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 HKALE-based government-funded bachelor’s degree 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 students who wish to seek admission to PolyU based on
non-local qualifications. If you marginally fail to attain the grades or scores
specified for certain qualifications, you may still be considered for admission
if you have excellent performance at the selection interview. If you do not
have any of the following qualifications but have other acceptable
qualifications, you may be considered for admission to our full-time four-year
undergraduate curriculum.
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Qualifications
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Australia |
Senior secondary certificate of education; and - an Australian
Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), 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 |
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Bangladesh* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of
study at a recognised university |
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Brunei* |
Cambridge GCE Advanced Level and Ordinary Level,
or equivalent, which satisfy PolyU's
entrance requirements, normally with grade C in Advanced Level subjects |
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Canada |
For Ontario: Ontario Secondary School Diploma with an average
of 70% in six Grade 12 U or M courses For Quebec: Diplôme d’Etudes Collègiales
(DEC) with an average of 70 marks For other provinces: Provincial High School Diploma with an average of
70% or Grade B in five Grade 12 subjects |
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Chinese mainland* |
Satisfactory completion of a recognised
international curriculum as listed in these guidelines† |
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Denmark* |
Satisfactory
completion of either of the following - Studentereksamen - Hojere Forberedelsesksamen (HF) - Hojere Handelseksamen (HHX) - Hojere Teknisk Eksamen (HTX) |
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Egypt* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of
study at a recognised university |
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France* |
Satisfactory
completion of Baccalauréate |
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Germany* |
Satisfactory completion of Abitur |
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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 |
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Indonesia* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of
study at a recognised university |
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Ireland |
Honours passes (B3 and above) in five higher level
subjects in the Leaving Certificate |
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Japan* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of
study at a recognised university |
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Macau SAR* |
GCE Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, or
equivalent, which satisfy PolyU's entrance requirements, normally with
grade C in Advanced Level subjects |
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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), other than the language subjects, with
total scores not exceeding 12 |
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Mexico* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of
study at a recognised university |
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Myanmar* |
Satisfactory completion of at least two years of
study of an honours degree programme at a recognised university |
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Netherlands* |
Satisfactory
completion of Voorbereidend Weternshappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) Diploma |
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New Zealand |
National Certificate of Educational Achievement
(NCEA) Level 3 |
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Norway* |
Satisfactory completion of Vietnemål fra den Videregående Skolen |
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Pakistan* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of
study at a recognised university |
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Singapore |
- Singapore-Cambridge GCE
Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, or equivalent, which satisfy PolyU’s
entrance requirements, normally with grade C in Advanced Level H2 subjects;
or - Diploma from Ngee Ann,
Nanyang, Republic, Singapore, or Temasek Polytechnic. |
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South Africa |
National Senior
Certificate with satisfactory results |
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South Korea* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of
study at a recognised university |
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Sri Lanka* |
Sri Lanka Advanced Level and Ordinary Level, or
equivalent, which satisfy PolyU’s entrance requirements, normally with
grade C in Advanced Level subjects |
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Sweden* |
Satisfactory
completion of Fullstandigt Slutbetyg |
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Taiwan* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study at a recognised
university‡ |
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Thailand* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of
study at a recognised university |
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Turkey* |
Satisfactory completion of at least one year of study
at a recognised university |
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United Kingdom |
- GCE Advanced
Level and Ordinary Level, or equivalent, which satisfy PolyU's entrance
requirements, normally with grade C in 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 |
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United States of America |
A High School (Graduation) Diploma and either of
the following: - a combined
score of 1650 in the 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 |
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* Applicants holding qualifications 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 click here for details. † Applicants applying on the basis of the current
year Chinese Mainland Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (應屆內地高校招生全國統一考試) results,
please click here for details. ‡ Applicants
applying on the basis of the current year General Scholastic Ability Test
(GSAT) [應屆學科能力測驗成績(學測)] or Department Required Test (DRT) [指定科目考試成績(指考)] results will be considered for admission to
the full-time four-year undergraduate curriculum. |
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Updated in July 2011