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]