* Vocational Training Council offers both publicly-funded and self-financing sub-degree programmes

Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education (formely known as "The Federation for Continuing Education in Tertiary Institutions") has already recommended that, under the NAS, the general minimum entrance requirement, as set under the updated Common Descriptors for sub-degree programmes (including associate degree programmes and higher diploma programmes), would be Level 2 obtained in five subjects (including Chinese Language and English Language) in the HKDSE Examination or equivalent.

• Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education
• Updated Revised Common Descriptors for Associate Degree and Higher Diploma Programmes under the New Academic Structure

Apart from making direct applications to institutions to apply for the locally accredited post-secondary programmes not covered by JUPAS, students could also lodge their applications via the E-APP. E-APP will transfer the submitted applications to respective institutions. Upon the receipt of applications, institutions will process the applications and contact the students directly, in the same way as those applications submitted directly to the institutions.

• E-APP

• Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ)
• “iPASS” ─ Information Portal for Accredited Post-secondary Programmes
• Qualifications Framework
• Qualifications Register