(The grades indicated below represent the minimum acceptable but possession of the qualifications in no way guarantees acceptance.)
For admission to an associate degree programme, an applicant must satisfy ONE of the following:
1. Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE)
(a) grade E or above in one A-level subject, OR grade E or above in two AS-level subjects, which may include AS-Level Use of English and AS-Level Chinese Language and Culture; AND
(b) grade E or above in five HKCEE subjects, which may include level 2 or above in English Language or Chinese Language; AND
(c) grade E or above in AS-level Use of English, or level 2 or above in HKCEE English Language*; AND
(d) grade E or above in AS-level Chinese Language and Culture, or level 2 or above in HKCEE Chinese Language†.
2. Other Qualifications
Other qualifications may include an academic qualification from a local post-secondary institution or a professional qualification acceptable to the University. Qualifications attained by study at a local international school, or a non-local high school, at Grade 12 or equivalent, are also accepted as satisfying the General Entrance Requirements.
Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained in a language other than English will need an acceptable result in an approved English language qualification such as TOEFL or IELTS.
3. Mature Applicants
Mature applicants are eligible to apply for given programmes notwithstanding that they do not satisfy the requirements in (1) or (2) above. Mature applicants must be over the age of 23‡ by 1 September of the year of admission and be able to demonstrate aptitude and suitability for the programme.
* Equivalent English language qualifications include:
l HKALE Literature in English / English Literature: Grade E or above
l HKCEE English Language (Syllabus B): Grade E or above, or HKCEE English Language (Syllabus A): Grade C or above
l GCEAL English Literature: Grade E or above
l GCEOL/GCSE English Language: Grade C or above
l Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
n For Community College of City University (CCCU): score of 500 (paper-based test) or 200 (computer-based test) or above
n For Division of Building Science and Technology (BST), and School of Creative Media (SCM): score of 550 (paper-based test), 213 (computer-based test) or 79 (internet-based test) or above
l International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
n For CCCU: overall band score of 5 or above
n or BST and SCM: overall band score of 6 or above
l College English Test: band 4 (applicable to CCCU only)
† The following are acceptable in place of the HKALE AS Chinese Language and Culture or the HKCEE Chinese Literature:
l HKALE Chinese Literature: Grade E or above
l HKALE Chinese Language Literature: Grade E or above
l HKCEE Chinese Language: Grade E or above
l HKCEE—a language subject other than Chinese or English: Grade E or above
l GCEOL/GCSE — a language subject other than Chinese or English: Grade C or above
‡ For the programmes offered by the Division of Building Science and Technology and School of Creative Media, mature applicants must be over the age of 25 by 1 September of the year of admission. |