"Non-local students" are generally required to apply for a visa to study in Hong Kong. Exceptions to this requirement include individuals holding a dependant visa/entry permit issued by the Director of Immigration and those staying in Hong Kong under the "Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates". 


Please note that the Immigration Department may not accept student visa applications from nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba, Laos, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) and Nepal. For details, please refer to the Immigration Department's website by clicking here.

If you mistakenly select the wrong visa type, please email us promptly at ar.intl@polyu.edu.hk and attach a copy of your visa/entry permit for verification. 

Besides TOEFL and IELTS, we also accept various English proficiency tests for fulfilling the English language requirements. Please click here for the full list of accepted qualifications. 

No, all non-local applicants are required to meet the English Language Requirement by fulfilling ONE of the requirements here. 

Institution codes are as follows:

If you have undertaken multiple examinations, please enter all relevant results and qualifications in your online application. Our University will evaluate your eligibility for admission based on the comprehensive information you provide.

The majority of our mainland students are admitted based on their results in the current year’s Chinese Mainland Joint Entrance Examinations. Therefore, Mainland high school students who are pursuing the Chinese curriculum without participating in the Mainland Gao Kao in 2025 will generally not be considered for admission to our undergraduate programmes. 


If you possess other international qualifications, you will only be further considered if you have attained, or demonstrate the potential to attain, strong academic results.

If your qualifications are not included in the “General Entrance Requirements”, your application will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Generally, applicants who have completed high school with excellent academic performance and strong English skills will be eligible for further consideration.

PolyU values high-calibre students and review each application with a holistic approach. Students with non-academic achievements may apply to our programmes through the Special Talents Admission and Recognition Scheme (STARS). Please visit the STARS webpage for details.

PolyU accepts various payment methods. You may refer to our Finance Office website here for available payment methods. 

You may refer to our Finance Office website by clicking here.

Non-local students are not eligible to apply for financial assistance from either the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or PolyU. Therefore, it is essential to secure sufficient funds before commencing your studies at PolyU. However, non-local students are eligible to engage in part-time on-campus employment for a maximum of 20 hours per week throughout the year. Additionally, they may engage in off-campus summer employment without any limitations on work hours during the summer months (i.e. 1 June to 31 August). These opportunities can help you earn supplementary income to cover part of your daily expenses.

Eligible students are automatically considered for academic entry scholarships upon applying to PolyU’s undergraduate programme(s). Successful applicants will be notified of scholarship awards at the time of admission. For detailed scholarship information, please visit here.

Full-time non-local students enrolled in government-funded programmes are eligible to apply for accommodation in the Student Halls of Residence. Typically, non-local undergraduate students are offered the opportunity to reside in University-managed Accommodation (including the Student Halls and off-campus housing) during their first year of study, subject to availability. This includes periods of joining Work-integrated Education, internships, and/or outbound exchange programmes, if applicable. From the second year of study onwards, non-local students will be required to arrange their own accommodation outside the Student Halls. Therefore, students should secure sufficient funds for their housing plans. Please click here for detailed hall admission policies. 

Applications for credit transfer are typically not accepted until your initial enrolment in the programme or before the end of the add/drop period of the first semester of your first year at our university. At that time, you should submit the credit transfer request to the relevant academic department with relevant documents, such as transcripts of study and syllabi.


For programmes that recognise certain advanced qualifications, such as Higher Diploma, Associate Degree, or Bachelor's Degree, you may automatically be considered for credit transfer. If you are required to complete fewer credits than the normal requirement, it will be indicated in your Notice of Offer. 


Normally, no more than 25 percent of the credits required for your PolyU award can be transferred from other post-secondary institutions.


The validity period of subject credits earned is eight years from the year of attainment, i.e., the year in which the subject is completed, unless otherwise specified by the department responsible for the content of the subject. Grades for the transferred credits may or may not be given.

An application number will be automatically generated once you have successfully submitted your application. Your application number can be found after logging in to eAdmission, which will be displayed above your programme choice.

Yes, you may apply for admission if you can provide the examination results to meet the general entrance requirement before mid-August. 


In the meantime, please upload your latest results, such as your latest high school transcript, via eAdmission. Alternatively, you may authorise your high school to provide us with the predicted IB or GCEAL results in "Add Qualification > Academic Referee" section by entering the contact details of principals or counsellors. Your school can also email transcripts or predicted examinations to ar.intl@polyu.edu.hk for preliminary assessment. A conditional offer may be given to applicants deemed to have the potential for eligibility.

You will be notified by email if you are shortlisted for an interview or test. Offers or conditional offers will be communicated via email and SMS. You can also regularly check the status of your application by logging into your eAdmission account. 


If you have not received any updates by late July, you may assume your application is unsuccessful. No separate notification will be sent for unsuccessful applications.

After clicking the “Accept My Offer” button in your online Notice of Offer, a confirmation message stating "You have accepted this offer." will be shown. Please ensure to settle the initial fee by the "payment deadline" indicated in the first debit note of your Notice of Offer. If you have received a conditional offer, complete the procedures outlined in the “Meeting Conditions” section by the submission deadline. 

After submitting your application, you cannot change your personal information and programme choice(s). However, you can update additional educational details or qualifications and submit further documents that were unavailable at the time of submission. Please scan the documents and log into your eAdmission account to upload them. For detailed instructions, please refer to our Step-by-step guide here.


Uploaded documents should be:
•    A4 size (preferably in PDF or JPG format)
•    Fit to page and readable
•    Less than 5 MB per file (Low quality, high compression (e.g. 300dpi)

No, except for materials that cannot be uploaded on the system, such as design portfolios. Please upload all documents to your online application, the departments will access them together with your application data.

All uploaded document(s) could not be removed from the system. However, you may upload the latest transcript/score reports under the “Additional Document” section. If you have any difficulties uploading documents, please send the documents to ar.intl@polyu.edu.hk.  

Please refrain from submitting more documents than required. Any additional documents requested by specific programmes will be listed on our Study@PolyU website. Please refer to this link for further information. 

For most programmes, submitting a recommendation letter and personal statement is optional. There is no specific format, but the content should demonstrate the applicant’s suitability for the chosen programme(s). You can upload them under the “Additional Document” section.

Please provide officially translated copies of the documents certified by your Institutions, Ministry of Education or legal authorities in addition to copies of the original documents, otherwise your application may not be considered.

If your high school does not issue official transcripts to students, please request that your school send the official academic documents with your final results directly to us by email to ar.intl@polyu.edu.hk. Please ensure that your full name and application number are included.