Offer Acceptance and
Document Verification

Offer Acceptance

Complete the offer acceptance procedures by the acceptance deadline.

You may accept only one admission offer from the University for 2026 entry at any one time. If you are already holding an earlier CUHK admission offer for 2026 entry, you have to relinquish it if you wish to accept a subsequent offer (if any). The deposit of HK$5,000 paid for your acceptance will then be transferred automatically to be deposit for any subsequently accepted offer.

Submit Your Final Results
by the Document Submission Due Date

Submit your final results to CUHK.

Applicant who accepts a conditional admission offer:
Submit documentary evidence that you have fulfilled the offer conditions by uploading your results directly to your application account.

Applicant who accepts a firm admission offer:
Proceed to Step 3 "Complete document verification".

Complete Document Verification
by the Document Submission Due Date

Submit original(s) / official true copy / officially certified true copies of these result(s) for verification.

See below for more details on Document Verification.

Document Verification

To facilitate your registration at the University, official true copy / original(s) or officially certified true copies of results or documents of the following must be submitted for verification. Only students who have completed the document verification procedures will be invited to perform student registration.

What to Submit

(1) Results or documents indicating that you have satisfied the University and / or programme’s entrance requirements as stipulated on your offer notification;

and

(2) Results or documents as listed in your application (see Examples of Required Documents) of which the official or officially certified true copies have not been submitted to our Office (as applicable).

Official True Copy /
Original(s)

Results or documents issued and sent by schools / examination boards directly to the University will be considered as an “Official True Copy” / "Original(s)".

How to submit an Official True Copy / Original(s)
(1) Invite school / examination board to send the results or documents directly to the University,

or

(2) Present the Official True Copy / Original Document in person. Applicants may be required to login to the relevant examination portal / school platform to verify the relevant results and documents.

Certified True Copy

Applicants who do not have the official true copy / Original(s) of their results or documents must certify the results or documents via a notary or local authority (e.g., Home Affairs Enquiry Centre, solicitor, certified public accountant, consular officer, etc.).

(1) Photocopy the required results / documents.

(2) Present both the Original(s) and Photocopy to the notary or local authority.

(3) Obtain an official stamp and signature on the photocopy from the notary/ local authority.

(4) The photocopy is now certified, and certified and can be submitted as a certified true copy.

When to Submit

Applicant who accepts a firm admission offer:
The required document(s) should reach our Office within two weeks of acceptance or by the document submission due date stipulated in your admission offer notification, whichever is earlier.

Applicant who accepts a conditional admission offer:
(1) Login to your application account and provide the achieved result(s) in the “To Be Attempted Exams” section;

(2) Upload copies of the result(s) to your application account within three days from the result release date; and

(3) Submit original(s) / official true copy copies / officially certified true copies of these result(s) for verification by the document submission due date as stipulated in the offer notification.

Document Verification - Examples of Required Documents

GCSE / IGCSE
Certificate issued by the examination board.

HKDSE / HKALE / HKCEE
Results issued by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority.

IELTS
Results issued by the examination board.

IB
Applicants should authorise the University to access their IB results from IBO (electronic format).

SAT/ACT
Results issued by the examination board. The code for CUHK is 5690 (SAT / AP) and 7050 (ACT).

TOEFL
Results issued by the examination board. The code for CUHK is 0812.

Applicants should authorise the University to access their IB results from IBO (electronic format); or
Submit final total score and scores of each subject with level indicated issued by IBO or the school.

Official results (with final cash-in grades) issued by the examination board to be sent to the university directly; or
Final overall grades with all unit grades from the school directly sent from the school’s official email address.

Results issued by the examination board. The code for CUHK is 5690 (SAT / AP) and 7050 (ACT); and
High school graduation diploma / certificate; and
Final high school transcript with school results from Grade 10 / Form 4 to final year.

Bachelor’s Degree Programme / Associate Degree or Higher Diploma Programme
Official transcript issued by university / community college with latest / final examination results obtained by August of the year admission is sought; and Degree / Sub-Degree Certificate awarded (if applicable).

