Admissions Exercise - September 2025 Intake (For Macao, Taiwan and International Applicants)
*For Mainland applicants, please see here.
| Application Period |
27 November 2024 to 9 July 2025 |
| Interview/ Test (if applicable) |
Normally within 3 weeks of completing the application process |
Conditional/ Firm Offer
Announcement |
Before the end of July by email |
| Fee Settlement, Visa and Hall Application [Note 1 - 3] |
Deadline/ instructions as stated in the offer email |
| Registration and Orientation |
Between late August and early September (tentative) |
| Class Commencement |
Early September (tentative) [Note 4] |
Note(s):
- Applicants are to settle fees payment by the designated method and mail the related documents for Hong Kong Study Visa application to the Mainland and International Affairs Office by speed post (courier). Normally the Hong Kong Immigration Department takes 6-8 weeks for processing the visa application.
- Please refrain from purchasing air or train ticket or incurring any expenses related to going to Hong Kong before you have received the Notification Slip for Hong Kong Student Entry Visa / Permit Hong Kong Study Visa.
- Due to the limited availability of accommodation places at the VTC Halls of Residence, dormitory spaces will be allocated through a lottery draw system depending on the demand.
- The date of class attendance may be delayed subject to various factors, such as the time of submitting application for admission, visa application and admission assessment etc.
Application Procedures (For Macao, Taiwan and International Applicants)
*For Mainland applicants, please see here.
Programme Application for VTC Higher Diploma Programmes
- You must submit programme applications and choices via the “NLS Admission Portal” on or before the application deadline.
- You are required to prepare the softcopies of documents below:
| Identity document |
Passport / Passport Photo |
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Documents of academic qualifications
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Official certificates / transcripts / graduation certificates / result slips of qualifications issued by Exam Boards:
- GCE A-Level / AS-Level Qualification
- GCE O-Level / GCSE / IGCSE Qualification
- International Baccalaureate Programme (IB) Qualification
- Degree / Higher diploma or other equivalent qualification
- Other Overseas / International Qualifications
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Other documents
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- English language qualifications, e.g. IELTS, TOEFL (if applicable)
- Professional qualification / work experience / other qualifications and achievements (if applicable)
- Documents of disabilities or special educational needs (if applicable)
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- You should provide a frequently used and correct email address in the application because all important information will be sent to you via this email address.
- After submitting the application and paying the application fee, if there are any changes to your personal information, please contact the Mainland and International Affairs Office (iss@vtc.edu.hk) for updates.
Programme Selection
- You may select no more than 2 Degree programmes and no more than 3 Higher Diploma programmes in your application. If the programme you have chosen is offered in 2 or more campuses, you need to indicate at least 1 of the preferred campus choice.
- Among the Higher Diploma Programmes offered by VTC, 34 are Vocational Professionals Admission Scheme (VPAS) eligible full-time Higher Diploma programmes. For more information about VPAS, please refer to the Mainland and International Affairs Office (MIAO) Webpage.
- You are NOT allowed to change the programme choices and campus preferences after submission of the application.
Application Fee
- You must pay an Application Fee through the online payment platform in the “NLS Admission Portal” after completing the application. You can pay by Visa or MasterCard online.
- You are required to pay the non-refundable application fee of HK$500 (Early Bird Discount – application fee is HK$200 if applied on or before January 31, 2025). Your application will not be processed until the application fee is paid.
- All application fees paid will not be refunded.
Submission of Academic Qualifications and Results
- You must input public examination/academic results and upload the graduation diploma, transcripts or result slips onto the “NLS Admission Portal” on or before the application deadline. If no academic qualification proofs and results are received on or before the application deadline, the application will become invalid. All application fees paid are non-refundable.
Interview & Submission of Work Portfolio
- You may be invited to attend admission interviews or written test. The interviews will be conducted in English or Chinese (if applicable).
