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| Acronym | HKDSE |
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| Type | Paper-based Standardised Exam |
| Administrator | Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority |
| Purpose | Admission to undergraduate programs of universities and colleges |
| Year started | 2012 |
| Duration | Varies by subject |
| Score range | Scored on Levels of 1–5, in one-level increments, then 5* to 5** |
| Offered | Annually |
| Regions | Hong Kong |
| Languages | English, Traditional Chinese (Papers can be written in Simplified Chinese) |
| Annual number of test takers |  50,803 (2024)[1] |
| Prerequisites | School candidates: Completion of Secondary School under NSS Private candidates: None |
| Fee | Language subjects: HK$747 Other subjects: HK$499 Initial Fee (Private Candidates): HK$572 Initial Fee (Mainland Candidates):HK$2,059[2] |
| Used by | Universities, locally through JUPAS, internationally via UCAS tariff points. |
| Website | hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/ |
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| Chinese | 香港中學文憑 | ||||||||
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The Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) is an examination organised by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA).[3] The HKDSE examination is Hong Kong's university entrance examination, administered at the completion of a three-year senior secondary education, allowing students to gain admissions to undergraduate courses at local universities through JUPAS. Since the implementation of the New Senior Secondary academic structure in 2012, HKDSE replaced the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (O Level, equivalent of GCSE) and Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (A Level).[4]
Under the NSS (New Senior Secondary) academic structure, pupils are required to study four compulsory "Core Subjects" (Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics, and Liberal Studies) and one to four "Elective Subjects" (the majority with two to three subjects) among the twenty available.[5] On 31 March 2021, it was announced that Liberal Studies would be renamed Citizenship and Social Development and have its curriculum revamped starting from the 2024 HKDSE.[6]
- ^ "Registration Statistics of HKDSE". Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) 2025 List of Examination Fees and Supplementary Fees" (PDF). Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Introduction - HKDSE". www.hkeaa.edu.hk. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "After today, the HKCEE will just be a memory". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "HKDSE - Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Hong Kong's liberal studies to be renamed 'citizenship and social development' as part of massive overhaul". South China Morning Post. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2021.