Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS)

Eligibility

(For distance-learning students of the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), please refer to the "Supplementary Guidance Notes for the FASP and the NLSPS" for the eligibility criteria and application procedures under the NLSPS. Students can also obtain the supplementary guidance notes from the HKMU.)

• Applicants applying for an NLSPS loan to cover their tuition fees payable in the 2023/24 academic year must -

  • have been registered as a full-time student engaged in a locally-accredited self-financing post-secondary education programme at sub-degree (i.e. associate degree or higher diploma) or degree level in the 2023/24 academic year. For details, please refer to "Eligible Courses" ; and

  • have the right of abode in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong); or alternatively, applicants or their families must have resided in Hong Kong continuously for three complete years prior to the commencement of the programme.

    (Remarks: This does not cover non-local students holding –

    • student visas/entry permits;
    • visas/entry permits under the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates; or
    • dependant visas/entry permits which were issued by the Director of Immigration when the relevant students were 18 years old or above.)

• Full-time students of exclusively publicly-funded, including the University Grants Committee-funded, student places covered by the Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS) are not eligible for assistance under the NLSPS.