Office of Student Affairs (SA) and the BEST online modules organised by Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO), the CCL record is usually updated bi-weekly and may take 2-3 weeks to show.

10. I am sorry that I finished all my U-Life requirements a bit later than the deadline. Will they still be counted?

No worry, they will be counted as fulfilling the U-Life requirements even though they are recorded or completed later than the deadline.

Enquiry

For UGC-funded undergraduate students:

If you are required to complete a General Education Programme of 18 units, and admitted as:
Year 1 in or after AY2018/19, or
Year 2 in or after AY2019/20, or
Year 3 in or after AY2020/21
Tel: 3411 2331
Email: gr-ulife@hkbu.edu.hk

If you are required to complete a General Education Programme of 38 units, and admitted as:
Year 1 in or before AY2017/18, or
Year 2 in or before AY2018/19, or
Year 3 in or before AY2019/20
Tel: 3411 2014
Email: ulife@hkbu.edu.hk

For self-financed top-up undergraduate degree students:

Tel: 3411 3044
Email: cietp@hkbu.edu.hk