• HKDSE:
  • Applicants obtain Level 2 in five HKDSE subjects including English and Chinese (Note 1), or equivalent.The Student Learning Profile will be considered.
    • Applicants taking HKDSE in/after 2024:
      - Citizenship and Social Development would be considered as obtained Level 2 in one of the five DSE subjects.
      - Mathematics Extended Part (Module 1or Module 2) would also be recognised as one of the five HKDSE subjects.
  • A maximum of TWO Applied Learning (ApL) subjects can be counted for admission purpose.

    • Applicants taking HKDSE in/after 2018:
      - Possessing "Attained" performance in an ApL subject is deemed to have attained Level 2 in one HKDSE subject.
      - Possessing "Attained with Distinction (I)" performance in an ApL subject is deemed to have attained Level 3 in one HKDSE subject.
      - Possessing "Attained with Distinction (II)" performance in an ApL subject is deemed to have attained Level 4 or above in one HKDSE subject.

    • Applicants taking HKDSE in/before 2017:
      - Possessing "Attained" performance in an ApL subject is deemed to have attained Level 2 in one HKDSE subject.
      - Possessing "Attained with Distinction" performance in an ApL subject is deemed to have attained Level 3 or above in one HKDSE subject.

• HKALE:
  • Pass in one A Level subject or pass in two AS Level subjects in HKALE
    AND
  • Five passes in HKCEE including English and Chinese; OR
    Three passes in HKCEE plus Level 2 or above in English and Chinese

• Applicants obtain Satisfactory completion of Grade 12
  AND
• Level 2 or above in Chinese Language and Level 2 or above in English Language in HKCEE/ HKDSE, or other equivalent qualifications

• Applicants with satisfactory completion of a Pre-Associate Degree/ Associate Degree Foundation Programme/ Diploma Programme or equivalent qualifications.

• Applicants aged 21 or above with acceptable qualifications/ talents to justify admission.

• Mainland applicants should attain the third cut-off point or above in "National Joint College Entrance Examination (JEE) of Mainland China", or equivalent.

Note 1:

• For Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) students fulfilling the specified circumstances in Note 2, the programme will accept the following alternative Chinese language qualifications to replace level 2 of HKDSE Chinese Language:
  (i) Grade E or above in GCE A/AS Level Chinese; OR
  (ii) Grade C or above in GCSE/IGCSE/GCE O-Level Chinese; OR
  (iii) “Attained or above” in Applied Learning Chinese (ApL(C))
• "Other Languages" cannot be used for meeting the entrance requirement on Chinese Language.
   

Note 2:

• The specified circumstances are:
  (i) The student has learned Chinese Language for less than six years while receiving primary and secondary education. This caters specifically to students who have a late start in the learning of Chinese Language (e.g. due to their settlement in Hong Kong well past the entry level) or who have been educated in Hong Kong sporadically; OR
  (ii) The student has learned Chinese Language for six years or more in schools, but has been taught an adapted and simpler Chinese Language curriculum not normally applicable to the majority of students in local schools.