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	2021/2022	2022/2023	2023/2024 (as at 31 July 2024)
Student population	97 995	95 985	94 478
No. of applications
- received	20 540	19 607	18 904
- with results issued	20 540	19 607	18 882
No. of applicants
- with assistance paid	16 365	15 535	14 751
- with grant paid	16 365	15 535	14 751
- with loan offered	16 205	15 373	14 635
- with loan paid	2 921	2 797	2 953
Average amount paid^{^}
- assistance	$53,608	$55,028	$56,353
- grant	$45,528	$46,563	$46,739
- loan	$45,266	$47,013	$48,024
Total amount of
- grant paid^{^} (million)	$745.07	$723.36	$689.45
- loan offered (million)	$747.97	$736.78	$720.17
- loan paid^{^} (million)	$132.22	$131.50	$141.81

Note:

Approved grant and/or loan will be paid in one or more than one instalment(s). The amount of assistance paid in 2023/24 shown in the table above does not reflect the full amount of assistance paid in the year until the 2023/24 application cycle ends.