Credit Transfer/Course Exemption for Core Curriculum Courses


For Core Curriculum (CC) courses, credit transfer/course exemption shall normally be limited to two Common Core courses and 15 credits of Cluster courses.

 

Effective from the 2021-22 intake, credit transfer/course exemption of CC courses may be granted or considered in the following ways:

 

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Block Credit Transfer for Graduates from Local Sub-degree Programmes Accredited with Level 4 of the Qualifications Framework for Senior Year Entry
       
  Upon admission, eligible students would be granted transfer of 21 credits in CC comprising 6 credits in the Common Core (CCC8011 Critical Thinking: Analysis and Argumentation and CCC8012 The Making of Hong Kong) and 15 credits in the Clusters.
       
       

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 Block Credit Transfer for Students/Graduates from Local Sub-degree Programmes Accredited with Level 4 of the Qualifications Framework for First-Year-First-Degree (FYFD) Entry
       
  Upon admission, eligible students would be granted transfer of 12 credits in CC comprising any four Cluster courses.
       

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Course-based Credit Transfer/Course Exemption
       
  Complying to the Academic Regulations, a student can, on application, be granted credit transfer/course exemption of CC courses if he/she has completed a course in another tertiary institution that
       
  (i) carried the same relative weight in terms of credit in the degree programmes of that institution; and
       
  (ii) aligned with the aims and Programme Intended Learning Outcomes of CC and/or fulfilled the Intended Learning Outcomes of the Cluster concerned.

 

  • For outgoing exchange students, please refer to the guidelines at the Office of Global Education . Those who wish to transfer a course to fulfil your Cluster requirements, you should submit the (1) completed study plan AND (2) detailed syllabi of the courses to be taken at the host institution to the Office of the Core Curriculum at [email protected] for the approval of the Director of Core Curriculum.

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  • For newly-admitted students, please refer to the procedures at the Registry.

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  • All applications are considered on case-by-case basis. A list of recognised courses from other institutions can be viewed in our intranet as well as Registry’s intranet as reference only.