Higher Professional Technical Courses
Who can apply?
- Holders of a secondary education course or legally equivalent qualification (e.g. vocational course or technological course)
- Holders of a technological specialisation diploma, a higher vocational technical diploma or a higher education degree
- Applicants who obtain approval through the process for over-23s
Ranking criteria
Candidates who are not trained in at least one of the relevant areas of the HVT course to which they are applying will have to take a knowledge assessment test. After passing the test, you will meet the required entry conditions and will be placed in the course you applied for, subject to there being places available.
If you gain entry through the process for over-23s, you will need to have taken the specific entrance exam for this competition.
Application calendar for 2020/2021
Phase 1 | Phase 2: | |
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Submission of applications | 27-07-2020 to 23-08-2020 | 15 to 29-09-2020 |
Ranking of applicants | 11-09-2020 | 07-10-2020 |
Online publication of ranking results | 14-09-2020 (1) | 08-10-2020 |
Appeals - online via form | 14 to 15-09-2020 | 08 to 09-10-2020 |
Online publication of the results of complaints | 16-09-2020 | 12-10-2020 |
Online registration of candidates placed | 14 to 22-09-2020 (2, 3) | 08 to 13-10-2020 (3) |
PEAC calendar (Only for applicants given a conditional place on the course and substitutes who do not meet the conditions for admission to the course)
PEAC online registration | 14 to 17 September 2020 | 08 to 09-10-2020 |
Specific knowledge assessment test (PEAC)/Saturday or evening | 18-09-2020 | 12-10-2020 |
Online publication of the results of the PEACs | 23-09-2020 | 14-10-2020 |
Online appeals via form | 23 to 24-09-2020 | 14 to 15-10-2020 |
Online publication of the results of complaints | 25-09-2020 | 16-10-2020 |
Online registration of applicants placed | 25 to 28-09-2020 | 19 to 21-10-2020 |
Remarks:
- In 2020/21, only HVTs with at least ten students enrolled at the end of the first phase of applications will be taught
- Applicants placed in the first phase may be placed again in the second phase if there are any places available resulting from the non-enrollment of candidates placed in the first phase
- Failure to meet this deadline will lead to the automatic loss of the place