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Music Qualifications

1 How can the applicants be certain that the copies of the certificates of their music qualifications have been received by the JUPAS Office? 

Applicants who have submitted copies of their certificates to the JUPAS Office can log in to their JUPAS accounts to check the verification status 2 working days after the relevant documents are received by the JUPAS Office.  Applicants will also receive email from the JUPAS Office upon verification.

School applicants who have presented their certificates to their schools for verification via the JUPAS online application system need not submit supporting documents to the JUPAS Office.  They can log in to their JUPAS accounts to check the verification status once the qualifications have been verified by their schools.

Please refer to the section on Music Qualifications for more details.

2 Will the music qualifications without verification be deleted after the deadline of 24 April 2024?  How will the 9 JUPAS participating-institutions and the SSSDP institutions consider these music qualifications?

NO.  The music qualifications without verification will not be deleted after the deadline of 24 April 2024 (11:59 pm).

However, qualifications not verified by schools (for school applicants) or the JUPAS Office on or before the deadline of 24 April 2024 (11:59 pm) will NOT be taken into consideration by the 9 JUPAS participating-institutions and the SSSDP institutions.

3 Do applicants need to submit copies of the certificates of the music qualifications to the JUPAS Office if they have been verified by their schools via the JUPAS online application system? 

NO.  School applicants who have presented their certificates to their schools for verification via the JUPAS online application system need not submit supporting documents to the JUPAS Office.  They can log in to their JUPAS accounts to check the verification status.

However, qualifications not verified by schools (for school applicants) or the JUPAS Office on or before the deadline of 24 April 2024 (11:59 pm) will NOT be taken into consideration by the 9 JUPAS participating-institutions and the SSSDP institutions.

4 Can applicants enter qualifications other than those listed in the List of Music Qualifications?

NO.  Applicants can only enter music qualifications listed in the List of Music Qualifications.

In the consideration of music qualifications, the following will NOT be accepted:

  1. "equivalent" qualifications;

  2. qualifications not shown on the List of Music Qualifications;

  3. online results / reports; and 

  4. provisional results / score sheets.

Please refer to the section on Music Qualifications for more details.

5 If applicants have undergone name changes but the names contained in the certificates are the previous ones, what should they do?

Applicants must inform the JUPAS Office immediately and submit copies of Deed Poll and / or identity documents containing the previous names for its necessary actions.

Please refer to the section on Personal Profile for more details.