Application and Admission
Application via JUPAS (Current DSE Applicant)
JUPAS Applicants
Applicants can apply for admission to the full-time bachelor’s degree programmes under the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP) through the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS). For details, please refer to SSSDP Website.
Reference:
http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/eligibility/
Direct Admission of Non-JUPAS Local Applicants
Direct Admission of Non-JUPAS Local Applicants
Deadline for application: 5 September 2025, 5:00 p.m.
The intake places of programmes under the SSSDP are mainly allocated through the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS). The SSSDP participating institution will also admit Non-JUPAS Local Applicants Note via direct admission of no more than 20% of the subsidised places of each selected programme.
Applications are now invited for admission to the following full-time Degree Programmes offered under the SSSDP:
JUPAS Catalogue No. | Programme Title | Remaining Quota |
JSSV01 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fashion Design | 3 |
JSSV02 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Product Design | 2 |
JSSV03 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Landscape Architecture | 2 |
JSSV04 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Culinary Arts and Management | 3 |
JSSV05 | Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering | 1 |
JSSV07 | Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture, Arboriculture and Landscape Management* | 4 |
JSSV08 | Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Surveying | 1 |
JSSV09 | Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports and Recreation Management | 3 |
JSSV10 | Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Building Services Engineering* | 2 |
JSSV13 | Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports Coaching | 1 |
*For the Applied Degree Programmes, i.e. HALM and BSE, the quota is no more than 30% of the subsidised places.
Interested Non-JUPAS Local ApplicantsNote please submit your application via the VTC Web-based Admissions System. Late application will not be accepted.
For enquiries, please contact the Registry via the hotline at 3890 8000 and / or email at thei-reg@thei.edu.hk.
Note:
- Applicants applied for 2025 JUPAS are NOT eligible to apply for the bachelor’s degree programme (Year 1 Entry) under the SSSDP through Direct Admission — Non-JUPAS Local Applicants.
- Applicants with HKDSE Examination results only MUST apply via JUPAS.
- Only local students are eligible for subsidy under SSSDP. Please read the Definition of Local / Non-local Students at https://www.vtc.edu.hk/admission/en/definition-of-local-non-local-students/
- For details of the above, applicants should refer to the JUPAS Website – http://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/eligibility/.
Registration Details for JUPAS Admission Rounds
Registration Period | ||
Main Round 11 & 12 August 2025 (Monday & Tuesday) 09:30 – 17:00 13 August 2025 (Wednesday) 09:30 – 12:00 | Rechecking and Remarking Round 25 August 2025 (Monday) 09:30 – 12:00 | Clearing Round 28 August 2025 (Thursday) 09:30 – 17:00 |
Notes:
- Applicants should refer to the respective JUPAS Admission Rounds for the registration details.
- Applicants who have settled the acceptance fees, are required to complete the registration procedures during the designated period as specified in the above table.
- Enquiries concerning the registration procedures should be directed to the Registry at 3890 8000 or via email: thei-reg@thei.edu.hk.
Registration Details for JUPAS Main Round 2025
Date | 11 – 13 Aug 2025 (Mon – Wed) |
Time | 09:30 – 17:00 (11 & 12 Aug 2025) 09:30 – 12:00 (13 Aug 2025) |
To accept the offer, you should follow the instructions in the email sent by THEi and complete the e-registration procedures on or before 13 August 2025, 12:00 noon.
The e-registration procedures (including submission of e-registration form via VTC “New Student Registration System” and uploading the photo for student identity card) will take around 30 minutes to complete. You are strongly advised to complete e-registration procedures by the specified deadline to secure your study place.
Failure to complete the e-registration procedures before the specified deadline will be regarded as declining the offer.
A student may not be simultaneously enrolled in more than one full-time programme leading to a qualification in VTC without prior approval. Otherwise, you will be asked to retain only one programme and to withdraw from all other programme(s). Under such circumstances, all fees paid are not refundable.
