Entry Requirements:

For Demonstration Classes, the following target ages apply:

For reasons of safe dance practice, candidates’ age must meet the minimum age requirement for RAD examination. The RAD policy on minimum age is as follows:

• For General/ Vocational Graded Examinations that take place between May and June in Hong Kong, all candidates MUST have reached the minimum age by 31 December in the year which they take the examination.
• For General/ Vocational Graded Examinations that take place between October and November in Hong Kong, all candidates MUST have reached the minimum age by 31 December in the year in which they take the examination.

For Vocational Graded Examinations, candidates should pass the Examinations in the order shown above, but does not need to take Foundation examinations, as these are optional. Candidates entering for the Solo Seal must have achieved Distinction in Advanced 2 examination.

Examination and Registration Timetable

The RAD examinations take place twice annually. All Grades Examinations except Solo Seal held in Approved Examination Centres (AEC) are referred as ‘AEC Session’. All Grades Examinations held in RAD Approved Venues (RAV) are referred as ‘RAV Session’.

All entries must be submitted via RAD Online Exam Entries.  Please see the school registration instructions in the Application Guidelines for RAD Online Exam Entries which are available in the Members’ Area.

Candidates can ONLY be entered by RAD Registered Teachers or by the Principals or Administrators of RAD Registered Schools which employ or contract RAD Registered Teachers. NO private candidates are allowed to enter themselves.

Registration for the examinations in May to June takes place in December while that for the examinations between October and November takes place in June.

The examination and registration schedule in the year 2024 is as follows:

More than one examination format can be selected in the same examination session. A separate exam entry must be submitted for different examination format.

No alteration to the examination format or examination session is allowed once online application is submitted.

The registration fees for the examinations in the year 2024 are as follows:

APPROVED EXAMINATION CENTRES (AEC)

*Minimum fee payable if examining time less than three hours: HK$18,000

RAD APPROVED VENUES (RAV)

Fees paid are NOT refundable and are NOT transferable from one examination to another or from one candidate to another or for any other purpose.

If a candidate is absent from the examination because of illness, application for half refund of the examination fees can be made in writing within two weeks from the date of examination upon presentation of original medical certificate issued by a registered doctor. No application will be accepted after the deadline.

Examination Results and Certificates:

Results will be issued via the applicant’s RAD online exam entries account after the end of the examiner’s tours. RAD sends result forms. certificates and medals (if any) directly to the exam entries applicants.

Certificate Replacement Services:

Replacement fees set by RAD for 2024:

Please follow the below application procedures:

1. Complete the application form on RAD website. (Click here for the application form)
2. Return the original certificate(s)/medal(s) (if any) to RAD Hong Kong office during office hours (Monday – Friday 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.).

The replacement items will be ready for collection around one to two months after submission subject to the RAD replacement services and shipments. RAD Hong Kong will inform the applicant by email when the replacement item(s) arrives in Hong Kong.

Data Privacy

Personal data of applicants/candidates are used by the RAD Hong Kong and the Examination Board for delivery of examination and assessment services. Whether you provide the requested personal data is voluntary. However, if you fail to provide all the data, or if any of the data are inaccurate or incomplete, the RAD Hong Kong may not be able to accept your entry or provide all or part of the examination and assessment services. The personal data submitted may also be used for:

1. assisting tertiary institutions and other government/public organisations in their admission processes;
2. assisting tertiary institutions and other government/public organisations in respect of their requests for information in granting scholarships;
3. 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;
4. certifying candidates’ examination results in response to legitimate requests;
5. processing any refund or payment in relation to the examination;
6. conducting educational research and analysis in an anonymous format in which the identities of candidates are not traceable; and
7. 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 candidates.*

The RAD Hong Kong may also transfer the personal data of candidates to third parties for use for the above purposes or other directly related purposes, including government / public organizations, 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, dispatch 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 RAD Hong Kong. Please also note that applicants’/candidates’ personal data/correspondence/other information received by the RAD Hong Kong may be transferred to the Examination Board concerned for delivery of examination and assessment services and for any of the above mentioned purposes or other directly related purposes. In general, upon completion of an examination or examination series and all the connecting examination services, the RAD Hong Kong 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 RAD Hong Kong.