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Requirements Students Loan Scheme for the AY 2021/22: The Higher Education Students’ Financing Board (HESFB) is a statutory body established by The Higher Education Students’ Financing Act, No. 2 of 2014 with a mandate to provide Loans and Scholarships to Ugandan students seeking to pursue Higher Education
Requirement for Student Loan Application include;
- A copy of admission letter from any of the participating HEI.
- A copy of the National ID.
- Copies of academic certificates or result slips and transcripts.
- A copy of a birth certificate.
- A copy of the recent passport photo.
- Proof of payment of the prescribed processing fees.
- A copy of the Financial card (Not mandatory at the point of application).
- A sketch map of applicant’s current address/residence.
- A sketch map of applicant’s home of origin (if different from current address).
- Fully filled loan application form submitted online
Also read:List of Universities loan scheme 2021/2022 HESFB
Eligibility to the First Year Students’ Loan considers;
- Be a Ugandan Citizen.
- Be admitted to pursue an accredited STEM Undergraduate Diploma or Undergraduate Degree programme in a listed Higher Education Institution, Private Chartered University or Public University in Uganda. Accreditation is by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE).
- Have a financial need.
- An applicant must be a joining in the First Year or a Continuing Student. However, the Board currently funds Final Year students among the continuing students.
- An applicant MUST not be a beneficiary of any other Scholarship/funding Opportunity
Eligibility to the Continuing Students’ Loan Scheme considers;
- Applicants must be Ugandan.
- Applicant must be in their Final year of studies.
- Pursuing any of the HESFB’s approved STEM Programmes or Programmes approved under affirmative Action.
- To be studying from any of approved HEIs i.e. All Public Universities, all Chartered Private Universities, all Listed OTIs.
- Applicant must demonstrate a financial need.
CONTACT Address Higher Education Students’ Financing Board (HESFB)
Plot 1, Lourdel Rd, Lourdel Tower 7th Floor P.O Box: 16810 Kampala Uganda
+256 414 255300
+256 392 174 999
Website: http://hesfb.go.ug