The Early Admission Scheme (or simply "EAS"), held by the University Grants Committee in Hong Kong SAR, China. was a subsystem of the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS), between academic year 2002/03 to 2010/11. It enables students to enter the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong or the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology without sitting for the HKALE. Candidates with 6 or more "A"s (Distinctions) in the HKCEE, with level 4 or above in English Language, and also level 4 or above in Chinese Language or "C" or above in French or Putonghua, are eligible for applying the Early Admission Scheme which may grant them the admission to the aforementioned institutions without the need to sit for the HKALE.