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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		2023/2024	2024/2025	2025/2026 (as at 31.1.2026)
No. of applications
- received	Total	33 920	37 455	36 144
	NLSFT	14 684	15 862	15 311
	NLSPS	12 912	14 908	15 648
	ENLS	6 324	6 685	5 185
- with results issued	Total	33 920	37 455	35 258
	NLSFT	14 684	15 862	15 221
	NLSPS	12 912	14 908	15 480
	ENLS	6 324	6 685	4 557
No. of applications
- with loan offered	Total	33 201	36 744	34 655
	NLSFT	14 335	15 534	14 960
	NLSPS	12 542	14 525	15 138
	ENLS	6 324	6 685	4 557
- with loan paid	Total	28 591	31 269	27 165
	NLSFT	11 987	12 759	11 148
	NLSPS	10 789	12 267	11 777
	ENLS	5 815	6 243	4 240
Average amount of loan paid^{^}	Total	$55,838.20	$56,921.55	$54,677.71
	NLSFT	$39,908.23	$39,920.06	$42,313.42
	NLSPS	$59,802.58	$59,826.36	$59,064.28
	ENLS	$81,320.72	$85,960.28	$75,002.36
Total amount of loan paid^{^} (million)	Total	$1,596.47	$1,779.88	$1,485.32
	NLSFT	$478.38	$509.34	$471.71
	NLSPS	$645.21	$733.89	$695.60
	ENLS	$472.88	$536.65	$318.01

Remarks :

Approved loan will be paid in more than one instalment. The amount of loan paid in the 2025/26 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.