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Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS)

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Overview

The Tertiary Student Finance Scheme - Publicly-funded Programmes (TSFS) provides means-tested financial assistance in the form of grant and/or loan to eligible full-time students taking up an exclusively publicly-funded student place of a recognised post-secondary programme.

Application Deadline

  • Recommended Submission Schedule for Continuing Students:

    Institutions Recommended submission schedule
    (starting from 15 April 2025)
    HKU
    HKBU
    HKUST    		 up to 16 May 2025
    CUHK
    PolyU
    CityU
    LU
    EdUHK     		up to 23 May 2025

    HKAPA
    PPDH
    IVE(Sha Tin), IVE(Lee Wai Lee), IVE(Kwun Tong),
    IVE(Chai Wan), IVE(Tsing Yi), IVE(Morrison Hill),
    IVE(Haking Wong), IVE(Kwai Chung) and IVE(Tuen Mun)
    HKIIT, HKIIT at IVE(Chai Wan), HKIIT at IVE(Lee Wai Lee)
    HKIIT at IVE(Sha Tin) and HKIIT at IVE(Tuen Mun)
    HKDI
    CCI and ICI
    MSTI

    		up to 30 May 2025

  • Recommended Submission Scheule for New students:

    Details of submission arrangement will be announced in August 2025.

  • Applications should be submitted in accordance with the schedule specified above. In any case, applications should reach the Student Finance Office (SFO) no later than 31 December 2025.

  • Late applications beyond 31 December 2025 would only be processed for circumstances that are beyond the control of individual applicants, for instance, the commencement date of their study programme falls after 31 December 2025 or individual applicants experienced serious financial hardship as a result of drastic change in their family’s financial situation after 31 December 2025. The applicants involved have to provide documentary proofs to substantiate their claims if they would like to submit a late submission due to such circumstances.

  • Under no circumstances will SFO accept 2025/26 applications after 31 March 2026.

  • Applicants who attend a postgraduate programme that commences between March 2025 and February 2026 should apply for financial assistance for the 2025/26 academic year. The deadline for application is one month following the commencement of the programme and in any case not later than 31 March 2026.