Student Affairs Office

Government Financial Assistance Schemes

The government’s Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) administers different financial assistance schemes for PolyU’s eligible local students. You may refer to the following table for a general classification of schemes applicable to PolyU* programmes/students in 2011/12. Eligibility of individual student for specific scheme is subject to the Student Financial Assistance Agency’s (SFAA) confirmation.

Programme mode	Fund type	Level of study	Government Scheme
Full-time programme	UGC-funded student	Master/Doctor	(1) TSFS (2) NLS
		Degree	(1) TSFS (2) NLS (5) STS
		HD	(1) TSFS (2) NLS (5) STS
	Self-financed student (degree holder)	All levels	(6) ENLS
	Self-financed student (non-degree holder & aged ≤25)	Master	(6) ENLS
		Double degree on self-financed year/Degree	(3) FASP (4) NLSPS (5) STS
		Top-up Degree (locally-accredited HD/AD holder)	(3) FASP (4) NLSPS (5) STS
		Top-up Degree (Non-locally-accredited HD/ AD holder)	(6) ENLS
	Self-financed student (non-degree holder & aged >25)	Master	(6) ENLS
		Double degree on self-financed year/Degree	(5) STS (6) ENLS
		Top-up Degree (locally-accredited HD/AD holder)	(5) STS (6) ENLS
		Top-up Degree (Non-locally-accredited HD/AD holder)	(6) ENLS
Part-time/Mixed Mode** Programme			(6) ENLS