# Eligibility to apply via JUPAS

**Source**: https://admissions.hku.hk/apply/jupas/eligibility
**Parent**: https://admissions.hku.hk/zh-hans/fees-and-scholarships

## Eligibility to Apply via JUPAS

*[Source: JUPAS website - Eligibility](https://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/eligibility/ "(opens in a new window)")*

Eligible to Apply via JUPAS

In accordance with the HKSAR Government's policy, as from the 2020 JUPAS cycle, only applicants with valid documentation confirming they are **LOCAL** applicants / students at the time of submission of applications will be accepted.

**LOCAL** applicants who belong to the categories below with past and / or current HKDSE Examination results are eligible to apply via JUPAS for admission to the following programmes **on the strength of their HKDSE Examination results**, provided that they are **NOT** enrolled in full-time bachelor's degree programmes offered under JUPAS at the time they submit their JUPAS applications:

- UGC-funded full-time bachelor's degree programmes offered by the 8 UGC-funded institutions;
- Self-financing full-time bachelor's degree programmes offered by HKMU;
- SSSDP full-time bachelor's degree programmes offered by the SSSDP institutions;
- UGC-funded full-time associate degree programmes offered by CityU;
- UGC-funded full-time higher diploma programme offered by EdUHK; and
- UGC-funded full-time higher diploma programmes offered by PolyU.

**LOCAL applicants with HKDSE Examination results only**

All local applicants (school and non-school applicants) who wish to apply for admission to the above programmes on the strength of their HKDSE Examination results MUST apply via JUPAS.

**LOCAL applicants with both HKDSE Examination AND other academic results**

Local applicants with both HKDSE Examination AND other academic results whose HKDSE Examination results ALONE will make them eligible for application for admission to the above programmes can apply either via JUPAS or non-JUPAS, but NOT both.

Assessment of these local applicants applying via JUPAS will be based **mainly on their HKDSE Examination results**, while other factors will be considered by relevant institutions as appropriate.

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NOT Eligible to Apply via JUPAS

Applicants who belong to the categories below are **NOT ELIGIBLE** to apply via JUPAS.  If they do, their JUPAS applications will **NOT** be processed.  Any fees paid will not be refunded or transferred to another year / other application.  If they wish to apply for admission, they should consult individual institutions concerned for further information.

**Non-local applicants**

As from the 2020 JUPAS cycle, in accordance with the HKSAR Government's policy, **ALL** non-local applicants, regardless of whether they possess HKDSE Examination results, **MUST** apply for admission via the non-JUPAS route, and **NOT** via JUPAS.

**Applicants with a combination of HKDSE Examination AND other academic results**

Applicants with a combination of HKDSE Examination **AND** other academic results which **TOGETHER** may make them eligible for application for admission to the programmes offered under JUPAS are **NOT ELIGIBLE** to apply via JUPAS.

[For applicants who are not eligible to apply via JUPAS, please Apply here.](https://ug.hku.hk/hku-applicant/hku/index/login.xhtml "(opens in a new window)")

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