Graduates have the option to enrol in the Diploma of Applied Education Programme and the completion of such programmes is equivalent to attaining Level 2 in five subjects (including Chinese language and English language) in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination for the purposes of further studies and employment, where graduates can pursue related associate degree or higher diploma programmes.
The following are member institutions of the Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education which offer Diploma of Applied Education Programme :
- UOW College Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education
- School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Lingnan Institute of Further Education
- Hong Kong College of Technology
- Hong Kong Institute of Technology
- Caritas Institute of Community Education