Tuition Fee, Scholarships and Financial Assistance

Local students enrolled in VTC’s subvented or self-financed full-time programmes may apply for various financial assistance schemes, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria. Tuition fees are subject to annual review.

Full-time S6 or above Full-time S3 or above Part-time Evening Part-time Day

Full-time Higher Diploma Programmes

Study duration

2 years

Tuition fees are payable in

2 installments

each year

AY2025/26 Tuition Fees for Full-time Higher Diploma Programmes

Programmes / Disciplines		Tuition Fees (HK$)
Programmes / Disciplines		1^st Year	2^nd Year^#
Higher Diploma	Business Discipline	$32,500	$32,500
Higher Diploma	Other Disciplines	$33,310	$33,310

# Tuition fees are subject to annual review. The tuition fee levels for 2^nd Year will be reviewed subject to inflationary adjustments and other relevant factors.

Remarks

In addition to tuition fees, students will be required to pay other fees, such as caution money and students’ union annual fees. Students of Higher Diploma programmes will be required to pay the study package fees for Chinese & Putonghua modules.
All new students are required to pay the 1^st installment of tuition fees and other fees by early August 2025.
Some students may be required to study bridging modules or enhancement programmes to support their study; or to attend additional training, industrial attachments, public examinations for which separate fees will be charged.
Tuition fees are subject to annual review.
The information listed above is only applicable to local students.

Application for Refund of Registration Fee / Tuition Fee for New Intakes

All fees paid are normally not refundable, with exception of the following situations (a) or (b):

If the programme is cancelled, the applicant can obtain full refund of registration fees and (if applicable) 1^st instalment of tuition fees paid; OR
If an applicant has accepted an offer from JUPAS for (i) a full-time UGC-funded undergraduate programme (programmes offered by HKMU and HKAPA are not UGC-funded), or (ii) an undergraduate programme subsidised under SSSDP, the applicant can obtain full refund of registration fees and (if applicable) 1^st instalment of tuition fees paid, with the deduction of an administrative fee of HK$500. Applications for refund in this situation must be submitted before the specified deadline. Late applications will not be entertained.

JUPAS Offer Announcement	Refund Application Period
Student confirmed acceptance of offer in Main Round (6 Aug 2025)	6 Aug 2025 to 12:00 noon of 8 Aug 2025
Student confirmed acceptance of offer after reconsideration of applications based on rechecking and remarking results (21 Aug 2025)	21 Aug 2025 to 12:00 noon of 25 Aug 2025
Student confirmed acceptance of offer in Clearing Round (26 Aug 2025)	26 Aug 2025 to 12:00 noon of 28 Aug 2025

Refund application together with supporting documents (i.e. notification of offer from JUPAS, receipt / payment record of acceptance fee for the UGC-funded or SSSDP’s full-time bachelor’s degree programme, and receipt of registration fee and tuition fee payment for the VTC programme concerned) must be submitted to the Registry / Campus Secretariat of the offering institute within the above respective refund application periods. Late applications will not be entertained.

Students who have completed registration (with settlement of tuition fee of the respective instalment / semester) and wish to withdraw from study should notify the Campus concerned in writing. They may contact the Campus Secretariat and refer to the Student Handbook uploaded to MyPortal for details of relevant procedures (including, if applicable, any refund of the tuition fees of the respective instalment / semester). The Campus Secretariat will handle in accordance with any applicable clauses. For enquiries please contact the Campus Secretariat.

Financial Assistance

Local students of VTC full-time subvented Higher Diploma programmes meeting the eligibility of respective schemes may apply for the following financial assistance schemes from Student Finance Office (SFO):

Tertiary Student Finance Scheme-Publicity-funded Programmes (TSFS)
Non-means-tested Load Scheme for Full time Tertiary Students (NLSFT)

Please refer to the Details of Financial Assistance for details of the above schemes.

Scholarships and Award Schemes

With the generous support of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, industry partners, professional organisations, and individual donors, VTC awards scholarships each academic year to recognise outstanding students and support their whole-person development. Additionally, the HKSAR Government offers the Subsidy Scheme for Overseas Exchange for Post-secondary Students to assist local students enrolled in full-time Higher Diploma or Degree programmes with financial needs to participate in overseas exchange activities.

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