Electronic Advance Application System for Post-secondary Programmes (E-APP)

Electronic Advance Application System for Post-secondary Programmes (E-APP) is a one-stop online application system for post-secondary programmes developed by the Education Bureau. Candidates sitting for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) in the current academic year may lodge advance applications for full-time locally-accredited sub-degree and undergraduate programmes (including sub-degree programmes under the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors and most of the eligible programmes under the Non-means-tested Subsidy Scheme for Self-financing Undergraduate Studies in Hong Kong) that are not covered by the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS) via the E-APP before the release of HKDSE results.

Benefits of using E-APP

With this simple and fast one-stop online service, applicants may apply for most of the full-time locally-accredited sub-degree and undergraduate programmes that are not covered by the JUPAS in a single online application before the release of HKDSE results. Applicant may receive conditional offer(s) from institution before the release of HKDSE results.

On the date of HKDSE results announcement, E-APP will pass applicants’ HKDSE results directly from the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) to their applied institutions so that those institutions can confirm their offers as soon as possible.

Operational Flow of E-APP

Before applying via the E-APP, applicants may browse the Concourse for Self-financing Post-secondary Education (the Concourse) website (www.cspe.edu.hk) for information about post-secondary institutions and details of about 430 full-time locally-accredited Higher Diploma, Associate Degree and Undergraduate programmes that are not covered by the JUPAS, including their tuition fees, entry requirements, and accreditation and recognition by relevant professional bodies.  The Concourse website also provides information pertaining to the institutions' estimated number of intake places, application and admission arrangements for the 2025/26 academic year as well as their past admission scores and graduate statistics.

After applicants submit applications through the E-APP, it will pass the applications to the concerning institutions, which will then process the applications and update application status and progress on the E-APP.  If the applicants are deemed qualified, conditional offers may be given to them before the release of HKDSE results.

In addition to facilitating HKDSE candidates’ programme application, E-APP is also accessible to secondary schools.  Secondary school teachers may upload School Reference Reports onto the E-APP for post-secondary institutions’ reference; and can also keep track of their students’ application status and progress on the E-APP so that they may provide timely guidance to their students.

List of E-APP participating institutions (as at September 2024)

     1. Caritas Bianchi College of Careers

     2. Gratia Christian College

     3. HKCT Institute of Higher Education

     4. HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education and HKU SPACE Community

          College

     5. HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College

     6. Hong Kong Adventist College

     7. Hong Kong Art School (a division of the Hong Kong Arts Centre)

     8. Hong Kong Baptist University - College of International Education and

         School of Continuing Education

     9. Hong Kong Chu Hai College

   10. Hong Kong College of Technology

   11. Hong Kong Institute of Technology

   12. Hong Kong Metropolitan University – Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing

          Education

   13. Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education

   14. Hong Kong Shue Yan University

   15. Lingnan Institute of Further Education

   16. Saint Francis University

   17. The Chinese University of Hong Kong – School of Continuing and Professional Studies

   18. The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

   19. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – Hong Kong Community College 

   20. Tung Wah College

   21. UOW College Hong Kong

   22. Vocational Training Council¹– Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) / Hong

          Kong Design Institute (HKDI) / Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology (HKIIT) /

          Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi)

   23. Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education

   24. YMCA College of Careers

Note 1: It includes subvented higher diploma programmes and self-financing undergraduate programmes

Details about the launch of E-APP
 

*Please refer to the HKEAA and JUPAS websites for the latest updates.