Financial Assistance

No student should be unable to continue their study because of financial difficulties as various types of financial assistance are available for needy students. Local full-time students who are in financial difficulty may apply for one or more types of financial assistance in the form of grant, bursary, and loan as follows:

Type	Nature
Government Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS)	The means-tested grant and loan scheme administered by the Government Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) provides the largest amount of financial assistance for full-time UGC-funded local students. For Details
Government Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-Secondary Students (FASP)	The means-tested grant and loan scheme administered by the SFAA provides financial assistance for sub-degree graduates aged 25 or below pursuing full-time locally accredited self-financing degree or top-up degree programmes. For Details
Government Non-means-tested Loan Schemes (NLS & ENLS)	The non-means-tested loan schemes administered by the SFAA provide interest-bearing loan for eligible students to settle tuition fees of full-time or part-times courses. For Details
Government Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-Secondary Students (NLSPS)	The non-means-tested loan scheme administered by the SFAA provides interest-bearing loan for students aged 25 or below who are sub-degree graduates studying self-financing degree.  For Details
Government Student Travel Subsidy Scheme	All full-time local students up to their first degree level and who are successful in their applications for assistance under the Government grant/loan schemes will be eligible if they reside beyond 10 minutes’ walking distance from their normal place of study and require the use of public transport. Payment of the travel subsidy for the school year will be credited into the bank accounts of the successful applicants in term 2.  Student Financial Assistance Agency will notify those unsuccessful students individually. For details, please visit the Agency's website at (http://www.sfaa.gov.hk/tc/schemes/travel.htm).
University Financial Assistance Scheme	Supplementing the government financial assistance schemes, the University Financial Assistance Scheme offers bursaries and/or interest-free loans to full-time UGC-funded local students who face financial hardship or whose financial needs are inadequately met by the Government grants and/or loans. For Details
University Emergency Financial Assistance Scheme	Funds are available to assist full-time UGC-funded local students who face recent and unforeseen financial hardship at any time of the academic year. For Details