Level of Financial Assistance

To obtain a rough estimate of the amount of financial assistance that you could receive, please refer to the calculator at the webpage.
The maximum level of assistance under FASP is made up of tuition fee grant, academic expenses grant and living expenses loan:

Tuition fee (TF) grant
TF grant at annual tuition fees payable subject to a ceiling. The ceiling for the 2021/22 academic year is $86,570;

Academic expenses (AE) grant
The maximum amount of AE grant for the 2021/22 academic year is $8,380; and

Living expenses (LE) loan
The maximum amount of LE loan for the 2021/22 academic year is $53,890.

Hostel subsidy for eligible undergraduate students
In the 2021/22 academic year, the maximum rate of the hostel subsidy for eligible undergraduate students Read More
Eligible undergraduate students for granting hostel subsidy must be:-

-an undergraduate who has passed the means test of FASP; and
-confirmed to have resided in student hostels provided by the student’s institution* in the relevant semester.
(*The student should be confirmed by his/her institution as a registered resident of the hostel place concerned for at least 75% of the time during a semester. The hostel subsidy does not cover students who reside in premises other than those student hostels provided by institutions, such as residing solely in or sharing a private flat as tenants.)
is $9,690 a year.

Eligible students need not file separate applications for the hostel subsidy.

The subsidy is to be disbursed on a semester basis. The actual amount of subsidy receivable by each eligible undergraduate is to be determined with respect to the student’s level of assistance assessed under the FASP. The basis for determining the subsidy payable will be the actual hostel fee payable (after deducting any other hostel subsidies or waivers) or $9,690 per year / $4,845 per semester, whichever is lower.

For enquiries on eligibility criteria for the subsidy, please call 2152 9000.

For enquiries on payment arrangement, please call 3102 3026/3102 3027 Payment Unit.

Additional academic expenses grant for students with special educational needs
Each eligible student Read More
Eligible students must be:-

-eligible for and have passed the means test of FASP ; and

-confirmed by a relevant professional to have at least one kind of special educational needs including specific learning difficulties, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit / hyperactivity disorders, physical disability, visual impairment, hearing impairment, speech and language impairment and mental illness;
will be offered an additional academic expenses grant of up to $9,150 in 2021/22 academic year. The actual amount of the additional academic expenses grant receivable is to be determined with respect to the student’s level of assistance assessed under the FASP.

Eligible students of the grant can complete and return the request form to the SFO of the WFSFAA by 31 December 2021 by one of the following means:

-by post to the Application Processing Registry of Vetting Section 1B at Room 401, 4/F, Trade and Industry Tower, 3 Concorde Road, Kai Tak, Kowloon; OR

-by fax to 2157 9520

In any case, the request form should reach the SFO on 31 March 2022 the latest.

Support for students receiving Disability Allowance
The SFO will consider providing additional financial assistance to Tertiary Student Finance Scheme – Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS) and Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-Secondary Students (FASP) applicants who are receiving Disability Allowance from the Social Welfare Department. Please provide the information and enclose certifications in the application.

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Method of Assessment

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Responsibilities of Applicants & Indemnifiers

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