Hong Kong (19/02/2018)

A qualification is exempt from assessment and qualifies for the indicated points if:

the qualification is listed in the Academic Qualifications Table; and
the awarding institution is listed in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification abbreviation is listed in the right-hand column in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification was awarded from or within the year range listed in the right-hand column in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification is not excluded by the notes listed under the Academic Qualifications Table.

Academic Qualifications Table

Qualification	Abbreviation*	Level in NZQF terms	Points under SMC
Bachelor of Arts with Honours**	BA	7	50
Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours**	BBA	7	50
Bachelor of Chinese Medicine with Honours**	BCM	7	50
Bachelor of Communication with Honours**	BCM	7	50
Bachelor of Communication with Honours**	BDS	7	50
Bachelor of Economics with Honours**	BEC	7	50
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours**	BEH	7	50
Bachelor of Language studies with Honours**	BEL	7	50
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours**	BFA	7	50
Bachelor of Journalism with Honours**	BJ	7	50
Bachelor of Laws with Honours**	BL	7	50
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with Honours **	BM	7	50
Bachelor of Nursing with Honours **	BN	7	50
Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours **	BP	7	50
Bachelor of Science with Honours**	BS	7	50
Bachelor of Social Science with Honours**	BSS	7	50
Bachelor of Social Work with Honours**	BSW	7	50
Bachelor with Honours degree**	BH	7	50
Master of Philosophy	MP	9	70
Doctor of Philosophy	PhD	10	70

* Abbreviations used are for the purposes of this list only.

** Honours degrees are awarded with a Class, or a Class and Division (e.g. First Class, Second Class (Division I) or Division II, or Third Class Honours).

If an applicant believes their qualification may be higher than the level stated they should apply to NZQA for an International Qualifications Assessment.

Note:
Award certificates must be provided in their original language.

The following must be referred to NZQA for an International Qualifications Assessment:
- All honorary degrees
- All listed qualifications where study was completed at any institution outside of the country, including any overseas campuses of any listed awarding institution
- All listed qualifications that contain cross-credited courses or papers
- All qualifications awarded after 2017

Awarding Institutions Table

Institution	Qualification awarded from or between dates
The Chinese University of Hong Kong	BA, BBA, BCM, BL, BM, BN, BP, BS, BSS: 2016 BEH: 1995 BH: 1990–2015 MP and PhD: 1990
City University of Hong Kong	BA, BBA, BS, BSS, BL: 2016 BH: 1997–2015 BEH, MP and PhD: 1997
The Education University of Hong Kong	BA, MP and PhD: 2016
Hong Kong Baptist University	BA, BBA, BCM, BP, BS, BSS, BSW: 2016 BH: 2005–2015 MP and PhD: 2005
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	BA, BBA and BS: 2016 BEH: 1995 BH, MP and PhD: 1995–2015
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	BH: 2000–2015 BBA and BS: 2016 BEH, MP and PhD: 2000
The Open University of Hong Kong	BA, BBA, BFA, BN, BS, BSS, MP and PhD: 2016
Lingnan University	BA, BSS, BS: 2016 BH: 2010–2015 MP and PhD: 2010
The University of Hong Kong	BA, BBA, BCM, BDS, BEC, BJ, BL, BM, BP, BS, BSS and BSW: 2016 BEH: 1995 BH: 1982–2015 MP and PhD: 1982

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