有些家長以為想到海外升學，就要讀國際學校和國際課程，以保證學歷的認受性和入學機會。其實，香港中學文憑考試（HKDSE）的資歷廣受全球各地的非本地高等院校認可，更有超過300間非本地高等院校在考評局網站，列出其對DSE考生的一般入學要求資訊。以下列出認可HKDSE資歷的英國和美國的大學及高等院校，供各位家長參考。
國家教育部自2011年起，推出內地高校招收香港中學文憑考試學生計劃(文憑試收生計劃)，2024/25學年參與的內地高等院校將增加至138所
香港中學文憑資歷已獲澳洲及紐西蘭大專院校廣泛認可，並有近九成澳洲院校已於考評局網頁上載其收生要求。
考評局的考試資歷獲多間歐洲的大學認可。在德國，香港中學文憑已等同當地的中學畢業資歷，即Abitur。考生在文憑試四個核心科目及兩個選修科目達到第3級或以上的成績*，便符合資格直接申請報讀逾300所德國公立大學；然而部分課程，尤其藝術、法律、醫學課程，或會額外要求學生應考入學試。
香港中學文憑資歷已獲多間亞洲地區(如日本、韓國、新加坡及馬來西亞)的大學認可。
台灣的海外聯合招生委員會已公布，香港學生自2012年起無須參加「香港考區學科測驗」，便可直接以文憑試成績參與海外聯合招生報讀當地大學。
香港中學文憑資歷已獲英國大學廣泛認可，目前已有逾百間、即超過七成英國大學及院校於考評局網頁以文憑試成績列出其收生要求。
香港中學文憑資歷已獲多間美國及加拿大的大學認可。
教育局不斷改進中學文憑考試（HKDSE）課程，有見不少學校的高中四個核心科目已佔去逾半或更多課時，令學生缺乏多元化的學習經歷。於是，教育局推行課程優化措施：高中四個核心科目的課時將不超過總課時一半，學校可按學校情況和學生需要，釋出不同程度的空間，照顧學生的多元學習和發展需要，此措施適用於2024年起的文憑試。
所釋放的課時可以讓學校為學生提供更多元選擇，如讓學生增修一個選修科目（包括應用學習）；更深入學習修讀科目；讓部分學生在修讀數學科的必修部分外再修讀延伸部分（單元一／單元二）；或更積極參與「其他學習經歷」，務求照顧學生的不同興趣、能力和抱負。
| 大學 |
| 1. Abertay University |
| 2. Aberystwyth University |
| 3. Anglia Ruskin University |
| 4. Arts University Bournemouth |
| 5. ARU College |
| 6. Bangor University |
| 7. Bath Academy |
| 8. Bath Spa University |
| 9. Birkbeck, University of London |
| 10. Birmingham City University |
| 11. Birmingham City University International College |
| 12. Brunel University |
| 13. Cardiff University |
| 14. City University London |
| 15. Coventry University |
| 16. De Montfort University |
| 17. Durham University |
| 18. Edge Hill University |
| 19. Falmouth University |
| 20. Glasgow Caledonian University |
| 21. Glasgow International College |
| 22. Goldsmiths, University of London |
| 23. Gower College Swansea |
| 24. Heriot-Watt University |
| 25. Institute of Education, University College London |
| 26. International College Portsmouth, University of Portsmouth |
| 27. Kaplan International Colleges |
| 28. Keele University |
| 29. King's College London |
| 30. Kingston University London |
| 31. Lancaster University |
| 32. Leeds Arts University |
| 33. Leeds Beckett University |
| 34. Leeds Conservatoire |
| 35. Liverpool Hope University |
| 36. Liverpool International College |
| 37. Liverpool John Moores University |
| 38. London Metropolitan University |
| 39. London School of Business and Management |
| 40. London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 41. London South Bank University |
| 42. Loughborough University |
| 43. Manchester Metropolitan University |
| 44. Middlesex University |
| 45. New College of the Humanities |
| 46. Newcastle University |
| 47. Northumbria University |
| 48. Norwich University of the Arts |
| 49. Nottingham Trent International College |
| 50. Nottingham Trent University |
| 51. Oxford Brookes University |
| 52. Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh |
| 53. Queen Mary, University of London |
| 54. Queen's University Belfast |
| 55. Robert Gordon University |
| 56. Royal Holloway, University of London |
| 57. Royal Veterinary College |
| 58. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London |
| 59. Sheffield Hallam University |
| 60. Southampton Solent University |
| 61. St George's, University of London |
| 62. St Mary’s University, Twickenham |
| 63. Staffordshire University |
| 64. Swansea University |
| 65. The College, Swansea University |
| 66. The School of Pharmacy, University of London |
| 67. The University of Derby |
| 68. The University of Edinburgh |
| 69. The University of Law |
| 70. The University of Manchester |
| 71. The University of Nottingham |
