If you require a student visa to study in Hong Kong or are staying in Hong Kong under the "Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates", you will be regarded as a non-local applicant. Non-local applicants who possess only visitor or tourist visas can neither be registered as students nor commence their studies until they have obtained student visas.
For dependant visa / entry permit holders who were 18 years old or above when they were issued with such visa / entry permit by the Director of Immigration, they will be regarded as non-local applicants and should follow the application/admissions arrangements for non-local students.
Local and non-local applicants are considered under different admissions schemes. The levels of tuition fees for local and non-local students are also different for most programmes. If your status changes from non-local to local or vice versa after you submit your application, any offers made under the initial admissions scheme may be cancelled and your application will be considered in competition with other eligible applicants under the subsequent admissions scheme.
Except for Chinese-related subjects and specially approved schemes / programmes, English is used for classes, written assignments and examinations.
Our undergraduate programmes only has one in September.
Subject to the availability of study places, applications submitted after the Main Round will still be accepted till 15 May 2024.
The University dose not accept online courses as equivalent to those face-to-face classes offered by regular high schools unless the schools are closed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and only online courses are available at that period.
Applicants who are holders of valid Hong Kong permanent identity cards, should apply for admission to our undergraduate programmes via the Non-JUPAS Admission Scheme. Those who do not hold Hong Kong permanent identity cards and need to apply for student visas to study at our University should follow the application/admissions arrangements for international applicants.
There are two teaching semesters, each of 13 weeks, and a 7-week summer term. The academic year starts in late August/early September, with the second semester ending sometime in April and the summer term running from May to July.
You can check the Academic Calendar here. Successful applicants will be informed of their class timetables after completion of registration.
The Non-local Student Services Team provides non-local students with student-centred support services throughout their studies at PolyU. They offer a wide variety of programmes and activities such as Orientation Programme and Host Family Scheme to enrich students' educational experience at PolyU and Hong Kong. Students may find important points to note prior to arrival, as well as immigration regulations concerning their stay in Hong Kong under the section of Non-local Student Services in the Student Resources and Support website.
"Non-local student" (except those staying in Hong Kong under the "Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates" and dependant visa / entry permit holders who were under 18 years old when they were issued with such visa / entry permit by the Director of Immigration) need to apply for a visa to study in Hong Kong. Please note that the Immigration Department may not accept student visa applications from nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba, Laos, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of ) and Nepal. For details, please refer to the Immigration Department's website by clicking here.
If you select the wrong visa type by mistake, please send an email (ar.intl@polyu.edu.hk) to us and attach a copy of visa/ entry permit in support of your claim. Local and non-local applicants are considered under different admission schemes. If your status has been changed from non-local to local, or vice versa, any offers made under the initial admission scheme will be cancelled. Your application will be considered in competition with other eligible applicants under the subsequent admission scheme.
PolyU welcomes applications from around the world. Please click here to check the guidelines.
Non-local applicants are required to meet the University's English language requirement before admission. Besides TOEFL and IELTS, we also accept varies English proficiency tests. Please click here for the full list of accepted qualifications.
Institution codes are as follows:
IB | 00251 |
ACT | 2764 |
SAT / AP / SAT Subject Test | 7261 |
TOEFL | 0732 |
If you hold A-Level or IB qualifications, you may be granted transferred credits up to 25% upon admission to the 4-year degree curriculum. Departments concerned will consider each case on its individual merits and inform you of the result at the Notice of Offer.
If you sit multiple examinations, please enter all relevant results and qualifications in your online application. Our University will base on all the information to consider your eligibility for admission.
No, high school mainland students who are currently pursuing the Chinese curriculum without taking the mainland Gao Kao in 2024 will normally not be considered for admission to our undergraduate schemes / programmes.
Majority of our mainland students are admitted on the basis of their results in the current year Chinese Mainland Joint Entrance Examinations. If you hold other international qualifications, you will only be further considered if you attain, or have the potential to attain, good academic results.
If applicants’ qualifications are not listed in the guidelines, their applications will normally be considered on a case-by-case basis. In general, applicants who graduate from high school and attain good academic results with good English proficiency are eligible for further consideration.
In general, applications will be assessed according to the level of competitions/ activities and the attainment. STARS self-description and referees will also be taken account.
Submission of supporting documents is compulsory. The requirements of the supporting documents are as follow:
1. official proof (e.g. certificate / letter issued by organiser concerned / school; medal / trophy with applicant's name; online results with valid hyperlink to the official website of the competition / activity / organiser concerned) of the applicants' participation in the competitions or activities concerned, and each must contain the following information:
- Applicant's information (If applicant's name is not printed on the official proof, additional supporting documents issued by the organiser concerned or school must be provided to certify the applicant's participation);
- Award / activity official name;
- Year of participation;
- Award type (if any); and
- Translation in English or Chinese if the official proof is in a language other than English or Chinese.
2. in PDF, JPG, JPEG or PNG format and the maximum file size for each entry is 5MB (please note that the total file size for the whole application is 15MB).
If you are shortlisted for an interview, you will be notified by email. You are therefore strongly advised to check your registered email account regularly.
Non-local applicants: HK$450
Please note that other than the specified application fee, you are not required to pay any money to any persons in connection with your application.
Non-local students are not eligible to apply for financial assistance from both the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and PolyU. Please therefore secure sufficient funds before embarking on studies at PolyU. You are however allowed to take up part-time on-campus employment for not more than 20 hours per week throughout the year and off-campus summer jobs during the summer months (i.e. 1 June to 31 August) without any work hours limit, which helps you earn some petty money to cover part of your daily expenditures.
