Please refer to section Application via JUPAS

Yes. You can apply via 2012 JUPAS even if you are enrolled in an Associate Degree / Higher Diploma programme.

Applicants can apply for admission to participating-institutions via JUPAS using either HKALE or HKDSE but not both in the same academic year.

Applicants with HKALE results only should apply for admission via JUPAS to the 3-year curriculum.

Applicants with HKDSE results only should apply for admission via JUPAS to the 4-year curriculum.

There will be separate quota for the respective cohort (i.e. 3-year curriculum and 4-year curriculum) in the admission process in 2012.

• No, because it has already been pledged by UGC to the community that there will be separate quota, i.e. 15,000 each for the HKALE and HKDSE cohorts in 2012.

• JUPAS participating-institutions would observe the quota for respective cohort in their admission process in 2012.

In 2012

Students can apply for university places via JUPAS using either HKALE or HKDSE but not both.

In 2013 and beyond,

• Students who re-take HKALE and with HKALE results only should apply for admission directly to the participating-institutions (via non-JUPAS channel). Institutions might consider advanced standing for such applicants.

• Students with HKDSE results only should apply for admission to the participating-institutions via JUPAS channel.

• Students with a combination of HKALE and HKDSE results, and if HKDSE results alone would make them eligible for application to the study programmes offered via JUPAS may apply either via JUPAS or directly to the participating-institutions, but not both. Assessment of such applicants applying via JUPAS will be based primarily on HKDSE.

• Students with a combination of HKALE and HKDSE results which together would make them eligible for application to the participating-institutions should apply directly to the participating-institutions (via non-JUPAS channel).

In 2013 and beyond,

• Students who re-take HKALE and with HKALE results only should apply for admission directly to the participating-institutions (via non-JUPAS channel). Institutions might consider advanced standing for such applicants.

• Students with HKDSE results only should apply for admission to the participating-institutions via JUPAS channel.

• Students with a combination of HKALE and HKDSE results, and if HKDSE results alone would make them eligible for application to the study programmes offered via JUPAS may apply either via JUPAS or directly to the participating-institutions, but not both. Assessment of such applicants applying via JUPAS will be based primarily on HKDSE.

• Students with a combination of HKALE and HKDSE results which together would make them eligible for application to the participating-institutions should apply directly to the participating-institutions (via non-JUPAS channel).

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No, School Reference Report is not available for student to view. However, in accordance with Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, students have the right to access the Reference Report. A search fee and a photocopy fee will be charged.

Please refer to section Programme Information

Please refer to section Useful Material

Participating-institutions have no access to applicant's actual priority of programme choices until after the announcement of the Main Round offer results (i.e. 26 Jul 2012*). Applicants' preferences are only made known to the institutions in the form of 5 bands.

Applicants can still modify their programme choices after the deadline for submission of applications on the following two occasions so long as the total does not exceed 25:

1. Before the publication of the 2012 HKALE results

   Applicants may revise their list of study programme choices before the publication of the 2012 HKALE results during the period 3 January - 21 May 2012 in any of the following options:

   • Change the preference order of their programme choices
   • Delete programmes from the choice list
   • Replace a choice of study programme with another one
   • Add new programmes to the original choices (as long as the total number of programme choices does not exceed 25)

   Applicants are required to pay a fee of HK$80 for each submission before they can save their updated programme choices.

   The User Guide on submission of requests for programme changes which will guide them through the process will be available at the JUPAS website as from 3 January 2012. Applicants are advised to go through the User Guide before submitting their request.

   (Please refer to section on Amendment of Programme Choices Before Publication of HKALE Results)

2. After the publication of the 2012 HKALE results

   Applicants should login onto the JUPAS online application system to check the time-slot allocated to them for the submission of request for re-prioritization of programme choices as from 1 June 2012 (9:00 am). No change on the allotted time-slot will be entertained.

   Applicants can re-prioritize and / or delete the programme choices that they have already chosen during their allotted time-slot only.

   They are not allowed at this stage to add any new programme to their choices.

   During this period, they are allowed to make changes only once. No fee will be charged.

   The User Guide on checking of time-slot and on submission of requests for re-prioritization of programme choices will be available at the JUPAS website as from 1 June 2012. Applicants are advised to go through the User Guide before submitting their request.

   (Please refer to section on Amendment of Programme Choices After Publication of HKALE Results)

Yes. You can do so on the web by 30 March 2012 (11:59 pm).

You have to submit supporting documents for Other Qualifications to schools / JUPAS Office for verification no later than 13 April 2012 with application no. marked on the upper right corner.

If you decide to withdraw from JUPAS, you MUST submit your request to the JUPAS Office by completing the "Withdrawal Form" which can be downloaded from "Download Area" in the JUPAS online application system and returning the completed form to the JUPAS Office either in person or by post by the deadline of 2 July 2012 (5:00 pm).

