Students fulfilling the following specified circumstances are regarded as Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) students:
- The student has learned Chinese Language for less than six years while receiving primary and secondary education; OR
- The student has learned Chinese Language for six years or more in schools, but has been taught an adapted and simpler Chinese Language curriculum not normally applicable to the majority of students in local schools.
HSUHK accepts the alternative qualifications below as equivalent to HKDSE Chinese Language:
- HKDSE Applied Learning Chinese (a minimum of “Attained”)
- GCSE Chinese (a minimum of Grade C / Grade 4)
- IGCSE Chinese (a minimum of Grade C / Grade 4)
- GCE A-Level Chinese (a minimum of Grade E)