E-APP is a one-stop online application system for full-time locally-accredited sub-degree and undergraduate programmes that are NOT covered by the JUPAS.
Electronic Advance Application System for Post-secondary Programmes
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Electronic Advance Application System for Post-secondary Programmes (E-APP) is a one-stop online application system for post-secondary programmes developed by the Education Bureau. Candidates sitting for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) in the current academic year may lodge advance applications for full-time locally-accredited sub-degree and undergraduate programmes that are not covered by the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS) via the E-APP before the release of HKDSE results.
What’s New
Eligible students engaged in a full-time locally-accredited self-financing post-secondary education programme at sub-degree (i.e. associate degree or higher diploma) or bachelor’s degree level may apply for financial assistance under the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) and / or the Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) through “eWFSFAA” of the Student Finance Office (SFO) under the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency (WFSFAA). For details of the two schemes, please refer to FASP and NLSPS.
Applicants should be registered as full-time students of programmes covered by FASP and NLSPS in the 2025/26 academic year before submitting their applications. Students pursuing newly-accredited programmes are required to submit the application within one calendar month from the date of programme accreditation. The recommended application submission schedule of respective institutions for new students will be promulgated on the WFSFAA’s website.
The Education Bureau (EDB) will launch a new round of applications under the Electronic Advance Application System for Post-secondary Programmes (E-APP) (www.eapp.gov.hk) tomorrow (December 5) to enable current Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination candidates to make advance applications for full-time locally accredited sub-degree and undergraduate programmes that are not covered under the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS) for the 2025/26 academic year (including sub-degree programmes under the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors and most of the eligible programmes under the Non-means-tested Subsidy Scheme for Self-financing Undergraduate Studies in Hong Kong). Around 30 post-secondary institutions and their subsidiaries will take part in the new round of the E-APP.
The main round of E-APP applications will run from tomorrow until May 20, 2025, and the second round of applications will last from May 23 to July 7, 2025. In general, institutions will first process applications received in the main round.
For details of applications under E-APP, please refer to the press release and website.
The following E-APP programme offered by Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education is now cancelled.
Programmes in the 2025/26 academic year:
Higher Diploma in Health Management in an Ageing Society Programme
For enquiry, please contact the institution direct (Tel: 3996 1000 / 3996 1001 / 6141 6760, Email: registry@ny.edu.hk).
The following E-APP programme offered by The Chinese University of Hong Kong - School of Continuing and Professional Studies is now cancelled.
Programmes in the 2025/26 academic year:
Higher Diploma Programme in Applied Translation Studies
For enquiry, please contact the institution direct (Tel: 2209 0290, Email: scs-enrol@cuhk.edu.hk).
The following E-APP programmes offered by Saint Francis University are now available.
Programmes in the 2025/26 academic year:
Higher Diploma in Crime and Security Science
Bachelor of Crime and Security Science (Honours)