Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students

The Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) is a means-tested financial assistance scheme administered by the HKSAR Government Student Finance Office (SFO). Full-time students aged 30 or below pursuing a Higher Diploma are eligible to apply for assistance under the Scheme. The maximum level of financial assistance is capped at the annual tuition fee payable for the accredited programme subject to a ceiling of HK$91,040*. It also provides means-tested loan to cover the living expenses. The maximum level is capped at HK$57,340*. For enquiries, please contact SFO at 2152 9000 or visit SFO website: www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo. You may also contact us at 2209 0290.

The maximum level of financial assistance is subject to the above ceilings in 2023-24. The amount of assistance is subject to SFO's final decision.

Non-means-tested Loan Scheme

The HKSAR Government Student Finance Office (SFO) has extended its Non-means-tested Loan Scheme to students pursuing local award-bearing programmes at the post-secondary level and above offered by the UGC-funded institutions' schools of professional and continuing education. For details of the Scheme and updated course list, please contact SFO at 2150 6222 or visit SFO website: www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo. You may also contact us at 2209 0290.


Continuing Education Fund

Courses included in the list of reimbursable courses for CEF purposes are shown with the CEF logo.

Programme CEF Course Code
Recreation and Leisure Management 43H122065
Public Relations and Advertising 40H122059
Multimedia and Creative Advertising 34H12204A
Computer Game Development 34H121981
Chinese 38H121974
English Studies 38H122008
Applied Japanese Language 38H12194A
Applied Korean Language 38H121958
Applied Translation Studies 38H121966
Applied History Studies 37H121939
Health Care 41H122019
Social Work 44H122076
Early Childhood Education 35H121992

For CEF eligibility and reimbursement procedures, please visit the School’s website at www.cuscs.hk  or CEF's website  https://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/cef/en/index.htm (whichever is subject to it).

Remarks:

In respect of any courses for which the fees are to be reimbursed, the applicant must not have obtained any other public funds or assistance under any other publicly-funded financial assistance schemes for the same course, such as grants or loans from the "Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students" administered by the Student Finance Office of the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFO, WFSFAA), etc.

CUSCS reserves the right to amend the above contents without prior notification.