Application for Advanced Standing (Full-time Undergraduates)

Students who wish to apply for Advanced Standing based on qualifications obtained before admission to the University should submit their application upon admission, or two weeks before the commencement of the first term of the admission year, together with prescribed supporting documents. Late applications will NOT be accepted under any circumstances.

[Last date for application: 22 August 2022 for the Academic Year of 2022/23]

For outbound exchange students, the credits earned at the host institutions can be transferred to their academic records at the University. Upon returning from the exchange studies, students should submit an application as soon as possible and before the commencement of the next school term, together with prescribed supporting documents.

All applications should be made online, including the settlement of the administration fee.

• Students should fill in the online application form.
• Students then attach clear and readable supporting documents (in .pdf/.doc/.jpg /.zip formats only) prescribed in the form, such as –
  • detailed course outlines/syllabuses with topics covered, assessment methods, and total learning time (including hours of lectures/seminars/tutorials, and other forms of notional learning such as on-line learning, practical learning and self-study);
  • award certificate(s); and
  • academic transcript(s).
• Students review the filled application form, declare truth of information, and submit the application.
• Students will receive an email from Registry to acknowledge receipt of their applications within three working days from the Registry.
• Students with a full set of application (i.e. complete form with sufficient information and prescribed documentation) will be requested to settle an application fee according to the email acknowledgement.
• This fee is non-refundable and non-transferrable regardless of the application result.

• Students will be notified of the application result around the 'add/drop period'.
• Students can appeal against the application result, which is approved by the respective academic unit or School, within two weeks after the release of notification and for ONCE only.
• Shall there be any approved Advanced Standing arrangement, the granting of credits and/or course exemptions shall only apply to the listed results specified in the Result Notification for one programme and for once only. 

1. Name ALL files as “SURNAMES_GIVENNAMES_’type of document'”, e.g.
   CHAN_TAIMAN_transcript, CHAN_TAIMAN_certificate,
   CHAN_TAIMAN_syllabus, and CHAN_TAIMAN_specification.
2. Only 1 file of max. 50MB can be uploaded for each heading. No deletion is allowed, but replacement.
3. Under each type of documents (e.g. Award Certificate / Academic Transcript / Course Syllabus / Programme Specification), only 1 file for 1 qualification is allowed. Zip the
   files when needed. For instance:
   a student with 2 previous studies: 1 file for course syllabi of HD in Computing – COMP 1234, COMP3233, and INTG2234; and 1 file for course syllabus of AD in Internet Technology – COMM 2468

• A course previously studied at another institute could be used to nominate for more than one relevant course in a HKMU programme, such as:
  CHAN Tai Man (previously studied ABC Institute-HD in Technology) – ‘Technology Fundamentals’ nominated to apply for Credit Transfer to (1) ‘Introduction to Technology’ and (2) ‘IT Basics’ in a HKMU programme.
• Application for Advanced Standing of any types is a one-off exercise during the course of students' study at the University, except for newly gained qualifications after admission.
• Any incomplete application with insufficient documentary proof will be rejected automatically.
• Any wilful dishonesty in the provision of false information may render for refusal of the application.
• The University reserves the right to verify the submitted documents, such as a request for in-person verification of true copies. Shall there be any such cases, true copies will be returned to the applicant after verification on-site.
• There is Block Credit Transfer for Senior Year Entries, and such application will be considered and made by the programme-offering School upon admission without the need for a separate application.
• Senior year entrants and JUPAS students admitted with Block Credit Transfer are NOT eligible for any subsequent Advanced Standing arrangement based on their entry qualifications.