Class Commencement Date
The class commencement date for full-time Degree programmes in the 2025/26 academic year is 1 September 2025 (Monday).
Financial assistance
The Student Development Office of THEi provides advice and assistance to needy students on their applications for financial assistance schemes administered by the HKSAR Government Student Finance Office (SFO). Students planning to apply via SFO for the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) and / or Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) should note that:
- To be eligible to apply for FASP / NLSPS in the 2025/26 academic year, you need to be a registered full-time student (“full-time” study refers to a curriculum of a minimum of 30 credit points per year);
- You must notify the SFO in writing immediately when there are changes in your study information including the tuition fees to be paid for the 2025/26 academic year (please refer to the course coding sheet available at the SFO’s website).
Details are available at http://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo/en/postsecondary/index.htm.
Other details
Orientation Session
All new students will be invited and required to attend an Orientation Session scheduled to be held between 19 and 28 August 2025. You will be notified of the detailed arrangement of the Orientation Session by email and through your student email account after registration. Important information that you will need to refer to during your study at THEi, including the Institute’s student handbook and your programme document will be distributed to you before commencement of the semester.
Tuition Fees for Semester One and Other Fees
The acceptance fee of $5,000 you have paid will form part of the tuition fee for Semester One, 2025/26 academic year. Payment of the remaining tuition fees and caution money should be made by 25 August 2025 (Mon).
Students who have outstanding fees in respect to their previous study in VTC are required to clear the outstanding fees owed to VTC before they are re-admitted to a VTC programme. Even if the outstanding fees are revealed after they have been re-admitted and class commencement, these students are still liable to settle their outstanding debts. Otherwise, their study transcripts, award certificates, and related certification of all VTC programmes will be withheld.
Technical Support
If you encounter any technical problems during the e-registration, you can call the Registry at 3890 8000 or complete the registration procedures IN PERSON at the THEi Chai Wan Campus on or before 13 August 2025, 12:00 with your HKID card:
Date | 11 – 13 Aug 2025 (Mon – Wed) |
Time | 09:30 – 17:00 (11 & 12 Aug 2025) 09:30 – 12:00 (13 Aug 2025) |
Venue | Registry’s Office, 14/F, 133 Shing Tai Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong |
Adverse weather arrangement
In the event of Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above being hoisted or a Black Rainstorm Warning being issued on 11, 12 or 13 August, the registration will be postponed to 14 August 2025 (17:00), with the time and venue remain unchanged.
Registration Details for JUPAS Offers for Reconsideration of Application Based on Upgraded HKDSE Examination Results after Rechecking and Remarking Results 2025
Date | 25 August 2025 (Mon) |
Time | 09:30 – 12:00 |
To accept the offer, you should follow the instructions in the email sent by THEi and complete the e-registration procedures on or before 25 August 2025, 12:00 noon.
The e-registration procedures (including submission of e-registration form via VTC “New Student Registration System” and uploading the photo for student identity card) will take around 30 minutes to complete. You are strongly advised to complete e-registration procedures by the specified deadline to secure your study place.
Failure to complete the e-registration procedures before the specified deadline will be regarded as declining the offer.
A student may not be simultaneously enrolled in more than one full-time programme leading to a qualification in VTC without prior approval. Otherwise, you will be asked to retain only one programme and to withdraw from all other programme(s). Under such circumstances, all fees paid are not refundable.
Class Commencement Date
The class commencement date for full-time Degree programmes in the 2025/26 academic year is 1 September 2025 (Monday).
Financial assistance
The Student Development Office of THEi provides advice and assistance to needy students on their applications for financial assistance schemes administered by the HKSAR Government Student Finance Office (SFO). Students planning to apply via SFO for the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) and / or Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) should note that:
- To be eligible to apply for FASP / NLSPS in the 2025/26 academic year, you need to be a registered full-time student (“full-time” study refers to a curriculum of a minimum of 30 credit points per year);
- You must notify the SFO in writing immediately when there are changes in your study information including the tuition fees to be paid for the 2025/26 academic year (please refer to the course coding sheet available at the SFO’s website).
