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

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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 2023/20242024/2025 2025/2026
(as at 31.10.2025)
No. of applications
- received Total 33 92037 45531 255
NLSFT 14 68415 86214 314
NLSPS 12 91214 90813 790
ENLS 6 3246 6853 151
- with results issued Total 33 92037 45529 241
NLSFT 14 68415 86213 903
NLSPS 12 91214 90813 239
ENLS 6 3246 6852 099
No. of applications
- with loan offered Total 33 20136 74428 751
NLSFT 14 33515 53413 696
NLSPS 12 54214 52512 956
ENLS 6 3246 6852 099
- with loan paid Total 28 59131 26915 516
NLSFT 11 98712 7596 147
NLSPS 10 78912 2677 765
ENLS 5 8156 2431 604
Average amount of loan paid^ Total $55,838.20 $56,921.55$29,160.22
NLSFT $39,908.23 $39,920.06$21,765.09
NLSPS $59,802.58 $59,826.36$30,789.44
ENLS $81,320.72 $85,960.28$49,613.47
Total amount of loan paid^ (million) Total$1,596.47$1,779.88$452.45
NLSFT $478.38 $509.34$133.79
NLSPS $645.21 $733.89$239.08
ENLS $472.88 $536.65$79.58

Remarks :
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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.