Assessing Authority – Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ)
- The Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ), formerly the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation (HKCAA), was established in 1990 as an independent statutory body to provide authoritative advice on academic standards of degree programmes in higher education institutions in Hong Kong. In 2007, the Council was reconstituted under the HKCAAVQ Ordinance (Chapter 1150). The HKCAAVQ took on responsibility for the vocational and professional education and training sector and statutory roles as the Accreditation Authority and Qualifications Register Authority under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework under the Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ordinance (Chapter 592).
- The HKCAAVQ provides quality assurance and assessment services to education and training institutions, course providers and the general public. In addition to its statutory roles, the HKCAAVQ also provides advisory and consultancy services in education qualifications and standards to government bureaux and other organisations in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region.
- For more information about HKCAAVQ, please refer to their website.
Qualifications awarded by granting bodies outside Hong Kong
- Holders of qualifications awarded by granting bodies outside Hong Kong could approach HKCAAVQ for Qualification Assessment.
- HKCAAVQ offers a professional opinion on whether the totality of the educational qualifications (i.e. the integrated learning outcomes of the highest qualification including those learning outcomes achieved through learning deemed to have a substantial bearing on the qualification under assessment) of an individual meets the standard of a particular level of qualification in Hong Kong.
- For more information about Qualification Assessment, please refer to the Guideline Notes for Application.
Outcomes of Qualification Assessment
- The assessment is neither an institutional nor a programme accreditation, and the assessment outcome pertains only to the individual applicant being assessed. It is a matter of discretion for individual employers, organisations, or educational institutions to recognise or accept the qualifications of candidates for employment, registration or study purposes.
- For possible outcomes on the Totality of Qualification Assessment, please refer to this page.
Applying for Qualification Assessment
Professional Qualifications
- For more details about the standards, qualifications and registration of different professions in Hong Kong, please refer to respective professional organizations, boards and councils. Relevant links could be found at Higher Education Employment Information e-Platform.