Application Procedures

Application Fee

The application fee for the 2025 JUPAS is HK$460. All school and non-school applicants MUST pay the application fee on or before the application deadline of 4 December 2024 (11:59 pm).

From 6 December 2024 (9:00 am) to 28 May 2025 (5:00 pm), applicants must pay the late application fee HK$810 (which includes the application fee of HK$460 and 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 for Payment of Application Fee

Payment Channels	On or before 4 December 2024 (11:59 pm)	From 6 December 2024 (9:00 am) to 28 May 2025 (5:00 pm)
CREDIT CARD	✔	✔
FPS	✔	✔
PPS by Internet	✔	✔
CASH (BEA)	✔ Deadline for payment via CASH: 4 December 2024 Please refer to the business hours for respective branches of BEA.	Not Applicable
E-BANKING (for personal account only) HSBC Hang Seng Bank BEA	✔ Deadline for payment via E-BANKING: 3 December 2024 (7:30 pm)	Not Applicable

Procedures for Payment of Application Fee

CREDIT CARD

Applicants MUST log in to their JUPAS accounts to pay the application fee 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 payment and retain copies for their own record.

Note:

JUPAS Office has no access to the bank account information for making the payment.
Please refer to the respective online payment channels for their system maintenance schedule.

FPS

Applicants MUST log in to their JUPAS accounts to pay the application fee 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 payment 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.
Please refer to the respective online payment channels for their system maintenance schedule.

PPS by Internet

Applicants MUST log in to their JUPAS accounts to pay the application fee 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 payment 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.
Please refer to the respective online payment channels for their system maintenance schedule.

CASH (BEA)

Applicants can pay the application fee in CASH at any branch of BEA.

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

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

Note:

The APPLICANTS' HKID CARD NUMBER must be produced and used in making the payment, otherwise the JUPAS Office will not be able to identify the applicants' payment.
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' payment and they will be required to make new payment.
Please refer to the business hours for respective branches of BEA as they may differ.

E-BANKING (for personal account only)

Applicants can pay the application fee 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 3 December 2024 (7:30 pm).

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

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

HSBC

https://www.hsbc.com.hk

Select and enter the following after logging in to 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 in to 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 in to 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 NUMBER must be used to register the payment 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' payment.
JUPAS Office has no access to the bank account information for making the payment.
Please refer to the respective online payment channels for their system maintenance schedule.

Applicants will receive acknowledgement emails^#^ and SMS^■^^◊ from the JUPAS Office upon successful payment of the application fee and completion of application procedures via the JUPAS online application system.

It is the sole responsibility of the applicants to check for such messages. If they do not receive such confirmation messages after completion of the relevant procedures, they should contact the JUPAS Office immediately.

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

^ 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) shall prevail.

Applicants are strongly advised to log in to 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.

^◊ SMS will be sent with the Registered SMS Sender ID of #JUPAS to a valid Hong Kong mobile phone number. Applicants who provide a non-Hong Kong mobile phone number MAY NOT be able to successfully receive SMS.