Government Financial Assistance Schemes 2024-25
Government Financial Assistance Schemes 2024-25
1. Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS)
- Deadline for Current Students: 17 May 2024 (Late Applicants to apply A.S.A.P.)
- Deadline for New Students: 17 Sept 2024 (Late Applicants to apply A.S.A.P.)
- Learn before submitting application
- TSFS Online Application
- Simplified application procedures for post-secondary students from families in receipt of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA)
- Course Coding Sheet
- Guidance Notes
- Illustration of Reporting Income & Assets
- Checklist of Documentary Proofs Required
- Provision of Complete Information and Supporting Documents
- Common Mistakes in Completing Application Forms
- Quick Reference for Completing Application Forms
- Don't Miss Anything in Your Student Financial Assistance Application
- Online Demonstration of SFO
E-Link
- Ready Reckoner and Sliding Scale of Asset Value for
Discounting Financial Assistance for 2024/25 application
- Ready Reckoner under the
"Adjusted Family Income" (AFI) Formula
- Sliding Scale of Asset Value
for Discounting Grant and Loan Assistance
- Level and Calculation of
Financial Assistance & Online Calculator for Level of Financial Assistance
- Repayment Schedule & Online Repayment Calculator
- Qualifications of an
Indemnifier
- Maximum Grants and Loans for Individual Courses 2024/25
- Student Travel Subsidy
- Hostel subsidy
- Additional academic expenses grant for post-secondary students with special educational needs
- FAQ
- SFO YouTube Channel for introduction of TSFS
2.
Non-means-tested
Loan Scheme for Full-time Tertiary Students (NLSFT)
- NLSFT Online Application
- Deadline for Current Students: 17 May 2024 (Late Applicants to apply A.S.A.P.)
- Deadline for New Students: 17 Sept 2024 (Late Applicants to apply A.S.A.P.)
- Current Interest Rate: 1.795% per annum (Last updated on 1 January 2025)
- Course Coding Sheet
- Bank Code
- Online Repayment Calculator
- Qualifications of an Indemnifier
- FAQ
- SFO YouTube Channel for introduction of NLSFT
3. Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) and Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) - for students reading a self-financing 2nd degree of a double degree programme offered by HKU
- FASP and NLSPS Online Application
- Course Coding Sheet
- Deadline for current students: 7 June 2024 (Late Applicants to apply A.S.A.P.)
- Deadline for new students: 13 Sept 2024 (Late Applicants to apply A.S.A.P.)
- Common Mistakes in Completing FASP Application Forms
- Additional academic expenses grant for post-secondary students with special educational needs
- Current Interest Rate: 1.795% per annum (Last updated on 1 January 2025)
- FAQ (FASP / NLSPS)
- SFO YouTube Channel for introduction of FASP/NLSPS
4.
Extended
Non-means Tested Loan Scheme (for eligible students who are not covered under
the TSFS and FASP)