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Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS)

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Overview

The Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS) provides means-tested financial assistance in the form of grant and/or loan to eligible full-time students taking up an exclusively publicly-funded student place of a recognised post-secondary programme.

Application Deadline

  • Recommended Submission Schedule for Continuing Students:


    Institutions Recommended submission schedule
    (starting from 20 April 2026)
    HKBU up to 20 May 2026
    CUHK
    PolyU
    CityU
    LU
    EdUHK    		 up to 27 May 2026
    HKU up to 31 May 2026
    HKAPA
    HKUST
    PPDH
    IVE(Sha Tin), IVE(Lee Wai Lee), IVE(Kwun Tong),
    IVE(Chai Wan), IVE(Tsing Yi), IVE(Morrison Hill),
    IVE(Haking Wong), IVE(Kwai Chung) and IVE(Tuen Mun)
    HKIIT, HKIIT at IVE(Chai Wan), HKIIT at IVE(Lee Wai Lee),
    HKIIT at IVE(Sha Tin) and HKIIT at IVE(Tuen Mun)
    HKDI
    CCI and ICI
    MSTI    		 up to 3 June 2026

  • Recommended Submission Schedule for New Students:

    Details of submission arrangement will be announced in August 2026.

  • Applications should be submitted in accordance with the schedule specified above. In any case, applications should reach the Student Finance Office (SFO) no later than 31 December 2026.

  • Late applications beyond 31 December 2026 would only be processed for circumstances that are beyond the control of individual applicants, for instance, commencement dates of their study programmes fall after 31 December 2026, or individual applicants experienced serious financial hardship as a result of drastic change in family’s financial situation in recent months. Applicants submitting a late TSFS application due to such circumstances have to provide documentary proofs to substantiate their claims.

  • The Student Finance Office will not handle 2026/27 applications received after 31 March 2027.

  • Applicants who attend a postgraduate programme that commences between March 2026 and February 2027 should apply for financial assistance for the 2026/27 academic year. The deadline for application is one month following the commencement of the programme and in any case not later than 31 March 2027.