For secondary school students applying for degree–level programmes provided by the University Grants Committee (UGC)–funded institutes, they can only apply through the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS), which uses Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) and Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) as benchmark agency until academic year 2011/12, and Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) since 2011/12.
Érettségi (Matura)is the national school leaving exam, where school leavers take exams in 5 or more subjects, among which Hungarian Grammar and Literature, Maths, History and one foreign language is cumpolsory and at least 1 other subject has to be chosen.
Usually, admission to a university in a state is based upon the performance of the candidates in the statewide Higher Secondary Examinations.
Some of them might use the EXANI–I from Centro Nacional de Evaluación para la Educación Superior "CENEVAL" (National Center for Higher Education Assessment).
Many also use the Prueba de Aptitud Académica offered by the College Board Puerto Rico y America Latina.
Until its abolition in 1994, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) served as a standardized test for university admissions.
Students who get in to a National University through the Advanced Level Examination are not required to pay college fees.
Most applicants to universities in the UK take national examinations such as A-levels or Scottish Highers.
Separate admissions tests are used by a small number of universities for specific subjects (particularly Law, Mathematics and Medicine, and courses at Oxford and Cambridge), many of these administered by Cambridge University's Admissions Testing Service.
They also have their own autonomous selectivity contest for undergraduate and graduate degree students, which has its own exam for each study field.