Admissions

Late applications* are accepted until further notice by the following Schools, subject to availability of places. Priority will be given to applications received by the deadlines. 

• School of Chinese Opera
• School of Music (for specialisations in Bass Gehu, Bassoon, Double Bass, Erhu, Gaohu, Gehu and Voice)
• School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts

* Late Applications under the Principal's Recommendation Scheme - Priority will be given to applications received by the specified deadlines. Consideration of late applications will be subject to availability of places. Late applicants under the Principal's Recommendation Scheme will only be invited to attend admission interviews when there are still available places.

Please refer to the web pages of respective Schools for further information about audition/interview arrangements: 

Non-local students must possess valid student visas before entry to Hong Kong. Normally it takes 8 to 10 weeks for a student visa to be processed by the Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.  Non-local applicants are invited to apply as soon as feasible. 

For admission enquiry, please contact the Registry by email aso.admission@hkapa.edu.

Postgraduate Programmes

Application for Admission in Academic Year 2022/23 (via Online Application System)

Fall Intake

(Semester 1 of the Academic Year 2022/23 commences on 3 October 2022, subject to Academic Board's final approval)

Application starting from: 10:00 a.m. on Monday 4 October 2021 (Hong Kong Time)

Application deadline^: 5:00 p.m. on Friday 21 January 2022 (Hong Kong Time)

​^Application deadline: Admission to all postgraduate programmes is on a rolling basis, i.e. applications received after the specified application deadline will be considered by respective Schools on an ongoing basis. Please submit your application as soon as possible.

​For application procedures, please click here.

Programmes available for application in Fall intake

Master of Music

Master of Fine Arts in Dance

Master of Fine Arts in Drama

Master of Fine Arts in Cinema Production

Master of Fine Arts in Theatre and Entertainment Arts

Non-local students must possess valid student visas before entry to Hong Kong. Normally it takes 8 to 10 weeks for a student visa to be processed by the Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/study.html).

For admission enquiry, please contact the Registry by email to aso.admission@hkapa.edu.