General University Entrance Requirements ---------------------------------------- To qualify for admission to the undergraduate programmes of the University: (a) A student from Hong Kong must either (i): obtain at the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) results that satisfy requirements of the Hong Kong Examinations Authority (HKEA) for entry to the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE); and obtain Grade E or above in Chinese Language and English Language (syllabus B) at the same sitting as other subjects in HKCEE; an achievement of Grade C in English Language (syllabus A) shall be considered as equivalent to a Grade E in English Language (syllabus B); and obtain Grade E or above in one Advanced Level (AL) subject in the HKALE; and obtain Grade E or above in two of the three Advanced Supplementary (AS) subjects, including Chinese Language & Culture, Use of English and Liberal Studies; or for applicants of BSc (Hons) in Combined Sciences only, obtain Grade E or above in one of these three AS subjects and another AS/AL subject; and obtain Grade E or above in one additional AS subject (or a second AL subject); or (ii): obtain passes in two Advanced Level and three Ordinary Level subjects in the General Certificate of Education/General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCE/GCSE) Examination; or (iii): obtain an International Baccalaureate Diploma; or (iv): obtain an acceptable equivalent qualification. (b) A student from outside Hong Kong may apply for admission with an acceptable alternative qualification, and will be considered on an individual basis, subject to the availability of vacancies. He/she should be able to follow the University teaching programme based on bilingual instruction in Chinese and English. (c) Special students who are non-native speaker of Chinese and who satisfy Requirement (a) or (b) above, with the exception of the Chinese language requirement, may apply for admission to a course in which students take subjects with English as the medium of instruction, and the language requirement for Chinese is substituted by either French or German. Applications will be considered on an individual basis. .