- Applicants who choose design programmes are required to submit electronic or hard copies of work portfolios for assessment. The criteria for the work portfolio are as below:
- Should include projects that show the creative potential and design competency of candidate; Should demonstrate visualisation skills; Should show personal interest as well as cultural awareness.
- No limit on the completion time and form of production.
- Upload the portfolio to “Supplementary Information” section of “NLS Admission Portal” in PDF format with file size no larger than 10 MB; supplement in text with a concept illustration with no more than 100 words on portfolio creation.
Offer Announcement
- Offer result will be announced no later than end of July by email.
Offer Acceptance
- Successful applicants will receive individual notifications by email. To accept the offer, students are required to settle the Registration fee and Student Service Fee (i.e. a total of HK$7,000) by the payment due date in accordance with the payment instructions of the payment advice. In the meantime, students shall submit the required documents for visa applications to the Mainland and International Affairs Office by email as early as possible.
Am I a Non-local Applicant?
Persons who do not have the right of abode or right to land in Hong Kong and wish to enter Hong Kong for study are regarded as “Non-local Applicants”.
According to the Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong SAR, for the purpose of admission to post-secondary programmes, persons holding any of the following documents will NOT be regarded as Non-local Applicants:
- Hong Kong Identity Card (Permanent)
- Documents issued by the Immigration Department of the HKSAR showing right to land/right of abode in Hong Kong
- One-way Permit for entry to Hong Kong
- Full-time employment visa/work permit
- Dependent visa/entry permit (who were below 18 years old when they were issued with such visa/entry permit by the Immigration Department of the HKSAR)
- Visa/entry permit for Quality Migrant Admission Scheme
- Visa/entry permit for Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Visa/entry permit for Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents
- Visa label for unconditional stay
Click here if you have any of the above documents.
According to the current immigration regulations of Hong Kong, this entry arrangement does not apply to nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba, Laos, Korea (Democratic Peoples' Republic of), Nepal and Vietnam. The above information is for reference only, please visit the website of the Hong Kong Immigration Department for further information.
The applications of local and non-local applicants are processed under separate admission exercises. If the applicant’s status is changed after submitting the application, the offer made according to the previous applicant status may be cancelled and the application will be re-considered by another appropriate admission exercise.
Applicants With Special Circumstances
Applicants with Special Circumstances will be required to attend admission interviews or individual assessments.
Applicant with Special Educational Needs
- Applicants with Special Educational Needs refer to applicants with special circumstances, such as hearing impairment, visual impairment, physical handicap, speech impairment, intellectual disabilities, mental illness, autism, visceral disability/chronic illness, specific learning disability, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Please give details of the special educational needs in the section on Supplementary Information for Applications under Special Circumstances and upload copies of relevant documents regarding the special educational needs via the “NLS Admission Portal” .
Personal Information Collection Statement
- The information collected from the application will be used for the following purposes:
- for processing and selection of applications for admission to VTC programmes; and related purposes;
- for obtaining information from relevant institutions/organisations about your candidature in public examinations and studies in institutions in Hong Kong and elsewhere;
- for obtaining records of your examination results attained in the programmes provided by member institutions under the VTC;
- for checking of application records and the study records of the programmes provided by member institutions under the VTC;
- for storage of information on the successful applicants in the Student Records System; and if applicant indicated his/her wish to receive VTC information, the application data will be retained for such purpose.
- VTC undertakes to keep personal data provided by applicants confidential. However, VTC may provide such information to any other persons or agents for the purposes described in (1) under a duty of confidentiality to VTC.
- In accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, an applicant has the right: to check whether VTC holds his/her personal data;
- to check whether VTC holds his / her personal data;
- to request a copy of such data; and
- to require VTC to correct any of the personal data which is inaccurate.
- If you wish to access your data, you should submit your request in writing to the Director at:
Mainland and International Affairs Office, VTC
14/F, VTC Tower, 27 Wood Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- In accordance with the terms of the Ordinance, VTC reserves the right to charge a fee for the processing of data access request.