{"id":1233,"date":"2023-07-14T15:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T07:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/?page_id=1233"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:28:41","slug":"information-for-overseas-applicants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/?page_id=1233&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Information for Overseas Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Information for Overseas Applicants<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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General Admission Requirements<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROGRAMMES (STUDY DURATION)<\/th>REQUIRED ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Degree Programmes (Normally to be completed in 4 years)<\/strong>

Higher Diploma Programmes (Normally to be completed in 2 years)<\/strong><\/td>		– Applicants with non-local senior secondary qualifications or equivalent

– Non-local qualifications refer to academic qualifications obtained in secondary or tertiary institutions outside Hong Kong and Mainland China, including General Certificate of Secondary Education\u00a0(GCSE)<\/strong>, International General Certificate of Secondary Education\u00a0(IGCSE)<\/strong>, General Certificate of Education\u00a0(GCE)<\/strong>,\u00a0International Baccalaureate\u00a0(IB)<\/strong>\u00a0or other overseas qualifications

– Applicants holding post-secondary or equivalent qualifications, such as Higher Diploma,\u00a0in a relevant area of study<\/strong>\u00a0may apply for Year-3 entry to Degree programmes.

– Applications with non-local qualifications, including language qualifications, will be assessed individually by the departments concerned.

– Mainland Chinese applicants please see\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Breakdown by type of qualifications<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qualification Type<\/td>Remark<\/td><\/tr>
SAT<\/td>A minimum total score of 1190 (out of 1600) in the new SAT Reasoning Test.<\/td><\/tr>
ACT<\/td>Minimum composite score of 23 or above<\/td><\/tr>
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)<\/td>Score of 76 or above<\/td><\/tr>
Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank<\/td>Score of 76 or above<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Important date<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Application Period<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>January to 7 July<\/td><\/tr>
Interview\/ Test (if applicable)<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Normally within 3 weeks of application submission<\/td><\/tr>
Conditional\/ Firm Offer<\/strong>
Announcement<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>		Normally within 2 weeks of the interview, and before the end of July by email<\/td><\/tr>
Fee Settlement and Visa<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Deadline\/ instructions as stated in the offer email<\/td><\/tr>
Registration and Orientation<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Between late August and early September (tentative)<\/td><\/tr>
Class Commencement<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>4 September (tentative)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Special Fee<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A special fee to the Higher Diploma programmes will be charged. Interested applicants may contact the Registry for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who Needs a Student Visa \/ Entry Permit?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Immigration Ordinance, unless a person has the right of abode or right to land in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), he\/she requires a valid visa\/entry permit issued by the Immigration Department (IMMD) to study in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except for those who have a visa\/entry permit under the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates or a dependent visa\/entry permit that was issued they were 18 years old or above, non-local students who plan to enter Hong Kong for study are required to submit an application form for student visa\/entry permit with all necessary documents from IMMD via the following team of Registry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visa matters for non-local students<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Admission Requirements PROGRAMMES (STUDY DURATION) REQUIRED ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Degree Programmes (Normally to be completed in 4 years) Higher Diploma Programmes (Normally to be completed in 2 years) – Applicants with non-local senior secondary qualifications or equivalent – Non-local qualifications refer to academic qualifications obtained in secondary or tertiary institutions outside Hong Kong and Mainland China, including General Certificate of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-container.php","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1233","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2284,"href":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1233\/revisions\/2284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/registry.gratia.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}