Non-means-tested Loan Scheme (NLS)

* for full-time tertiary students who are covered under the Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS)
* for full time students who are covered under the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP)
* for eligible students who are not covered under the TSFS and FASP

Non-means-tested Loan Scheme
[for full-time tertiary students who are covered under the Tertiary Student Finance Scheme – Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS)]

  1. For Continuing Students applying for the NLS only

    10 weeks before the payment due date of the first installment of tuition fees of your institution

    (e.g. If the payment due date of the first instalment of tuition fees of your institution falls on 14 August 2009, the application deadline will be on 5 June 2009.)

  2. For New Students:
    Institutions Deadlines

    CityU

    18 September 2009

    CUHK

    18 September 2009

    HKAPA

    18 September 2009

    HKBU

    18 September 2009

    HKIEd

    18 September 2009

    HKU

    18 September 2009

    HKUST

    18 September 2009

    IVE

    30 October  2009

    LU

    18 September 2009

    PolyU

    18 September 2009

    PPDH

    28 September 2009

  3. For operational reasons, individual institution may set an earlier (or later) deadline for the receipt of applications from their students. Applicants are required to take note of the announcement made by individual institution.


  4. All applications made after the specified application deadline will be regarded as late applications. Late applications should be submitted to the Agency through the applicants' institutions concerned. All late applications will only be considered on individual merits.


  5. If you attend a postgraduate course that commences between March 2009 and February 2010, you should apply for the NLS loan for the 2009/10 academic year. The deadline for application is one month following the commencement of the course and in any case not later than 31 March 2010.


Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Student
[for full-time students who are covered under the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP)]

For continuing students:

Completed applications should reach the Agency on or before 5 June 2009.

For new students or students pursuing newly locally-accredited programmes in the 2009/10 academic year:

Completed applications should reach the Agency either within one calendar month from the commencement date of your programme or within one calendar month from the date of course accreditation, whichever is the latest.

For operational reasons, individual institution may set an earlier (or later) deadline for the receipt of applications from their students. Applicants are required to take note of the announcement made by individual institution.

Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted save in exceptional circumstances and are accompanied by a letter from your institution in support of the late applications. All late applications should be submitted to the Agency through your institution and will only be considered on individual merits.

Non-means-tested Loan Scheme
[for eligible students who are not covered under the TSFS and FASP]

All institutions other than the Open University of Hong Kong
a4 weeks after the payment due date of the first loan installment covered in application; or
b31 July 2010 (2009/10 Academic year), whichever is later.
Open University of Hong Kong
Payment Method Deadline for Application
aThe Agency will directly credit the tuition fees to the OUHK
(for tuition fee unpaid)
April 2010 Semester : 1 February 2010
October 2009 Semester : 31 July 2009
bThe Agency will credit the tuition fees to applicants bank account
(for tuition fees already paid)
April 2010 Semester : 1 May 2010 or 4 weeks after the payment date/payment due date of your tuition fee, whichever is the later.
October 2009 Semester : 30 October 2009 or 4 weeks after the payment date/payment due date of your tuition fee, whichever is the later.