How to Apply
Before you fill in and submit us the application, please read this page and visit the website(s) of the respective programme(s) to which you wish to apply for admission for updates on the programme requirements.
Advance Offer
To facilitate outstanding candidates in making informed decisions among all early offers they receive from various universities, candidates who apply to CUHK on or before 13 November 2025 will be considered for an advance offer. In this round, successful applicants may be given a firm or conditional offer depending on individual merits, and those selected for advance offers will be notified from December 2025.
Applicants who are not selected for an advance offer will automatically compete on equal footing with all other applicants in the Regular round, the application deadline of which is 8 January 2026.
MBChB programme
- Advance Offer is not applicable to the Medicine programme
- Extended Application Deadline is not applicable to Medicine – interested applicants (from all academic backgrounds) are expected to submit their application by Regular Round Deadline. Thereafter, applications will only be considered subject to availability of places
Application Deadline
- Advance Offer Round Deadline: 13 November 2025
- Regular Round Deadline: 8 January 2026
Application Guides
Please read the application guide and online application step-by-step guide before completing the application as they contain important information and guidelines that will assist you in completing and submitting your application.
Supporting Documents
To facilitate the processing of your application, please make sure that you have fully completed and uploaded the following supporting documents (if available):
(i) Copies of your Hong Kong Identity Card, Dependant Visa, Passport and Entry Permit, if applicable
(For verification purposes only. It will be deleted from the applicant’s file after the said purpose has been served.)
(ii) Copies of your academic transcripts, public examinations results and other credentials (if applicable):
- high school reports / transcripts and graduation certificate / diploma
- diploma / sub-degree transcripts and graduation certificate
- university transcripts / degree certificate
- result slip(s) of public examination(s) (e.g. IB / SAT / AP / ACT / GCE / GCSE / IGCSE / Gaokao / others). The University Code for College Board (for submission of SAT / AP results) is 5690, and for ACT it is 7050.
- English / Chinese language test results (e.g. TOEFL / IELTS / others). The University Code for submission of TOEFL results is 0812.
- certificates in support of professional / academic achievements
(iii) Personal Statement
- Applicants applying to Medicine are required to submit a separate 250-word personal statement. For other details regarding Medicine’s requirements, please refer here.
(iv) Resume / Curriculum Vitae (optional)
(v) Recommendation of an academic referee
You may nominate up to three referees in the “Referee Information”section of the application. Once your online application has been submitted and the application fee settled, your nominated referees will receive an email invitation to access the Undergraduate Admissions Recommendation System, where they can complete the Confidential Recommendation / Referee Report.
Counsellors / teachers who would like to submit a recommendation
Kindly make use of our Undergraduate Admissions Recommendation System to submit your recommendation. Please ask your students to nominate you as a referee by entering your details in the “Referee Information” section of the online application, after they have submitted the application and paid the application fee.
You will then receive an email invitation to access the Undergraduate Admissions Recommendation System, where you can complete the Confidential Recommendation / Referee Report. Please login to your account at your earliest convenience and the system will guide you through the recommendation submission process.
You may also upload a recommendation letter along with other confidential documents, such as predicted grades, through the system. Please ensure all documents are combined into a single file before uploading.
For enquiries, please submit them here.
Application Fee
You will need to pay a non-refundable application fee of HK$500 for 2026 entry via ONLINE payment by credit card (Mastercard or VISA) or Faster Payment System (FPS) through our Online Application System at the time of submission.
Application Status
You can check your application status online after your submission of the application and settlement of the application fee.
For applications and results notification timeline of the selection exercise for 2026 entry, please check here.