| 72. The University of Nottingham International College |
| 73. The University of Sheffield |
| 74. The University of Surrey |
| 75. The University of Warwick |
| 76. The University of Winchester |
| 77. Tresham College |
| 78. Ulster University |
| 79. University College Birmingham |
| 80. University College London |
| 81. University College of Estate Management |
| 82. University of Aberdeen |
| 83. University of Bath |
| 84. University of Birmingham |
| 85. University of Bradford |
| 86. University of Brighton |
| 87. University of Brighton International College |
| 88. University of Bristol |
| 89. University of Cambridge |
| 90. University of Central Lancashire |
| 91. University of Chichester |
| 92. University of Dundee |
| 93. University of East Anglia |
| 94. University of Essex |
| 95. University of Exeter |
| 96. University of Glasgow |
| 97. University of Gloucestershire |
| 98. University of Greenwich |
| 99. University of Hertfordshire |
| 100. University of Hull |
| 101. University of Kent |
| 102. University of Leeds |
| 103. University of Leicester |
| 104. University of Lincoln |
| 105. University of Liverpool |
| 106. University of Plymouth |
| 107. University of Portsmouth |
| 108. University of Reading |
| 109. University of South Wales |
| 110. University of Southampton |
| 111. University of St Andrews |
| 112. University of Stirling |
| 113. University of Strathclyde |
| 114. University of Suffolk |
| 115. University of Sussex |
| 116. University of the West of England |
| 117. University of West London |
| 118. University of Westminster |
| 119. University of Worcester |
| 120. University of York |
| 121. University of York International Pathway College |
| 122. UWE Bristol’s International College |
| 大學 |
| 1. Abilene Christian University |
| 2. American University |
| 3. Augustana College |
| 4. Beloit College |
| 5. Binghamton University |
| 6. Boise State University |
| 7. Colorado State University |
| 8. Creighton University |
| 9. Gordon College |
| 10. Hillsborough Community College |
| 11. Indiana University - Kokomo |
| 12. Iowa State University |
| 13. James Madison University |
| 14. Kent State University |
| 15. Loyola University Chicago |
| 16. Luther College |
| 17. Miami University (Ohio) |
| 18. New York Film Academy |
| 19. New York University |
| 20. Northwestern University |
| 21. Ohio Wesleyan University |
| 22. Oregon State University |
| 23. Pacific Lutheran University |
| 24. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| 25. Savannah College of Art and Design |
| 26. St. Ambrose University |
| 27. Tennessee Technological University |
| 28. The Ohio State University |
| 29. The State University of New York at Oneonta |
| 30. The University of Arizona |
| 31. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 32. Troy University |
| 33. Tufts University |
| 34. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York |
| 35. University of Colorado Denver |
| 36. University of Kansas |
| 37. University of La Verne |
| 38. University of Massachusetts Boston |
| 39. University of Missouri - Kansas City |
| 40. University of South Florida |
| 41. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
| 42. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 43. Wartburg College |
| 44. Wentworth Institute of Technology |
| 45. Widener University |
| 46. Wittenberg University |
| 47. Yale University |
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