Application Procedures

Application Fee

The application fee for the 2023 JUPAS is HK$460. Application fee received after the application deadline of 7 December 2022 (11:59 pm) will be subject to a late charge of HK$350.

The application fee is collected by the JUPAS Office on behalf of the 9 JUPAS participating-institutions and the SSSDP institutions, and is not refundable or transferable to another year / other application.

Channels and Procedures for Payment of Application Fee

All school and non-school applicants MUST pay the application fees on or before the application deadline of 7 December 2022 (11:59 pm) via one of the following channels.

During the late application period 9 December 2022 (9:00 am) – 31 May 2023 (5:00 pm), applicants must pay the late application fee via credit card, PPS by Internet or FPS.

CREDIT CARD

Applicants MUST log on their JUPAS accounts to pay application fees via VISA / MasterCard (issued by any bank), after which they can complete their application procedures. Applicants need not be the credit card holders.

Applicants should check the details on the confirmation pages shown after successful payments and print copies for their own record.

Note:

JUPAS Office has no access to the bank account information for making the payment.

PPS by Internet

Applicants MUST log on their JUPAS accounts to pay application fees via PPS by Internet, after which they can complete their application procedures. Applicants need not be the PPS account holders.

Applicants should check the details on the confirmation pages shown after successful payments and print copies for their own record.

Note:

PPS by Phone will NOT be accepted.
JUPAS Office has no access to the bank account information for making the payment.

FPS

Applicants MUST log on their JUPAS accounts to pay application fees via FPS QR Code, after which they can complete their application procedures. Applicants need not be the FPS registrants.

Applicants should check the details on the confirmation pages shown after successful payments and print copies for their own record.

Note:

JUPAS Office has access to the FPS registrant’s full name and bank name after a successful payment.

E-BANKING (for personal account only)

Applicants can pay the application fees via e-banking of HSBC, Hang Seng Bank and The Bank of East Asia (BEA). Applicants need not be the bank account holders. The deadline for paying application fee via e-banking is 6 December 2022 (7:30 pm).

It will take at least 1 working day for the payments via e-banking to be processed, after which applicants can log on the JUPAS online application system to create their JUPAS accounts and / or complete their application procedures.

Applicants should check the details on the confirmation pages shown after successful payments and print copies for their own record.

HSBC

https://www.hsbc.com.hk

Select and enter the following after logging on the HSBC Personal Internet Banking account:

Payee : JUPAS

Bill Type : 01 APPLICATION FEE (HK$460)

Bill Payee Account No. : Applicant's HKID Card No. ^Note

Amount : 460

Hang Seng Bank

https://www.hangseng.com

Select and enter the following after logging on the Hang Seng Personal e-Banking account:

Category : Education Institutions

Merchant : JUPAS

Bill Type : 01 APPLICATION FEE (HK$460)

Bill Account No. : Applicant's HKID Card No. ^Note

Amount : 460

BEA

https://www.hkbea.com

Select and enter the following after logging on BEA Cyberbanking account:

Merchant / Organisation Category : Education: Post-secondary or Specialised Institution

Merchant / Organisation Name : JUPAS

HKID Number : Applicant's HKID Card No. ^Note

Note:

The APPLICANTS' HKID CARD NUMBERS must be used to register payments as the Bill Payment No. (e.g. applicant with an HKID card number of A123456(A) should input A123456A as the Bill Payment No.), otherwise the JUPAS Office will not be able to identify the applicants' fee payments.
JUPAS Office has no access to the bank account information for making the payment.

CASH (BEA)

Applicants can pay the application fees in CASH at any branch of BEA to the following account.

It will take at least 1 working day for the payments via the bank to be processed, after which applicants can log on the JUPAS online application system to create their JUPAS accounts and / or complete their application procedures.

Account Name
Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS)
Account No.
176-40-03002-6
Bill Type
01 Application Fee

Note:

The APPLICANTS' HKID CARD NUMBERS must be produced and used in making the payments, otherwise the JUPAS Office will not be able to identify the applicants' fee payments.
Payment by cheque or ATM transfer will NOT be accepted.
Account Deposit Forms will be issued by BEA for applicants' retention. Applicants should check the information printed on the Account Deposit Forms carefully before leaving the bank counters. If inaccurate information is found, applicants should inform the bank staff immediately, otherwise the JUPAS Office will not be able to process applicants' fee payments and they will be required to make new payments.
Please refer to the respective branches of BEA for business hours.

Applicants will receive confirmation emails^#^ and SMS^■^ from the JUPAS Office upon successful payments of the application fees and completion of application procedures via the JUPAS online application system.

It is applicants' responsibilities to check for such messages. Applicants should enquire at the JUPAS Office immediately if they do not receive such messages after completing the relevant procedures.

^#As email is one of the channels that the JUPAS Office, the 9 JUPAS participating-institutions and the SSSDP institutions will use to communicate with applicants, applicants must ensure that the setting of their personal email accounts will not filter out or place such correspondence in the trash / junk bins.

^ Emails and SMS are delivered via third party network providers and therefore the JUPAS Office is not responsible for any delay, loss, transfer, amendment or damage arising from the transmission process via third party network providers.

Should there be any discrepancies between information contained in emails and SMS and applicants' JUPAS accounts, the information contained in the latter (i.e. the JUPAS accounts) is final.

Applicants are strongly advised to log on their JUPAS accounts to double-check the related information.

^■Since important messages and correspondence from the JUPAS Office, the 9 JUPAS participating-institutions and the SSSDP institutions will be sent via applicants' mobile phone numbers and / or mailing addresses, applicants SHOULD NEVER share their mobile phone numbers or mailing addresses with other applicants in order to protect any information related to their JUPAS applications.