University’s Language Policy

Under the language policy of The Education University of Hong Kong, all full-time undergraduate students¹ are subject to the minimum Language Exit Requirements (LERs) for English and Putonghua. Students who have attained the minimum exit level in International English Language Testing System (IELTS) before graduation, will be deemed to have satisfied the LER for English; students who have attained the minimum exit level in Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi (PSC) or Tertiary Putonghua Test (TPT) before graduation, will be deemed to have satisfied the LER for Putonghua. Details could be found in HERE. (Login by EdUHK student account).

All full-time undergraduate students² enrolled in the UGC-funded undergraduate programmes will be sponsored ONCE by the University to take the IELTS and PSC.

1. Students admitted to the full-time undergraduate programmes with a normal study period of two years or below (e.g. students who are admitted into year 3 of 4-yr programmes will be exempted from the language enhancement courses and LERs.
2. Senior-year entrants who are exempted from LERs could opt for the EdUHK-sponsored IELTS and PSC, on condition that those who apply for the sponsorship would be required to complete the fee-paying supplementary language enhancement courses if their IELTS and/or PSC scores fall below the requisite level (i.e., LERs). If their IELTS and/or PSC scores meet the requisite level (i.e., LERs), there will not be any consequences when they apply for the sponsorship.

Language Enhancement Programmes

The Chinese Enhancement Programme, English Enhancement Programme and Putonghua Enhancement Programme will be provided by the Centre for Language in Education (CLE) with a view to strengthening biliteral and trilingual enhancement support for all students.

​​​​​​​UGC-funded undergraduate students are required to complete three mandatory Chinese enhancement courses, four mandatory English enhancement courses and two mandatory Putonghua enhancement courses, over the four/five years of the programme.

Self-financed undergraduate students are required to complete one mandatory Chinese enhancement course and two mandatory English enhancement courses.

Language Assessments

EdUHK English Proficiency Test (EEPT) [Applicable to Year 1 entry new non-English-major students only] 

EEPT is an internal English proficiency test developed by the Centre for Language in Education (CLE). To understand and track students’ English proficiency level upon the entry at the University, students who do not possess the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination English results or other recognised English public examination (e.g. IELTS) results will be required to take EEPT as the English entry test. Students should pay due attention to emails in their EdUHK email account for the test date, time and venue upon the programme registration in August.

Tertiary Putonghua Test (TPT) [Applicable to Year 1 entry new non-Chinese-major students only]

TPT is an internal Putonghua proficiency test developed by the CLE. To understand and track students’ Putonghua proficiency level upon entry at the University, students will be required to take TPT as the Putonghua entry test.  Students who attain the required level in this TPT will be exempted from taking the relevant Putonghua Enhancement courses. If students have already taken the Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi (PSC) and attained the required level, they do not need to attend the TPT nor taking relevant Putonghua Enhancement courses. Students who attain the level equivalent to or above their Putonghua LER in TPT (either entry test or exit test) will be regarded as having attained the Putonghua LER., Students should pay due attention to emails in their EdUHK email account for the test date, time and venue upon the programme registration in August.

The details of the language assessments mentioned above can be found below.