Eligibility
(For students of distance-learning programmes of the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), please refer to the "Supplementary Guidance Notes for the FASP and the NLSPS" for the eligibility criteria and application procedures under the NLSPS. Students can also obtain the supplementary guidance notes and application form from the HKMU.)
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Applicants applying for an NLSPS loan to cover their tuition fees payable in the 2024/25 academic year must -
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be registered students engaged in a full-time locally-accredited self-financing post-secondary education programme at sub-degree (i.e. associate degree or higher diploma) or bachelor's degree level in the 2024/25 academic year. For details, please refer to "Eligible Courses" ; and
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have the right of abode in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong); or alternatively, applicants or their families must have resided in Hong Kong continuously for three complete years prior to the commencement of the programme.
(Remarks: This does not cover non-local students holding –-
student visas/entry permits;
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visas/entry permits under the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates; or
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dependant visas/entry permits which were issued by the Director of Immigration when the relevant students have reached 18 years old.)
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Remarks: Applicants’ eligibility is restricted to only one eligible full-time programme in any one academic year. If applicants have applied for the Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Full-time Tertiary Students (NLSFT), they cannot apply for the NLSPS simultaneously in the same academic year. Application should be submitted on an academic year basis, and the NLSPS loan offer will only be used to cover the tuition fee for the respective academic year.
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Full-time students of exclusively publicly-funded, including the University Grants Committee-funded, student places covered by the NLSFT are not eligible for assistance under the NLSPS.