ELIGIBILITY TO THE STUDENTS’ LOAN SCHEME
Eligibility for First Year Students' Loan for the AY2023/24
To be Eligible for the First Year Students’ Loan, one should;
- Be a Ugandan Citizen.
- Be Admitted to a Private Chartered University or Public University or a listed Other Tertiary Institution in Uganda. Accreditation is by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE).
- Applicant must be pursuing any of HESFB’s approved STEM Programmes or Programmes approved under affirmative Action.
- Demonstrate a financial need.
- Be joining in the First Year of study.
- MUST not be a beneficiary of any other Scholarship or Funding Opportunity
To be Eligible for the Continuing Students’ Loan;
- Applicant must be Ugandan.
- Applicant must be in the Final year of study.
- Applicant must be pursuing any of HESFB’s approved STEM Programmes or Programmes approved under affirmative Action.
- Applicant must 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.
Eligibility for the Continuing Students Loan for the AY2021/22
General Requirements for Students’ 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 a recent passport photo.
- Proof of payment of the prescribed loan processing fees.
- A copy of a 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).
- A fully filled loan application form submitted online.