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

Enquiry

wg_sfo@wfsfaa.gov.hk

Overview

The Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) is to complement the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) to provide loans to eligible students to settle tuition fees of locally-accredited, self-financing full-time programmes at the level of associate degree, higher diploma or degree.

Statistics

Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Full-time Tertiary Students (NLSFT) / Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) / Extended Non-means-tested Loan Scheme (ENLS)
Academic Year		2022/2023	2023/2024	2024/2025 (as at 31.7.2025)
No. of applications
- received	Total	32 212	33 920	37 444
	NLSFT	13 679	14 684	15 854
	NLSPS	12 136	12 912	14 905
	ENLS	6 397	6 324	6 685
- with results issued	Total	32 212	33 920	37 438
	NLSFT	13 679	14 684	15 849
	NLSPS	12 136	12 912	14 904
	ENLS	6 397	6 324	6 685
No. of applications
- with loan offered	Total	31 554	33 201	36 732
	NLSFT	13 371	14 335	15 526
	NLSPS	11 786	12 542	14 521
	ENLS	6 397	6 324	6 685
- with loan paid	Total	27 181	28 591	31 216
	NLSFT	11 199	11 987	12 729
	NLSPS	10 063	10 789	12 244
	ENLS	5 919	5 815	6 243
Average amount of loan paid^{^}	Total	$55,632.24	$55,838.20	$56,889.42
	NLSFT	$39,870.52	$39,908.23	$39,917.51
	NLSPS	$60,429.30	$59,802.58	$59,925.68
	ENLS	$77,298.53	$81,320.72	$85,539.00
Total amount of loan paid^{^} (million)	Total	$1,512.14	$1,596.47	$1,775.86
	NLSFT	$446.51	$478.38	$508.11
	NLSPS	$608.10	$645.21	$733.73
	ENLS	$457.53	$472.88	$534.02

Remarks :

Approved loan will be paid in more than one instalment. The amount of loan paid in the 2024/25 academic year shown in the table above does not reflect the full amount of loan paid in the year until the respective application cycle ends.