Points to note for Graduation

• Usually, student visa ends abreast with the graduation date. If a non-local student fails to graduate before the visa expires, he/she will need to apply for extension of student visa.
   
• Should a Bachelor's degree student fails to fulfill the English Attainment Requirement through ELC courses, he/she would not be able to graduate until obtaining one of the alternative qualifications* or pass the University’s annual ELC Placement Test in two years time.
  
  * Acceptable Alternative Qualifications:
  
  1. a TOEFL score of 560 or above (paper based)/220 or above (computer based)/83 or above (internet based)
  2. an IELTS score of 7.0 or above
  3. Cambridge Proficiency in English at grade ‘C’ or above
  4. successful completion of a degree in an English-speaking country
  5. a grade in HKASL Use of English one grade higher than the minimum programme-entrance requirement
  6. other qualifications acceptable to ELC
      
• If a student does not have any course to take during the above mentioned two years period, the University will cease to sponsor his/her Student Visa/Entry Permit and the student will be required to leave Hong Kong before his/her student visa expires.