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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 64

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 29% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 99

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    93% of websites

admissions.hkbu.edu.hk

Undergraduate Admissions | Hong Kong Baptist University

Page Load Speed

5.6 sec in total

First Response

203 ms

Resources Loaded

5.2 sec

Page Rendered

174 ms

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About Website

Welcome to admissions.hkbu.edu.hk homepage info - get ready to check Admissions Hkbu best content for Hong Kong right away, or after learning these important things about admissions.hkbu.edu.hk

HKBU admissions office provides one-stop information for HKDSE, Associate Degree/Higher Diploma, Mainland China and International undergraduate applicants.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Admissions.hkbu.edu.hk page load time and found that the first response time was 203 ms and then it took 5.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

admissions.hkbu.edu.hk performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value9.4 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.5 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value270 ms

82/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.328

35/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.9 s

6/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

en

203 ms

204 ms

1075 ms

bootstrap.min.css

613 ms

owl.carousel.css

608 ms

Our browser made a total of 46 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 98% of them (45 requests) were addressed to the original Admissions.hkbu.edu.hk, 2% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Admissions.hkbu.edu.hk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 766.5 kB (11%)

Content Size

7.3 MB

After Optimization

6.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Admissions.hkbu.edu.hk main page is 7.3 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 6.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 19.9 kB

  • Original 23.6 kB
  • After minification 13.7 kB
  • After compression 3.8 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 10.0 kB, which is 42% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 19.9 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 284.6 kB

  • Original 6.7 MB
  • After minification 6.4 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Admissions Hkbu images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 232.8 kB

  • Original 300.0 kB
  • After minification 233.9 kB
  • After compression 67.2 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 232.8 kB or 78% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 229.2 kB

  • Original 271.9 kB
  • After minification 235.4 kB
  • After compression 42.8 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Admissions.hkbu.edu.hk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 229.2 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (41%)

Requests Now

39

After Optimization

23

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 39 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Admissions Hkbu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

en

en

203 ms

204 ms

1075 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

613 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

608 ms

owl.theme.css

owl.theme.css

617 ms

flexslider.css

flexslider.css

619 ms

style.css

style.css

1242 ms

font.css

font.css

640 ms

main.css

main.css

810 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

816 ms

jquery-3.3.1.min.js

jquery-3.3.1.min.js

1228 ms

bootstrap.js

bootstrap.js

1232 ms

jquery.select.js

jquery.select.js

852 ms

jquery.flexslider.js

jquery.flexslider.js

1259 ms

vidbg.js

vidbg.js

1022 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

1486 ms

scoll.js

scoll.js

1226 ms

html5media.min.js

html5media.min.js

1431 ms

main.js

main.js

1433 ms

common.js

common.js

1436 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

92 ms

home_button.png

home_button.png

210 ms

search_icon.png

search_icon.png

218 ms

Monthly-Webinar-_-Sep-2024-_1920x1177_-_-AO-Banner.jpg

Monthly-Webinar-_-Sep-2024-_1920x1177_-_-AO-Banner.jpg

633 ms

AO-website_Main_Video-Recordings-_2_.jpg

AO-website_Main_Video-Recordings-_2_.jpg

826 ms

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2023JUPASAdmissionsScores1920x1177.png

1606 ms

2024-JUPAS-General-Entrance-Requirements-1920x1177.png

2024-JUPAS-General-Entrance-Requirements-1920x1177.png

827 ms

HKBU-Info-Day-2023-No.2-AO-website_main_video-recording.jpg

HKBU-Info-Day-2023-No.2-AO-website_main_video-recording.jpg

828 ms

home_banner_4.jpg

home_banner_4.jpg

852 ms

Admissions_Schemes_HKDSE_JUPAS_Applicants_icon.png

Admissions_Schemes_HKDSE_JUPAS_Applicants_icon.png

839 ms

Admissions_Schemes_International_Qualificatin_Others_icon.png

Admissions_Schemes_International_Qualificatin_Others_icon.png

1033 ms

Admissions_Schemes_HongKong_Associate_DegreeHigherDiplomAUniversity_Transfer_icon.png

Admissions_Schemes_HongKong_Associate_DegreeHigherDiplomAUniversity_Transfer_icon.png

1032 ms

Admissions_Schemes_Mainland_JEE_icon.png

Admissions_Schemes_Mainland_JEE_icon.png

1033 ms

Other_Applicants_icon.png

Other_Applicants_icon.png

1047 ms

Social_media_icon.png

Social_media_icon.png

1064 ms

banner1.png

banner1.png

1237 ms

Monthly-Webinar-_-Sep-2024-_414x323_-_--AO-Event.jpg

Monthly-Webinar-_-Sep-2024-_414x323_-_--AO-Event.jpg

1239 ms

AO-website_Event_Video-Recordings.jpg

AO-website_Event_Video-Recordings.jpg

1242 ms

HKBU-logo.png

HKBU-logo.png

1252 ms

facebook_icon.png

facebook_icon.png

1277 ms

ig_icon.png

ig_icon.png

1445 ms

w3c_wcag2.0.gif

w3c_wcag2.0.gif

1445 ms

Lato-Bold.ttf

Lato-Bold.ttf

1413 ms

Lato-Regular.ttf

Lato-Regular.ttf

1426 ms

Lato-Light.ttf

Lato-Light.ttf

1454 ms

Accessibility Review

admissions.hkbu.edu.hk accessibility score

64

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

admissions.hkbu.edu.hk best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

admissions.hkbu.edu.hk SEO score

99

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Admissions.hkbu.edu.hk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Admissions.hkbu.edu.hk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

admissions.hkbu.edu.hk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Admissions Hkbu. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: