Background:

The School Nominations Direct Admission Scheme (SNDAS), proposed by the Task Force on Review of School Curriculum set up by the Education Bureau (EDB), aims of recognising the exceptional talent of students in specific disciplines that may not be fully assessed by the HKDSE Examination. It will provide opportunities for these students to be considered for direct admission to local universities.

Schemes Joining SNDAS:

The following schemes invite SNDAS nominations from secondary schools. Their specific admission requirements for SNDAS are listed below:

Important Notes:

1. Under SNDAS, each local secondary school will have a quota of two nominations, and each student nominee can apply for admission to one participating scheme / programme.
2. Only local students pursuing the local secondary curriculum and taking the HKDSE will be eligible for nomination under SNDAS.  SNDAS nominees must be JUPAS applicants.
3. Secondary school principals are invited to submit their nominations to PolyU via an online system between 6 October and 8 December 2021.
4. SNDAS nominees should keep their PolyU scheme / programme choice in Band A (i.e. first 3 priority) throughout the application process.  
5. SNDAS nominees will be invited to attend an interview in May after HKDSE examinations.
6. Offers will be issued to suitable SNDAS nominees in mid-June.
7. PolyU will inform the JUPAS Office to cancel the JUPAS application of nominees who have accepted the SNDAS offer of PolyU.
8. SNDAS nominees without PolyU offer, or have declined PolyU offer, will continue be considered under the JUPAS admission route.
9. Students nominated under School Principals’s Nominations Scheme under JUPAS will not be eligible for SNDAS, and vice versa.
10. For any enquiry, please contact PolyU at sndas@polyu.edu.hk