Enquiry

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

Enquiry

2152 9000

wg_sfo@wfsfaa.gov.hk

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.

Statistics

Academic Year	2022/2023	2023/2024	2024/2025 (as at 31 March 2025)
Student population	95 985	94 478	95 880
No. of applications
- received	19 607	18 904	17 759
- with results issued	19 607	18 904	16 814
No. of applicants
- with assistance paid	15 535	14 761	13 063
- with grant paid	15 535	14 761	13 063
- with loan offered	15 373	14 641	12 979
- with loan paid	2 797	2 990	2 524
Average amount paid^{^}
- assistance	$55,028	$56,471	$56,186
- grant	$46,563	$46,744	$46,499
- loan	$47,013	$48,022	$50,138
Total amount of
- grant paid^{^} (million)	$723.36	$689.98	$607.42
- loan offered (million)	$736.78	$720.35	$661.58
- loan paid^{^} (million)	$131.50	$143.59	$126.55

Note:

Approved grant and/or loan will be paid in one or more than one instalment(s). The amount of assistance paid in 2024/25 shown in the table above does not reflect the full amount of assistance paid in the year until the 2024/25 application cycle ends.