The enrollment plans of Hong Kong and Macao universities in the Mainland are unified regardless of provinces and the whole country. Candidates who graduated from high school or graduated from high school can apply for the exam, and candidates must take the national college entrance examination.
Among the Macao universities enrolled in the Mainland, the University of Macao, the Macao Institute of Technology and the Tourism College are public schools, which require candidates to achieve a grade in the college entrance examination and choose the best candidates. In 20 12, the average score of liberal arts candidates admitted to Beijing Macau University was 553, and the average score of science candidates was 579. Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau City University and Macau Jinghu Nursing College are private institutions. They are generally required to reach two scores in the college entrance examination and choose the best candidates.