Host jurisdiction · East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
Courses leading to a non-local award must be registered or exempted; the regime regulates courses and their advertising rather than campuses.
- Entry route
- Registration or exemption of a regulated non-local course
- records
- 723 · 140 awarding institutions
- Official register
- 香港教育局 非本地高等及專業教育課程註冊紀錄冊
Regulators
Regulators
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Education Bureau — Non-local Courses Registry EDB
The Registrar administers registration and exemption under the Ordinance
https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/postsecondary/non-local-higher-professional-edu/info-for-course-providers/index.html -
Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications HKCAAVQ
Assessment and accreditation services relating to non-local programmes
https://www.hkcaavq.edu.hk/en/accreditation/others/non_local_programmes
Instruments
Instruments
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Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance
Cap. 493
https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap493
Branch campus
Branch campus
Not confirmed from an official source
Cap. 493 regulates courses conducted in Hong Kong, not campus entities. We could not confirm a separate branch-campus regime from an official source.
Arrangements on the register
Arrangements on the register
Home systems delivering here
- United Kingdom586
- Australia40
- Mainland China36
- United States31
- Malaysia7
- Sri Lanka4
- Switzerland4
- Taiwan4
Most active awarding institutions
- Edinburgh Napier University59
- University of London57
- University of Plymouth42
- University of Northumbria at Newcastle30
- University of Greenwich28
- University of Leicester23
- University College of Estate Management18
- University of Sunderland18
Levels
- Other / not classified723
Who is already delivering
Most active awarding institutions
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工商管理碩士課程 (MBA)
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歷史學博士學位課程
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運動訓練教育學士學位課程 (Bachelor of Education in Sports Training)
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企業管理博士學位課程
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金融學博士學位課程
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教育學博士學位課程
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交通運輸專業工學學士學位函授課程
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中藥學專業理學學士學位銜接課程 (BSc Degree Programme in Chinese Medicinal Pharmaceutics)
香港教育局 非本地高等及專業教育課程註冊紀錄冊
Five questions, then a route map
No regulator here publishes approval timelines, fees or success rates, so none appear above. Getting to a defensible estimate means reading your specific case against the current instrument — which is where a person, not a page, is useful.
Checked against official sources on 2026-07-28