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11. Within the add-drop period, students who add a course, resulting in the number of creditsregisteredexceedingthetotalnumberofcreditspaidinthetuitionfees,areliableto pay for the additional credits, please refer to page 66.

12. Within the add-drop period, if a dropped course results in the number of credits registered less than the total number of credits paid, the tuition fees of dropped credits will be carried forward to the following semester.

13. The tuition fees of any course withdrawn after the course add-drop period are non-refundable.

Student Financial Aid

1. Extended Non-means-tested Loan Scheme(ENLS)

1.1 Eligible local post-graduate students at the Academy may apply for financial assistanceunder theGovernment’sExtendedNon-means-testedLoanScheme(ENLS)whichprovidesfinancialassistanceintheformofloantoeligiblestudentsto settle tuition fees of specific part-time and full-time post-secondary and continuing and professional education courses provided in Hong Kong.

1.2 Themaximumamountastudentmayborrowisthetotaltuitionfeepayableinanacademicyear, inanycaseshouldnotexceedanaggregateof12months’tuitionfee payable.

1.3 With effect from the 2012/13 academic year, a life-time loan limit is imposed on eachstudenteligible forreceiving loansundertheENLS.The life-time loan limitforthe2016/17academicyearisHK$350,200andwillbeprice-adjustedannuallythereafterinaccordancewiththeCompositeConsumerPriceIndex.

1.4 Loandisbursed fromthe2012/13academicyearandonwardswillbecountedtowards the life-time loan limit, which is not of revolving nature and will not be reset by any repayments. Eligible students may borrow a loan amount up to the totaltuitionfeepayable,subjecttothelife-timeloanlimitoritsremainingbalance(calculatedasatthedateofapprovaloftheloanapplicationnotbeingexceeded).Onceastudenthasexhaustedthelife-timeloanlimitoritsremainingbalance,theSFOwillnotconsideranyloanapplication.

1.5 IfastudentwishestoapplyfortheENLSloans,he/sheshouldcompletetheENLSapplicationform(ENLS141)or(ENLS141C),Undertaking(ENLS142)or(ENLS142C),Deedof Indemnity (ENLS143)or (ENLS143C)and therelevant loandocumentswhichareavailableattheSFOwebsite:http://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo/eng/public/index.htm#nls2

1.6 If all information provided are complete and all the required documents submitted areinorder,astudentmaynormallybenotifiedoftheresultwithinthreeweeksby mail from the date of complete information submission of application to the SFO. Ifa loanapplication isapproved, thefirst instalment loanwillnormallybepaid within three weeks upon the date of approval.

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2. Scholarship

2.1 A number of scholarships are awarded by the Academy each year to both local and non-local students on the basis of academic merit and/or financial need. These scholarships are donated by the Society of the Academy for Performing Arts, other private organisations, professional bodies, and individuals. Scholarships for full tuition costs plus monthly stipend are available to local and non-local postgraduate students.

3. Postgraduate Studentship

3.1 The purpose of Postgraduate Studentships is to make available to selected local andnon-localstudentsfinancialassistanceintheformofascholarshipforfull-timemaster’sdegreestudiesattheAcademy.Normally,recipientsofotherscholarshipawards and part-time students are not eligible for Postgraduate Studentships.

3.2 Fordetails,seetheRegulations Governing Postgraduate Studentships (p.25).