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Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS)

Enquiry

wg_sfo@wfsfaa.gov.hk

Overview

The Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) is to complement the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) to provide loans to eligible students to settle tuition fees of locally-accredited, self-financing full-time programmes at the level of associate degree, higher diploma or degree.

Statistics

Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Full-time Tertiary Students (NLSFT) / Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) / Extended Non-means-tested Loan Scheme (ENLS)
Academic Year		2022/2023	2023/2024	2024/2025 (as at 31.10.2024)
No. of applications
- received	Total	32 212	33 920	30 850
	NLSFT	13 679	14 684	14 522
	NLSPS	12 136	12 912	12 868
	ENLS	6 397	6 324	3 460
- with results issued	Total	32 212	33 920	28 546
	NLSFT	13 679	14 684	13 903
	NLSPS	12 136	12 912	12 292
	ENLS	6 397	6 324	2 351
No. of applications
- with loan offered	Total	31 554	33 201	28 016
	NLSFT	13 371	14 335	13 654
	NLSPS	11 786	12 542	12 011
	ENLS	6 397	6 324	2 351
- with loan paid	Total	27 181	28 591	14 469
	NLSFT	11 199	11 987	5 566
	NLSPS	10 063	10 789	7 112
	ENLS	5 919	5 815	1 791
Average amount of loan paid^{^}	Total	$55,632.24	$55,838.20	$29,109.82
	NLSFT	$39,870.52	$39,908.23	$20,704.28
	NLSPS	$60,429.30	$59,802.58	$30,191.23
	ENLS	$77,298.53	$81,320.72	$50,938.02
Total amount of loan paid^{^} (million)	Total	$1,512.14	$1,596.47	$421.19
	NLSFT	$446.51	$478.38	$115.24
	NLSPS	$608.10	$645.21	$214.72
	ENLS	$457.53	$472.88	$91.23

Remarks :

Approved loan will be paid in more than one instalment. The amount of loan paid in the 2024/25 academic year shown in the table above does not reflect the full amount of loan paid in the year until the respective application cycle ends.