Guidelines on Non-local Qualifications

 

PolyU welcomes applications from quality candidates from around the world.

 

Due to the differences in education systems, school-leaving qualifications that are acceptable for entrance to universities in other places may not necessarily be acceptable for entrance to an undergraduate programme at PolyU. To be eligible to apply for admission to our full-time undergraduate programmes, candidates who have studied under a non-local curriculum are expected to have achieved an academic standard equivalent to GCE A-level, or have satisfactorily completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma or the first year of university education.  The following guidelines are for reference of non-local students who wish to seek admission to PolyU.

 

If you do not have any of these qualifications but have other acceptable qualifications, you may be considered for admission to our full-time undergraduate programmes with the addition of a foundation year. You can check the foundation year curriculum for the current year, as a reference, under ¡§Programme Registration/Re-enrolment¡¨ at http://www.polyu.edu.hk/student.

 

Country

Qualifications

 

Australia

Senior Secondary Certificate of Education; and

-    a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER), Universities Admission Index (UAI), or Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER) of 80,

-    or an Overall Position (OP) Band between 1 and 10

 

Bangladesh*

Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

Brunei

Cambridge GCE Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, or equivalent, which satisfy PolyU's entrance requirements, normally with grade C in 3 Advanced Level subjects

 

Canada

Provincial High School Diploma with an average of 70% or Grade B in five Grade 12 subjects

 

For Ontario:

High School Diploma with

-      an average of 70% in six Grade 12 U or M courses, or

-      an average of 70% in six Ontario Academic Courses (OAC)

 

For Quebec:

Diplôme d¡¦Etudes Collˆogiales (DEC) with an average of 70 marks

 

Chinese mainland*

 

Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

Denmark*

 

Satisfactory completion of either of the following

-          Studentereksamen

-          Hojere Forberedelsesksamen (HF)

-          Hojere Handelseksamen (HHX)

-          Hojere Teknisk Eksamen (HTX)

 

France*

Satisfactory completion of Baccalaurˆmate

 

Germany*

Satisfactory completion of Abitur

 

India*

An average of 75% in five subjects in any of the following awarded by CBSE, CISCE or the National Open School Board upon completion of standard XII:

-        Indian School Certificate

-        Intermediate Certificate

-        Higher School Certificate

-        Higher Secondary Certificate

-        All India Senior School Certificate

-        Pre-University Course

 

Indonesia*

Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

Ireland

Honours passes (B3 and above) in five higher level subjects in the Leaving Certificate

 

Japan*

Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

Macau SAR*

Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC)/recognised GCE Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, or equivalent, which satisfy PolyU's entrance requirements, normally with grade C in 3 Advanced Level subjects

 

Malaysia*

-     Passes in 3 subjects in Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM), other than the language subjects, or

-     Passes in 5 subjects in the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) (not including English) with total scores not exceeding 12

 

Mexico*

Satisfactory completion of either of the following:

-     Tˆmcnico Superior Universitario

-     at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

Netherlands*

Satisfactory completion of Voorbereidend Weternshappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) Diploma

 

New Zealand

-    National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3, or

- Bursary B

 

Norway

Satisfactory completion of Vietnemål fra den Videregående Skolen

 

Pakistan*

Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

Singapore

- Singapore/ Cambridge GCE Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, or equivalent, which satisfy PolyU's entrance requirements, normally with grade C in 3 Advanced Level subjects; or

-  Diploma from Ngee Ann, Nanyang, Republic, Singapore, or Temasek Polytechnic

 

South Africa

Higher grade passes in five subjects (a minimum of 3 Bs and 2 Cs) in the Senior Certificate

 

South Korea*

Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

Sri Lanka

GCE Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, or equivalent, which satisfy PolyU's entrance requirements, normally with grade C in 3 Advanced Level subjects

 

Sweden*

Satisfactory completion of Fullstandigt Slutbetyg

 

Taiwan*

Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

Thailand*

Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised university

 

United Kingdom

- GCE Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, or equivalent, which satisfy PolyU's entrance requirements, normally with grade C in 3 Advanced Level subjects, Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE), Advanced General National Vocational Qualification (Advanced GNVQ), or Scottish Advanced Higher Level

- Ordinary National Diploma (OND)/Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) National Diploma

 

United States of America

 

A High School (Graduation) Diploma and either of the following:

- a combined score of 1650 in the (new) SAT Reasoning Test, with a sub-score of 8 on essay writing

- an American College Test (ACT) composite score of 23

- grade 3 in two Advanced Placement (AP) subjects

 

 

*    Applicants from these countries are required to meet the University English language requirements, unless they can provide evidence that they have undertaken study at an English medium international high school or above for at least two years. Please refer to the relevant paragraphs in "Language Requirements for Full-time Programmes". Click here for details.

    Applicants applying on the basis of the current year Chinese Mainland Joint Entrance Examination (À³©¡¤º¦a°ª®Õ©Û¥Í¥þ°ê²Î¤@¦Ò¸Õ) results, please click here for details.

 

Updated on 29 September 2008