Four higher education institutions of Macao namely the University of Macau, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao University of Tourism and Macau University of Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as “the Four Institutions”) jointly organise the “Joint Admission Examination for Macao Four Higher Education Institutions (Subjects: Languages and Mathematics)” (hereinafter referred to as “JAE”). JAE includes the admission examinations of Chinese, Portuguese, English and Mathematics. Any written examination or interview for subjects other than these four subjects shall be arranged and announced by the Four Institutions individually.

The Four Institutions shall admit students according to their own admission criteria. Candidates are advised to check against the rules/regulations of relevant institutions for the corresponding admission requirements for individual programmes. As JAE is not a unified examination, there is no centralised allocation. Candidates may be admitted by multiple institutions for their higher education choices.

1.2.1  Completed and graduated from secondary education (Form 6) or equivalent, or

1.2.2  Currently attending Form 6 or equivalent, or

1.2.3  Aged 23 or above on 1 September 2026 with special talent but without the above required qualifications.

For the Examination Syllabus and Past Examination Papers of each subject, please visit the official websites of the Four Institutions.

1.5.1  The JAE application period for year 2026 is 02 to 16/01/2026.

1.5.2  Applicants are required to proceed with the online application procedures and settle the relevant application fee respectively at each of the higher education institutions they wish to apply to (if applicants wish to apply for programmes in all Four Institutions, they must proceed with the application procedures at all Four Institutions separately).
Upon completion of the application procedures, the Four Institutions will compile candidate’s data for the arrangement of JAE and other necessary admission examination of the respective higher education institution.

1.5.3  If the candidate has applied to more than one higher education institution, the same identification document must be used for the application procedure, in order to avoid the situation as described in 1.6.4 below.

1.6.1  If candidates have applied to one of the Four Institutions and have to attend any of the examination subjects stated in 1.3, they will be issued a JAE Permit. The JAE Permit will include emblems of the Four Institutions, candidate’s information, campus for the subject concerned (e.g. UM, MPU, UTM and MUST), examination room and seat number, etc.

1.6.2  JAE Permit will be released online from 11/03 to 22/03/2026. Candidates can download the JAE Permit through the online application system of the institution they have applied to.

1.6.3  Candidates are required to show their valid identification documents and JAE Permit when they attend the examination.

1.6.4  If a candidate uses different identification documents when applying to different higher education institutions, the Four Institutions will not treat the candidate as the same person. In that case, the candidate will be issued with more than one JAE number. The candidate will have to decide by himself/herself which JAE Permit and its number to present for the examination. No show at examination will be considered as absence. 

1.6.5  If candidates need to attend examinations or professional assessment other than JAE at the institution they have applied to (e.g. physics subject of the UM), they must download the Examination Permit/Admission Examination Notice for that particular examination or professional assessment from the online application system of the respective institution (please note that such Examination Permit/Notice will only include the emblem of specific institution). Candidates attending the examination or professional assessment of individual institution must bring along their valid identification documents and Examination Permit/Admission Examination Notice of the institution in order to be admitted to the examination.

1.7.1  Candidates can check their examination results from the online application system of the institution they have applied to in early May 2026.

1.7.2  According to the admission requirement and quota of each programme, the Four Institutions will base on JAE results, other necessary admission assessment (if any) and interview (if any) for the selection.

1.7.3  The Four Institutions will not release the JAE results to the public. The admission results of candidates will be released respectively by the institution they have applied to. The admitted candidates shall proceed with relevant registration procedures according to the institution’s requirements.

1.8.1  Owing to different exemption criteria of each institution, candidates should refer to the applied institution(s) for the respective exemption criteria of each JAE subject.

1.8.2  If candidates wish to apply for exemption of certain JAE subject, they must abide by the application period and regulations established by the relevant institution.

1.8.3  If the application for exemption of any JAE subject is approved by all the applied institution(s), the wordings “Examination Exempted” for that subject will be printed on the candidate’s JAE Examination Permit.

1.8.4  If the application for exemption of the JAE subject is not approved by all the institutions that the candidate has applied to, the candidate is still required to attend the examination in order to fulfil the admission requirements of the institutions which have not granted the exemption of examination.

1.9.1  If candidates have any queries about JAE results, they can apply for score rechecking before the prescribed deadline after the release of JAE results. No late application will be accepted.

1.9.2  The application fee for score rechecking is MOP50 per subject. Application will only be processed after payment has been settled. Mathematics Supplementary Paper is considered as an individual subject.

1.9.3  The score rechecking process involves the checking by the Chief Examiner to ensure that the score of every part was given and their totals are rightly calculated as well as to confirm that every answer was being assessed.

1.9.4  The candidates will be informed by email of their rechecking results within 5 working days when the deadline is due.

1.9.5  The rechecked results will be deemed as the final score of the examination and no further appeal shall be accepted by the Four Institutions.

1.9.6  Under no circumstance shall the Four Institutions disclose the examination papers and answers of a candidate.