What DSE result is required for entering local Universities/Sub-Degree Programmes?

Entrance requirements for undergraduate programmes
Students taking the HKDSE have to attain a minimum of level 3 for Chinese Language and English Language and level 2 for Mathematics and Liberal Studies (i.e. “3322”), in order to meet the minimum requirements necessary to apply for the 4-year undergraduate programmes offered by the University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded institutions.

Apart from the four core subjects, institutions will also set the requirements for one or two elective subjects, and other admission requirements.

For the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and self-financing institutions, general admission requirements regarding the core subjects are the same as the UGC-funded sector. For elective subjects, the general requirement is level 2 in one subject.

Details of the admission requirements could be found at the JUPAS website and the tertiary institutions websites.

UGC-funded Institutions
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University
Lingnan University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Education University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The University of Hong Kong

Self-financing Post-secondary Institutions
Caritas Bianchi College of Careers
Caritas Institute of Community Education
Caritas Institute of Higher Education (formerly known as Caritas Francis Hsu College)
Centennial College
Chu Hai College of Higher Education
City University of Hong Kong, School of Continuing and Professional Education
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Vocational Training Council
Open University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Entrance requirements for Sub-Degree Programmes
The Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education has recommended that the general minimum entrance requirement, as set under the updated Common Descriptors for sub-degree programmes (including associate degree programmes and higher diploma programmes), should be level 2 obtained in five subjects (including Chinese Language and English Language) in the HKDSE or equivalent. The Vocational Training Council also adopts the same minimum entrance requirements for their higher diploma programmes. Details of the admission requirements are as follows: Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education.

Please visit HKEAA website for more details.