Financial Assistance

The Student Affairs Office is always there to help those who are in financial difficulty. Financial assistance mainly comes from two sources, the government and PolyU.

The government has two main schemes: the Tertiary Student Finance Scheme ─ Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS) and the Non-means-tested Loan Scheme (NLS).

The TSFS is only open to local full-time students in government-funded programmes. It is a means-tested scheme that offers grants for tuition fees and academic expenses and loans for living expenses. Applications open every April for current students and every September for new students. 

The NLS offers interest-bearing loans to local full-time and part-time students to cover tuition fees. These loans are not means-tested – there is no assessment of your family's income and assets. Both government-funded and self-financed students can apply before the deadline set by the government.

Local students in full-time self-financed degree programmes may also be eligible to apply for the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) and the Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) administered by the government. In addition, PolyU operates financial assistance schemes for local full-time students in government-funded programmes.

For further information, please visit the webpage of the Student Affairs Office: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/sao/fa.