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 | 4 |
JSSV02 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Product Design | 2 |
JSSV03 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Landscape Architecture | 3 |
JSSV04 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Culinary Arts and Management | 2 |
JSSV05 | Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering | 4 |
JSSV07 | Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture, Arboriculture and Landscape Management* | 4 |
JSSV08 | Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Surveying | 3 |
JSSV09 | Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports and Recreation Management | 4 |
JSSV10 | Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Building Services Engineering* | 3 |
JSSV13 | Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sports Coaching | 2 |
*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/.
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 |