An acknowledgement of your withdrawal will be sent to you by post for your record.

Please note that once your withdrawal request is confirmed, you will no longer be able to access your application to the specific admissions exercise and will not, under any circumstances, be reinstated in this same academic year. Any application / amendment fees paid will not be refunded or transferred to another year.

A merit order list is a rating list. Each programme you have applied to will give you a rating in accordance with its criteria for selection. Such rating will determine your position in the merit order list of each programme of your choice. The computer system will match (the "iteration process") the order of preference you have assigned to the study programmes of your choice with the position you have been placed in each merit order list of these programmes. You will then be made an offer of the highest priority on your programme list for which you have the required rating.

Merit order lists are compiled by the respective programmes' admissions tutors. Therefore determination of applicants' suitability for admission is entirely the decisions of the 9 participating-institutions under JUPAS and is entirely independent of the JUPAS Office.

Each programme will give you a rating in accordance with its criteria for selection. Such rating will determine your position in the merit order list of each programme of your choice. The computer system will match (the "iteration process") the order of preference you have assigned to the study programmes of your choice with the position you have been placed in each merit order list of these programmes. You will then be made an offer of the highest priority on your programme list for which you have the required rating.

A flash demo which briefly describes the iteration process can be downloaded from the section Useful Material.

The 2012 Main Round Offer results will be announced on 26 July 2012* (from 9:00 am) via:

• JUPAS website
• JUPAS 24-hour hotline (Tel: 2803 2200)
• Notice board outside the JUPAS Office
• Websites of the 9 participating-institutions

Results published will show your 8-digit application no. and offered programme (in JUPAS Catalogue No.).

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Applicants with offer in the Main Round will be required to accept the offer by paying the prescribed fee during the specified period.

(Please refer to section Main Round Offer)

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The Clearing Round offer results (if any) will be announced on 8 August 2012* (from 10:00 am) via the web, email and SMS.

(Please refer to section Clearing Round Offer)

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NO. If you decline your offer in the Main Round / Clearing Round, you will NOT be re-considered for admission to any other programmes under JUPAS in the same year.

(Please refer to section Subsequent Round Offer)

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The Subsequent Round offer results (if any) will be announced on 15 August 2012* via the web, email and SMS.

(Please refer to section Subsequent Round Offer)

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If you fail to confirm your acceptance of an offer on or before the deadline (i.e. 16 August 2012* (8:00 am)), you are regarded as having declined your offer. In such an event, you may be further considered by institutions only if vacancies are still available.

(Please refer to section Subsequent Round Offer)

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Admission to the institutions is on a competitive basis, since the number of places available is far less than the number of eligible applicants. In this regard, satisfying the minimum entrance requirement of an institution or a programme does not therefore guarantee admission.

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Your HKCEE and HKALE grades alone do not determine whether you will enter an institution of your choice. Other factors come into consideration such as information contained in your application form, and for some programmes, interview(s) and / or test(s), banding of programme choices, overall grades achieved by other applicants in the current year, and the number of applicants applying to the programme, etc. It is therefore not appropriate to only compare grades between applicants.

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Information on admissions grades / figures is for reference only, and should not be used to predict the chance of admission to any programme in subsequent years.

It should also be noted that not all programmes select students on the basis of HKCEE and HKALE grades alone and the actual grades of the students admitted to each programme may vary from year to year (depending on the overall grades achieved by applicants in a particular year, the number of applicants applying to the programme, changes in selection criteria, etc.).

You have to check with the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA). (Tel: 3628 8860)

Appeal results will be announced by the HKEAA on 27 July 2012*.

You can submit a request for re-consideration of your application on 28 July 2012*.

To submit a request for re-consideration, you are required to login onto your account at the JUPAS online application system, using your login name and the password you have previously selected.

(Please refer to section HKALE Appeal Cases)

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Yes. You can submit a request for re-consideration based on your revised HKALE grade(s) regardless of whether you have been made an offer or have accepted an offer in the Main Round or not.

If you already have been made an offer in the Main Round and if you wish to accept this offer, our advice is that you SHOULD accept this Main Round offer while your request for re-consideration is pending, because this is the only offer you will receive in the case that you do not receive a "better" offer.

Please note that if you are given a "better" offer (i.e. a higher preference programme of your choice, and which is also the FINAL offer) on the strength of the revised grade(s), your original offer in the Main Round will be withdrawn.

(Please refer to section HKALE Appeal Cases)

No. If you are given a "better" offer (i.e. a higher preference programme of your choice, and which is also the FINAL offer) on the strength of the revised HKALE grade(s), your original offer in the Main Round will be withdrawn. You will be required to accept the "better" offer.

In this regard, if you are already satisfied with your Main Round offer, there is no need for you to go through the procedures as specified here.

*Subject to changes