Qualification Description
Applicants currently enrolled in a Hong Kong-based tertiary institution studying a full-time bachelor’s degree funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) are discouraged from pursuing any interinstitutional transfers. Transfers will only be considered under exceptional circumstances in which the following conditions are met:
1. The student has completed one year of a bachelor’s degree with excellent academic results, or
2. HKU has approved the student’s application for an interinstitutional transfer due to over-enrolment.
Lower Boundary
Successful completion of one year's study on a full-time bachelor's or higher degree programme at a recognized university, with a cGPA of at least 70% of the highest GPA of the institution, or at 3.0, whichever is higher (or its equivalent where a GPA system is not in use)
English Language Requirement
An overall band of 6.5 or better in IELTS Academic Module in the same attempt (within 2 years after the test date);
A score of 93 or better in the TOEFL internet-based test / TOEFL iBT Home Edition in the same attempt (within 2 years after the test date);
or
Fulfill ONE of the requirements <a href="/apply/international-qualifications/english-language-requirement" alt="here" target="_blank">here</a>
Second Language Requirement
A pass in a language other than English in one of the national examinations;
or
Fulfill ONE of the requirements <a href="/apply/international-qualifications/second-language-requirement" alt="here" target="_blank">here</a>.