HKDSE / HKALE / HKCEE
Results issued by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority.

ATAR / UAI
ATAR or UAI; and
High school graduation diploma / certificate; and
Final high school transcript with school results from Grade 10/Form 4 to final year (if applicable).

Canada High School Curriculum
Graduation diploma / certificate with final high school result of Grade 10 to 12 (if applicable) issued by the Ministry of Education; and
High school graduation diploma / certificate.

GSAT
GSAT results (both Chinese and English versions) 學測考生成績通知單(中英文版本); and
Department Required Test / Advanced Subjects Test (AST) 指考results (if applicable); and
High school graduation diploma / certificate; and
Final high school transcript with school results from Grade 10/Form 4 to final year (if applicable).

HKDSE / HKALE / HKCEE
Results issued by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority.

Indian High School Curriculum
Class XII and Class X results issued by CBSE or the State Board; and
High school graduation diploma / certificate or School Leaving Certificate; and
Final high school transcript with school results from Class X to Class XII (if applicable).

Macau High School Curriculum
High school graduation diploma/ certificate; and
Final high school transcript with school results from Grade 10 / Form 4 to final year (if applicable).

NCEA
NCEA Level 3 results; and
High school graduation diploma / certificate; and
Final high school transcript with school results from Grade 10 / Form 4 to final year (if applicable).

Others
Public matriculation examination results by the issuing authority (if applicable); and
High school graduation diploma / certificate; and
Final high school transcript with school results from Grade 10 / Form 4 to final year (if applicable).

Top Scorer Award
(IB and GCE-AL / IAL)

Honours at Entrance and University Admission Scholarship

High‑calibre students who achieve a perfect score of 45/45 in the 2026 IBDP and 5A* grades in GCE‑AL / IAL^ will be honoured with the prestigious Top Scorer Award.

The Top Scorer Award is a University Admission Scholarship that covers full tuition and is renewable annually for the normative period of study, subject to the recommendation of the University Scholarship Selection Committee and the achievement of a year GPA of at least 3.0.

In addition, recipients will receive a Study Allowance and Exchange Scholarship totalling HK$410,000, offered on a one‑off basis to enrich their university life at CUHK through local and overseas learning activities.

^Subject to fulfilment of the conditions specified in the offer notification and enrolment at the University.

College Affiliation for
Top Scorers

High achievers who attain exceptional results — a total score of 44-45 in IBDP and 4A* or above in GCE-AL / IAL^ will be nominated by the Admissions Team to CUHK Colleges. Their outstanding academic achievements will be given special consideration by the Colleges during the College assignment process.

While the University endeavors to accommodate applicants’ preferences as far as possible, assignment to their first-choice College may not always be feasible due to limited places. Nevertheless, CUHK has consistently ensured that top scorers are guaranteed affiliation with one of their top two preferred Colleges.

^Subject to fulfilment of the conditions specified in the offer notification and enrolment at the University.

Information for New Students

Indicate your
College Preference

Offer holders will be invited to indicate their College Preference from April 2026. College Assignment will be released in August 2026 via CUSIS.

Unique College System

Student Registration
& Course Registration

Eligible applicants who can proceed to Student Registration will receive an email confirmation through your registered email account in early August. Applicants who have formally registered as a CUHK student will then proceed to course registration.

Registration & Examinations Section

New Students Orientation

Attend new students orientation activities in August 2026.

CUHK Orientation Website

Unique College System

In assigning new students to different Colleges, it is desirable that each College would have students from different faculties/ departments to facilitate interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and ideas and to widen the students' intellectual perspective. The system for assigning new students to Colleges takes into consideration the preferences of students, their study programmes and admission scores. Priority is given to a new student to be assigned to his/her first-preference College if either of his/her parent is an alumnus/alumna of the College.

While students will be assigned college affiliation based on their preferences as far as possible, they may not be assigned to their most preferred College owing to limitation of places available.

Hostel Accommodation
You may apply for hostel accommodation through your College after
results of college assignment are released. The College Assignment Results will be released in August 2026 via CUSIS.