For ARSM Performance Exams, please visit ABRSM Practical Grade and Performance Grade Exams.

For new Diploma Exams that are available starting from April 2024, applicants should register for the examination and complete the payment through the ABRSM online booking service. Find out more about new Diploma Exams

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For ARSM Performance Exams, please visit ABRSM Practical Grade and Performance Grade Exams.

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Click here to locate Diploma Entry Forms on the ABRSM website.

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ABRSM will send “Notice of Exam Appointment” to the applicants four weeks before the first date of the exam session. It is subject to the schedule of ABRSM. Please contact the HKEAA if the appointment email is not received two weeks before the first date of the exam session.

"Notes to Applicants and Candidates" will be emailed to the applicants by the HKEAA at least two weeks before the first date of the exam session. It can also be downloaded from here: Notes to Applicants and Candidates

Results and Certificates

It may take a minimum of three months for the examination results to reach the applicants. Examination results and certificates will be sent to applicants when they are ready, and the HKEAA will announce the posting of examination results and certificates via this webpage. Applicants should inform the HKEAA in writing if there are changes to the contact details.

*Applicants who have not received their candidates’ certificates should contact the HKEAA within five months after the issue of certificates. Otherwise, the certificates will be regarded as successfully received by the applicants. Uncollected certificates will be destroyed five months after the issue of certificates. After that, requests for uncollected certificate will be regarded as applications for replacement of certificates and supplementary fees will be levied.

Exam delivery concerns must be submitted to ARBSM within one week of exam date. Result review must be submitted to ABRSM within 3 weeks of release of result. For details, please visit https://www.abrsm.org/en-hk/about-our-exams/results-and-certificates/appeals-and-feedback.

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• Assisting tertiary institutions and other government/public organisations in their admission processes;
• Assisting tertiary institutions and other government/public organisations in respect of their requests for information in granting scholarships;
• Assisting tertiary institutions and other government/public organisations to confirm the candidates’ eligibility for financial assistance or other forms of subsidization, in which case, the necessary personal data of the candidates may have to be disclosed to the concerned organisations for verification;
• Certifying candidates’ examination results in response to legitimate requests;
• Processing any refund or payment in relation to the examination;
• Conducting educational research and analysis in an anonymous format in which the identities of candidates are not traceable; and
• Marketing the services and products of the Examination Board (including examination services, courses, events, publications, and other examination materials or resources) subject to the consent of the applicants/candidates. *

The HKEAA may also transfer the personal data of applicants/candidates to third parties for use for the above purposes or other directly related purposes, including government/public organisations, schools and educational institutions, banks (for processing refund or payment), and service providers providing various administrative or technical services to facilitate the delivery of the examination and assessment services including but not limited to data punching, registration process, despatch of examination documents, and the capture, disposal or other processing of data.

In compliance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, access to all personal data will be made available, on payment of a fee, to anyone who can establish his/her right to be informed of such data as are retained by the HKEAA. Please also note that applicants’/candidates’ personal data/correspondence/other information received by the HKEAA may be transferred to the Examination Board concerned for delivery of examination and assessment services and for any of the abovementioned purposes or other directly related purposes. In general, upon completion of an examination or examination series and all the connecting examination services, the HKEAA will transfer all such data to the Examination Board who will then assume full control of such data. By then, applicants/candidates should approach the Examination Board direct for their personal data/information handling policies if necessary.

* If you have given consent but wish to withdraw your consent for your personal data to be used for this purpose, please send a letter of request to the Authority.

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Applicants and candidates should observe the most updated information and regulations on ABRSM’s website: https://www.abrsm.org/en-hk/about-our-exams/exam-regulations
Diploma Examination Syllabuses are available from the ABRSM website:
https://www.abrsm.org/en-hk/about-our-exams/syllabuses

General
No one is allowed to listen outside the examination room, nor to remain near the door except the waiting room supervisors or other ABRSM representatives. Candidates may not bring any unauthorised material or equipment into the examination room. Any candidates infringing this rule may be disqualified.

Interpreter Service
Exams will be conducted in English. From 1 January 2023, candidates who need an interpreter must arrange this themselves, following ABRSM Interpreter Guidelines. Neither ABRSM nor HKEAA will be involved in any arrangements with interpreters, nor any payment.

Photocopies
On the day of exam, candidates will need to provide the examiners with copies of all the music they are performing, ideally in the same editions as those being performed (for pieces which are accompanied by piano, a copy of the piano score should be supplied). If photocopies are to be used for this purpose, it is the candidate's responsibility to obtain written permission from the publisher/copyright holder. In the UK, certain publishers allow photocopies to be made for the examiner's use - for full details, see the MPA's Code of Fair Practice at www.mpaonline.org.uk.

Accompanists and Page-Turners
Regarding the arrangement of accompanists and page-turners, candidates can refer to the ABRSM syllabus and qualification specifications of the corresponding diplomas in Performance, Teaching and Directing for details.

Stringed & wind instruments
Candidates examined in stringed or wind instruments are reminded that their instruments need to be tuned to the piano in the examination room immediately before the examination. The examiner should not be expected to help with the tuning.

Bulky Instruments
Private Visits will not be available for the July to August 2023 Diploma examinations in Hong Kong. The following subjects involving bulky instruments will therefore not be offered in the registration period.

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