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General and short courses

  • Admission is normally made on a first come, first served basis.
  • Having paid the course fee, students may assume that their applications have been accepted, and should attend the course as scheduled, unless they hear from us before the course starts.

Award-bearing and professional programmes

  • Admission is by selection (interview or entry test/examination). Entry requirements are specified in the course descriptions.
  • Applicants should note that simply meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee entry to a programme. Places are subject to availability and selection criteria, if any.
  • A small number of award-bearing programmes open their application
    directly for enrolment and payment on a first-come, first served basis. The
    final decision on entry is still subject to applicants’ fulfillment of entrance
    requirements.
  • Successful applicants will be notified of the result as soon as possible after the closing date for application.
  • Unsuccessful applicants will be given a refund of course fees, if already paid. 
  • For full-time programmes of the Community College, the entry
    requirements and the application procedures are specified in the College
    websites ( https://www2.hkuspace.hku.hk/cc/admission ).

Other Information

  1. Applicants are normally required to have reached the age of 18 (except for Community College programmes).
  2. To study in Hong Kong, all non-local applicants are required to obtain a student visa issued by the Immigration Department of the HKSAR Government, except for those admitted to Hong Kong as dependants, or on a Permit for Proceeding to Hong Kong or Macao (also known as  “ One-way Permit”), or under any of the schemes indicated in paragraph (I) below, who do not need prior approval before taking up full-time and part-time studies. Non-local applicants who are issued with a valid employment visa or training visa, or members of the Consular Corps, or foreign domestic helpers, or admitted under any of schemes listed in paragraph (II) below, also do not need prior approval to pursue part-time studies. It is the responsibility of individual applicants to make appropriate visa arrangements. Admission to an HKU SPACE academic programme/course does not guarantee the issue of a student visa. Applicants may wish to note that part-time courses are not considered by the Immigration Department for student visa purposes except for self-financed, part-time locally accredited taught postgraduate programmes awarded within the HKU system through HKU SPACE. 

  (I)  Quality Migrant Admission Scheme (QMAS)

        Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)

        Immigration Arrangement for Non-local Graduates (IANG)

        Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents (ASSG)

        Top Talent Pass Scheme (TTPS)

        New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (New CIES)

(II)  Technology Talent Admission Scheme (TechTAS)

         Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme (ESLS)

         Sector-specific Labour Importation Schemes (SLIS)

         Special Scheme to Import Care Workers for Residential Care Homes (CWS)

         Investment for Entrepreneurs under the General Employment Policy (GEP)

         Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and Professionals (ASMTP)

3. HKU SPACE reserves the right to cancel a course or a programme in cases of insufficient enrolment or unforeseen difficulties arising from running the course. In such circumstances, course fees would be refundable.

4.   The Director may, at his discretion, refuse to admit an applicant.