Application Procedures
Application Period and Method
Applicants who wish to apply for admission to the programmes offered under JUPAS and are eligible to apply via JUPAS should submit and complete their applications via the JUPAS online application system from 7 October 2020 (9:00 am) – 9 December 2020 (11:59 pm).
Applicants will receive emails^ from the JUPAS Office upon their successful creation of an applicant's record and successful generation of an application number by the JUPAS online application system.
It is applicants' responsibilities to check for such messages. If they believe they should have received such messages but it does not appear they have, they should enquire at the JUPAS Office immediately.
Applicants are advised to submit their applications earlier to avoid heavy internet traffic near the deadline (i.e. 9 December 2020 (11:59 pm)).
Applicants who have missed the above deadline (i.e. 9 December 2020 (11:59 pm)) may submit late applications. Late applications may be accepted during the period 11 December 2020 (9:00 am) – 31 May 2021 (5:00 pm) on an EXCEPTIONAL basis if applicants could support their late applications with good reasons for the consideration of JUPAS, whose decision is final.
All late applications MUST BE completed and submitted via the JUPAS online application system.
All late accepted applications will be subject to a late charge of HK$350 in addition to the application fee of HK$460.
Applicants should note that whilst late applications may be accepted, under no circumstances whatsoever would submissions of OEA, SLP, Other Academic Results (Language Subjects), Music Qualifications, ACL and Reference Report (for non-school applicants only) be accepted after their respective deadlines.
Late applications submitted after the deadline of 31 May 2021 (5:00 pm) will NOT be accepted.
Upon successful creation of an applicant's record and successful generation of an application number by the JUPAS online application system, applicants will receive emails from the JUPAS Office.
It is applicants' responsibilities to check for such messages. If they believe they should have received such messages but it does not appear they have, they should enquire at the JUPAS Office immediately.
Before submitting the applications, applicants are advised to go through the Online Application System User Guide for Applicants (Applicants' User Guide) which is a step-by-step demonstration of the procedures on submission of application.
Applicants should complete ALL of the following steps for the submission of applications.
Applicants must complete ALL the necessary steps below:
1.1
ENTER personal information and communication information
1.2
SET login names and passwords
1.3
CLICK "Create Account"
2.1
LOG ON JUPAS accounts
2.2
ENTER verification codes to activate JUPAS accounts
2.3
CLICK "Continue" to apply for 2021 admission
2.4
CLICK "Confirm and Continue" to confirm understanding and accepting the terms of the declaration
3.1
PAY the application fees and RECEIVE confirmation of payments (if applicable) and 8-digit application numbers via emails#^ and SMS■^ from the JUPAS Office upon successful payment
4.1
SELECT / UPDATE programme choices in "My DRAFT Programme Choices"
4.2
SUBMIT updated programme choices from "My DRAFT Programme Choices" to "My CONFIRMED Programme Choices" (Please refer to the Summary of Procedures for Submission of Programme Choices)
After completion of the above mandatory steps, applicants can enter the following application information in their JUPAS accounts before the respective deadlines.
The Applicants' User Guide on submission of application will be available at the JUPAS website in early October 2020.
School and Non-school Applicants
Applicants who are current secondary school students MUST apply via JUPAS as school applicants regardless of whether they may be sitting for the 2021 HKDSE Examination as private candidates.
Applicants who are not current secondary school students MUST apply via JUPAS as non-school applicants.
ALL applicants (school and non-school applicants) applying via JUPAS on the strength of their HKDSE Examination results are considered on the same basis by the 9 JUPAS participating-institutions and the SSSDP institutions.
# 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.