Subject Combinations rev

Overview

We offer a variety of subject combinations that cater to students’ interests, strengths and aspirations for further studies.

Our subject combinations follow MOE’s curricular requirements:

All students must take four content-based subjects, of which at least three must be H2 subjects. The fourth subject may be taken at H1 or H2.
One of the H1 or H2 content-based subjects must be a contrasting subject.
- Students in the Science course must take a subject from the Humanities and the Arts group, while students from the Arts course must take a subject from the Science and Mathematics group.
- The subject ‘Knowledge & Inquiry’ may serve as a contrasting subject for students from both courses.
All students must take H1 General Paper and Project Work (PW).
All students must take H1 Mother Tongue Language (MTL).
- Students who have obtained a D7 or better grade for O-Level Higher MTL are exempted from the H1 MTL requirement.
- Students may take H2 Mother Tongue Language and Literature in lieu of H1 MTL.

Merit-based Allocation

A merit-based allocation approach is used for some subjects, for example when the demand for the subject exceeds the number of places available.

The table below gives the indicative cut-off for merit-based allocated subjects from last year’s exercise.

Subject	Indicative Cut-off	Remarks
H2 Biology / H2 Chemistry / H2 Physics	B3 in the corresponding Pure Science subject at O-Level; or A2 in O-Level Combined Science	Students who did not offer O-Level Pure Science are strongly recommended to take no more than one H2 Science subject
H2 Mathematics	B4 in O-Level Additional Mathematics; or A2 in O-Level Mathematics	Students who did not offer O-Level Additional Mathematics are strongly recommended to take H1 Mathematics
H2 Mother Tongue Language and Literature	B3 in O-Level Higher MTL	-

Subjects with Prerequisites and Selection Tests

The table below shows details of subjects with MOE centrally-set prerequisites and/or school-administered selection test.

Subject	Remarks
H2 Art	Attempted O-Level Art or present a good portfolio; and Pass school qualifying test
H2 Computing	Pass school qualifying test
H2 English Language and Linguistics	A2 or better grade in O-Level English Language; and Pass school qualifying test
H2 Foreign Language (French, German, Japanese, Spanish)	Students must be enrolled in or gain admission to the MOE Language Centre to offer the subject
H2 Further Mathematics	A2 or better grade in O-Level Additional Mathematics; and Pass school qualifying test
H2 Knowledge & Inquiry	A2 or better grade in O-Level English Language; and Pass school qualifying test

Subject Combinations (for 2026 JC1 intake)

The table below shows the subject combinations offered to students from the Science and Arts courses. A subject combination will be opened if there are at least ten students who have registered for that combination.