High school students and parents were seen roaming the Peking University campus on April 21 during the university’s Open Day, when all colleges, departments and schools open up for undergraduate admission consultancy.

The booth of College of Engineering (COE) received a lot of inquiries about admission scores, majors and career prospects. Exhibition panels of the College and its six departments were displayed. The fliers and booklets were also handed out to the public.

It was introduced that one important characteristic of the undergraduate education in COE is that all freshmen follow the same curriculum and study core courses like mathematics, physics, chemistry and computer science. Starting their second year they can choose programs according to their interests.

During four years’ studies, the students will receive tailored tutorship from the college faculty, will have chances to apply for many scholarships, and will have opportunities to be engaged in overseas exchange programs.

For the prospective students of 2013, six programs will be available: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Engineering Structure Analysis, Energy and Resource Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering.

The mission of the open day was to provide high school students a chance to find out more about Peking University. To achieve this, staff and current students were onsite to answer various questions of the audience face to face.

The open day was also made online, where those who can’t make it onsite communicated with the admission officers through Sina Micro-blog.

“Can you tell me the career prospects for undergraduate students?” asked a micro-blog user named “Xibei Laodao”.

“About 30% of the recent graduates further their studies abroad, some going to Harvard, MIT, Princeton University and Columbia University. About half of the graduates pursue graduate studies in China. And about 20% work in companies such as Schlumberger and China Mobile,” the user “College of Engineering” answered.