Details are available at http://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo/en/postsecondary/index.htm
Other details
Important Information to Be Collected
Important information you will need to refer to during your study at THEi, including the Institute’s student handbook and your programme document will be distributed to you in due course.
Tuition Fees for Semester One and Other Fees
The acceptance fee of $5,000 you have paid will form part of the tuition fee for Semester One, 2025/26 academic year. Payment of the remaining tuition fees and caution money should be made by 27 August 2025 (Wed).
Students who have outstanding fees in respect to their previous study in VTC are required to clear the outstanding fees owed to VTC before they are re-admitted to a VTC programme. Even if the outstanding fees are revealed after they have been re-admitted and class commencement, these students are still liable to settle their outstanding debts. Otherwise, their study transcripts, award certificates, and related certification of all VTC programmes will be withheld.
Adverse weather arrangement
In the event of Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above being hoisted or a Black Rainstorm Warning being issued on 25 August, the registration will be postponed to 26 August 2025 (12:00), with the time and venue remain unchanged.
Registration Details for JUPAS Clearing Round 2025
Date | 28 August 2025 (Thu) |
Time | 09:30 – 17:00 |
To accept the offer, you should follow the instructions in the email sent by THEi and complete the e-registration procedures on or before 28 August 2025, 17:00.
The e-registration procedures (including submission of e-registration form via VTC “New Student Registration System” and uploading the photo for student identity card) will take around 30 minutes to complete. You are strongly advised to complete e-registration procedures by the specified deadline to secure your study place.
Failure to complete the e-registration procedures before the specified deadline will be regarded as declining the offer.
A student may not be simultaneously enrolled in more than one full-time programme leading to a qualification in VTC without prior approval. Otherwise, you will be asked to retain only one programme and to withdraw from all other programme(s). Under such circumstances, all fees paid are not refundable.
Class Commencement Date
The class commencement date for full-time Degree programmes in the 2025/26 academic year is 1 September 2025 (Monday).
Financial assistance
The Student Development Office of THEi provides advice and assistance to needy students on their applications for financial assistance schemes administered by the HKSAR Government Student Finance Office (SFO). Students planning to apply via SFO for the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) and / or Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) should note that:
- To be eligible to apply for FASP / NLSPS in the 2025/26 academic year, you need to be a registered full-time student (“full-time” study refers to a curriculum of a minimum of 30 credit points per year);
- You must notify the SFO in writing immediately when there are changes in your study information including the tuition fees to be paid for the 2025/26 academic year (please refer to the course coding sheet available at the SFO’s website).
Details are available at http://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo/en/postsecondary/index.htm .
Other details
Important Information to Be Collected
Important information you will need to refer to during your study at THEi, including the Institute’s student handbook and your programme document will be distributed to you in due course.
Tuition Fees for Semester One and Other Fees
The acceptance fee of $5,000 you have paid will form part of the tuition fee for Semester One, 2025/26 academic year. Payment of the remaining tuition fees and caution money should be made by 29 August 2025 (Fri).
Students who have outstanding fees in respect to their previous study in VTC are required to clear the outstanding fees owed to VTC before they are re-admitted to a VTC programme. Even if the outstanding fees are revealed after they have been re-admitted and class commencement, these students are still liable to settle their outstanding debts. Otherwise, their study transcripts, award certificates, and related certification of all VTC programmes will be withheld.
Adverse weather arrangement
In the event of Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above being hoisted or a Black Rainstorm Warning being issued on 28 August, the registration will be postponed to 29 August 2025 (17:00), with the time and venue remain unchanged.
Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions / Sectors (SSSDP)
SSSDP was launched as a new initiative under the 2014 Policy Address to subsidise about 1,000 students per cohort starting from the 2015/16 academic year to pursue designated full-time locally-accredited self-financing undergraduate programmes in selected disciplines.
