Advanced Placement Credits for Polytechnic Diploma Holders

For Polytechnic Diploma holders admitted to the Faculty from AY2015/16 and after, you will be automatically granted 20 units of advanced placement credits (APCs) for Unrestricted Elective (UE) Courses with the following course codes of 4 units each: POY1901, POY1902, POY1903, POY1908, POY1909.

These 20 units of APCs are tagged at Level-1000 but will not be counted against the 60 units limit on Level-1000 courses.

With effect from the AY2021/22 cohort of undergraduate students, undergraduate students who have been granted 20 units of APCs towards Unrestricted Elective (UE) Courses, with a total of 20 to 39 units of APCs altogether are eligible for the APC Option exercise. This exercise allows students the option to give up the 20 units of APCs granted towards UE Courses in return for an additional 12 units of Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) option that can be exercised on courses read and completed in the first year of study. For more information, please visit the Office of the University Registrar (OUR) website on Advanced Placement Credits and Exemption.