Student Finance Assistance Scheme Summary of Statistics

  2003/2004 2004/2005
Eligible student enrolment 771 (687*) 28 (26^)
No. of applications received 357 (273*) 15 (13^)
No. of applications processed 357 (273*) 15 (13^)
No. of successful applications
No. of applicants receiving grants
No. of applicants receiving loan
256
246
256
13
12
13
Average amount of assistance
Average grant
Average loan
$ 23,256
$ 7,474
$ 16,074
$ 22,346
$ 7,525
$ 15,400
Total amount of grant
- offered
- accepted

$ 1.8m
$ 1.8m

$ 90,300
$ 90,300
Total amount of loan
- offered
- accepted

$ 4.2m
$ 4.1m

$ 200,200
$ 200,200

Remark : (1) Only registered full-time students of the Hong Kong Shue Yan College (presently known as the Hong Kong Shue Yan University) admitted in or before 2000/01 are eligible to apply for financial assistance under SFAS.
  (2) Starting from 2005/06 academic year, this Agency has stopped receiving SFAS applications.

* having excluded 84 applicants who opted for Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-Secondary Students.
^ having excluded 2 applicants who opted for Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-Secondary Students.