It has been announced in the 2017 Policy Address that SSSDP would be regularised in the 2018/19 academic year with an increase in the number of subsidised places to about 3,000 per cohort.
THEi offers the following 10 subsidised programmes under the scheme in 2025/26 academic year.
Subsidised Programmes
Programmes | Subsidy Amount in AY2025/261 (HK$) |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fashion Design (JSSV01) Discipline – Creative Industries | 81,450 |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Product Design (JSSV02) Discipline – Creative Industries | 81,450 |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Landscape Architecture (JSSV03) Discipline – Architecture and Engineering | 46,780 |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Culinary Arts and Management (JSSV04) Discipline – Tourism and Hospitality | 46,780 |
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering (JSSV05) Discipline – Architecture and Engineering | 81,450 |
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture, Arboriculture and Landscape Management [Applied Degree] 3 (JSSV07) Discipline – Architecture and Engineering | 51,880 |
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Surveying (JSSV08) Discipline – Architecture and Engineering | 46,780 |
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports and Recreation Management (JSSV09) Discipline – Sports and Recreation | 46,780 |
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Building Services Engineering [Applied Degree] 3 (JSSV10) Discipline – Architecture and Engineering | 89,620 |
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports Coaching (JSSV13) Discipline – Sports and Recreation | 46,780 |
Application: Via the JUPAS website. Please click Here for the Important Dates for the JUPAS Admissions Exercise.
Notes:
1 Students under the SSSDP will receive subsidies per annum. The subsidy is tenable for the normal duration of the programme (i.e. for a period of 4 years).
2 Only local students are eligible to be subsidised under SSSDP.
3 The programme has been included in the “Pilot Project on the Development of Applied Degree Programmes” of the Education Bureau.
Tuition Fees
First Year Tuition Fees of the following Year-1 entry programmes
Tuition Fee for 2025/26 Cohort1-2 (HK$) | Tuition Fee for AY2025/263-4 | |||
Tuition Fees (HK$) | Net Tuition Fees after deduction of the subsidy amount (HK$) | |||
BA (Hons) in Fashion Design (JSSV01) | 112,860 | 31,410 | ||
BA (Hons) in Product Design (JSSV02) | 112,860 | 31,410 | ||
BA (Hons) in Landscape Architecture (JSSV03) | 108,900 | 62,120 | ||
BA (Hons) in Culinary Arts and Management (JSSV04) | 99,000 | 52,220 | ||
BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering (JSSV05) | 117,975 | 36,525 | ||
BSc (Hons) in Horticulture, Arboriculture and Landscape Management (JSSV07)5 | 112,200 | 60,320 | ||
BSc (Hons) in Surveying (JSSV08) | 108,900 | 62,120 | ||
BSocSc (Hons) in Sports and Recreation Management (JSSV09) | 117,975 | 71,195 | ||
BEng (Hons) in Building Services Engineering (JSSV10) | 116,160 | 26,540 | ||
BSocSc (Hons) in Sports Coaching (JSSV13) | 117,975 | 71,195 |
Admission Scores for Academic Year 2024/25
Category A : Senior Secondary Subjects | |||||||
Level | 5** | 5* | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Score | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Category B : Applied Learning Subjects | |||
Result | Attained with Distinction (II) | Attained with Distinction (I) | Attained |
Score | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Category C : Other Language Subjects | |||||
Grade | A | B | C | D | E |
Score | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Programmes | JUPAS Catalogue No. | Academic Year 2024/25 Admission Scores (For Reference) |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fashion Design | JSSV01 | 15 |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Product Design | JSSV02 | 15 |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Landscape Architecture | JSSV03 | 16 |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Culinary Arts and Management | JSSV04 | 16 |
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering | JSSV05 | 16 |
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture, Arboriculture and Landscape Management | JSSV07 | 15 |
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Surveying | JSSV08 | 16 |
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports and Recreation Management | JSSV09 | 15 |
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Building Services Engineering | JSSV10 | 15 |
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports Coaching | JSSV13 | Not applicable |