Qualifications Framework

Academic awards and the Qualifications Framework

The Qualifications Framework (QF), introduced in 2008, is a system set up by the Government to rationalise and recognise academic and professional qualifications. The QF consists of seven academic levels covering qualifications that range from certificates to doctorates. The Qualifications Register (QR) is a centralised on-line database which contains all qualifications that have been quality assured under the QF. The majority of part-time award-bearing programmes offered by the 44 subject groups of the three colleges of HKU SPACE in this website are on the QR. The validity period for these uploaded programmes at L4 or below shall end on 31 December 2012. It is expected that this date will be extended by the approval authority prior to the end date. The validity period for those programmes at L5 and above is ongoing.

For details of QR and QF, please visit the respective websites: www.hkqr.gov.hk and www.hkqf.gov.hk.