The application criteria were originally aimed mainly at graduates of independent high schools, but starting with the 1992 school year, students from public Chinese-language high schools will be able to apply to enter the overseas Chinese university preparatory course as well.
原本申請資格以獨立中學學生為主，從八十一學年度起，也開放讓大馬國民型華文中學的學生申請到僑大先修班就讀。