CEPAS - Common English Proficiency Assessment Scheme

Companies/organisations who recognize IELTS or take IELTS as reference:

Organisation	Min Requirement
Academic Asia UK Ltd.	*
Adecco	*
Alpha Wealth Management Ltd.	*
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited	*
BOCI-Prudential Asset Management Limited	*
BDO McCabe Lo Limited	*
British Council	*
Cerebos (Hong Kong) Limited	*
City Telecom (HK) Limited	*
CLP Power for its Graduate Trainee Programme	*
Clyde & Co.	7.0
Colliers International (Hong Kong) Limited	6.0
Cosmo Institute	*
Deloitte	*
Dun & Bradstreet HK Ltd.	*
Enhanced Datasystems Ltd	*
ERM-Hong Kong, Limited	*
Ernst & Young	*
Expert Systems Limited	*
Fittec Electronics Co. Ltd.	*
Fordpointer Shipping Company Limited	*
Fu Hong Society	*
Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.	*
Hang Yick Properties Management Limited	*
Headsearch21 Consultancy Limited	*
HCL Interiors (HK) Ltd.	*
HKSAR – Civil Service Bureau	6.5
HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education	*
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. (HAECO)	*
Hong Kong Great Wall CPA Ltd	5.5
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants	6.0
Ho & Partners Arch Engineers & Development Consultants Ltd.	*
IDP Education Pty Ltd.	6.5
Infocan Computer (Hong Kong) Limited	*
ING Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited	*
IVE - Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education(Haking Wong)	*

Organisation	Min Requirement
IVE - Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education(Tsing Yi)	*
Just Gold Company Limited	*
John Hardy International Limited	*
KCS Ltd	6.5
Kingfisher Asia Ltd.	*
Kowloon Group Management Ltd	*
Laws Apparel Group Limited	*
Lloyds TSB Pacific Limited	*
Lotus Tours Ltd.	*
Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited	*
OSSIMA Publishing Group Limited	*
Oxford Oriental	*
Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Limited	*
PriceWaterHouseCooper	6.5
Recruit Express (HK)Ltd	*
ServiceOne Getronics Limited	*
SGS Hong Kong Ltd.	*
Shui On Building Contractors Ltd	*
Shun Hing Electronic Trading Co. Ltd. (Panasonic’s agent)	6.5
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited	*
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.	*
Taifook Securities Group Ltd	*
Tao Heung Group Ltd.	*
The Bank of East Asia, Limited	*
The Civic Party Limited	*
The Dairy Farm Company Ltd.	*
The Dairy Farm Company Ltd. - IKEA Division	*
The Financial Times (HK) Limited	*
The Great Eagle Co. Ltd.	*
The Hong Kong Management Association	*
The Jardine Engineering Corporation Limited	*
Towngas	6.5
Tricor Services Limited	*
UL International Limitied	*
Urban Property Management Limited	*
VTECH Corporate Services Ltd.	*

Name of School	Min Requirement
AOG Morrison College 神召會馬理信中學	*
Canossa College 嘉諾撒書院	6.0
CCC Chuen Yuen College 中華基督教會全完中學	*
CCC Rotary Secondary School 中華基督教會扶輪中學	*
Cheng Chek Chee Secondary School 鄭植之中學	6.0
Cheung Chuk Shan College 張祝珊英文中學	6.0
Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School 長沙灣天主教英文中學	7.0
CNEC Lee I Yao Memorial Secondary School 中華傳道會李賢堯紀念中學	6.5
Delia Memorial School (Broadway) 地利亞修女紀念中學(百老匯)	*
DMHC Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School 天主教母佑會簫明中學	6.5
Fukien Secondary School 福建中學	*
Good Hope School (Primary Section) 德望學校(小學部)	*
Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School 旅港開平商會中學	6.0
Holy Trinity College 上智英文書院	7.0
Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Kwai Chung) 蘇浙公學 (葵涌)	*
Kowloon Tong School (Secondary Section) 九龍塘學校中學部	6.0 - 7.0
Lai Chi Kok Catholic Primary School 荔枝角天主教小學	7.0
Our Lady of China Catholic Primary School 天主教佑華小學	6.0
Our Lady of Rosary College 聖母玫瑰書院	7.0
Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College 保良局顏寶玲書院	6.5
Po Leung Kuk Yao Ling Sun College 保良局姚連生中學	*
Raimondi College 高主教書院	7.0
Shaukeiwan Government Secondary School 筲箕灣官立中學	6.0
Shun Lee Catholic Secondary School 順利天主教中學	7.0
SKH All Saints' Middle School 聖公會諸聖中學	*
SKH Lui Ming Choi Secondary School 聖公會呂明才中學	7.0
SKH St. Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College 聖公會聖馬利亞堂莫慶堯中學	*
St. Bonaventure College & High School 方濟會聖文德書院	6.5
St Mary's Canossian College 嘉諾撒聖瑪利書院	6.0
St Paul's School, Lam Tin 藍田聖保祿中學	7.0
St. Paul's Covent School 聖保祿書院	6.5
St. Stephen's Girls College 聖士提反女書院	6.0
True Light Midde School of Hong Kong 香港真光中學	7.0
TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College 東華三院黃笏南中學	6.5
Wa Ying College 華英書院	*
Wah Yan College, Kowloon 華仁書院	7.0
Ying Wa College 英華書院	7.0

*Minimum requirement has not been provided by the company/organization

Organisation	Course Type	Min Academic
City University of Hong Kong	U/G	6.0
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology	Non-local	6.0
Hong Kong Baptist University	General	7.0
Hong Kong Baptists University	U/G	6.0
Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Non-local students	6.0
Hong Kong Polytechnic University	P/G	6.5
University of Hong Kong	Non-jupas	7.0
Hong Kong Institute of Education	Non-local students	6.0

*Information above is adopted from universities' websites and minimum academic requirement is subject to change.

Last updated on 24 June 2009

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