PolyU recognises outstanding local and non-local students admitted to its full-time undergraduate programmes by granting scholarships of various amounts on the basis of academic merit, non-academic achievements (e.g. prizes/awards received in internationally recognised competitions) and interview performance. Applicants awarded scholarships will be informed when they are offered admission.
Full-time non-local students in government-funded programmes are eligible to apply for accommodation in the Student Halls of Residence. Non-local undergraduate students will, subject to the availability of residential places, normally be given an opportunity to stay in the University-managed Accommodation (including the Student Halls and off-campus housing), for their first year of study (including the period of joining Work-integrated Education/internship and/or outbound exchange progamme, if any). For the second year of study onwards, non-local students are required to arrange their own accommodation outside the Student Halls. In view of the above, they are advised to secure sufficient funds for their housing plan. For hall admission policies, please visit here.
Applications for credit transfer are normally not accepted until your initial enrolment on the programme or before the end of the add/drop period of the first semester of your first year of study in our university. It is at that stage that you should support your application with relevant documents, e.g. transcript of study, syllabus.
For programmes which specify acceptance of certain advanced qualification, e.g. Higher Diploma, Associate Degree, Bachelor's Degree, you may automatically be considered for credit transfer. If you are required to take fewer credits than the normal requirement, you will learn about it at the Notice of Offer. You may also write a statement about your wish to be considered for credit transfer. Please submit your application via eStudent and it will be up to departments to make decision on this.
Normally, no more than 25 percent of the credits that are usually required can be transferred from other post-secondary institutions for your PolyU award.
The validity period of subject credits earned is eight years from the year of attainment, i.e. the year in which the subject is completed, unless otherwise specified by the department responsible for the content of the subject. Grades may or may not be given for the transferred credits.
For our full-time Bachelor's Degree programmes, you are allowed to submit only one online application, with up to two choices.
An application number (e.g. 24XXXXXXX) will be automatically generated once you have submitted your application successfully. Your application number can be found above your programme choice after logging in to eAdmission.
Yes, you can still apply for admission if you can provide the examination results to meet the general entrance requirement before mid-August. In the meantime, please upload your latest results, e.g. transcript of your high school study, via eAdmission. Alternatively, you may authorize your high school to provide us with the predicted IB or GCEAL results in "Add Qualification > Academic Referee" section via eAdmission by inputting principals' / counselors contact details, or ask your school to send us the transcripts / predicted public examination results via email (ar.intl@polyu.edu.hk) for our preliminary assessment. A conditional offer will be given to applicants who are considered having the potential to be eligible for admission.
You will be notified by email if you are shortlisted for interview/test. If you are given an offer or a conditional offer, you will be informed via email/SMS. You may also log into your eAdmission account from time to time to check the progress of your application.
If you are applying for admission to year 1 of government-funded Bachelor’s Degree programmes and want to be notified of your result earlier, please submit your application for earlier consideration according to the processing rounds here.
If there is no news by late July, you may assume that your application is unsuccessful. No separate notification will be sent for unsuccessful cases.
After clicking the “Accept My Offer” button in your online Notice of Offer., "You have accepted this offer." will be shown. Please settle the initial fee before the "last day for payment" displayed in the first debit note of your Notice of Offer and complete the procedures in the “Meeting Conditions” section on the Notice of Offer page by the submission deadline if you have offered an conditional offer.
Once you have submitted your application, you are not allowed to change the programme choice(s) you selected earlier. But, you would still be able to update additional educational details / qualifications and upload relevant supporting documents to the online portal.
No, except for materials that cannot be uploaded, e.g. design portfolio. Please upload the documents to your online application and departments will be able to read them together with your application data.
You are allowed to submit further documents, which are not yet available at the time you submit your application, after application submission. Please scan the documents and log into your eAdmission account to upload them.
Uploaded documents should be:
- In black and white
- In A4 size
- With low quality high compression (e.g. 300dpi)
- Less than 5 MB per file
- PDF or JPG files
You should not submit any documents to departments direct except for materials that cannot be uploaded, e.g. design portfolio.
Please provide officially translated copies of the documents certified by your Institutions, Ministry of Education or legal authorities in addition to copies of the original documents, otherwise your application may not be considered.
In this case, please request your school to send us direct an official letter stating your final results by mail (Academic Registry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong) or email to ar.intl@polyu.edu.hk. Your full name and application number must be clearly included in it.
It is optional to submit the recommendation letter and personal statement for most of the programmes. Hence, there is no specific format but the content should be able to show that the applicant is suitable to study the programme(s) applied.
If there are any additional supporting documents which are not uploaded to / attached in the online application, please upload them under “Additional Document” section.
Please do not submit excessive documents than required. If there are additional documents required by the individual programmes, the requirements will clearly be posted on our Study@PolyU website. Please refer to this link for further information.
All uploaded documents cannot be deleted. However, you can upload the latest transcripts/ score reports under "Additional Document" section for our consideration.
Certified true copies have been verified and certified by a qualified party, e.g. lawyer or notary etc, either by stamp or signature as true copies of the original document.
You are required to upload at least one identity documents such as passport, mainland ID, identity card, visa permit etc. to the online portal via eAdmission for verification purpose.
Please contact us at (852) 2333 0600 or via email at ar.intl@polyu.edu.hk.
