HESFB Overview
Key Highlights
- 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
Service Delivery at HESFB
The Ministry of Education and Sports under its mandate has started the implementation of Financing Higher Education studies for Ugandans through the Higher Education Students’ Financing Act, 2014 by setting up the Higher Education Students’ Financing Board (HESFB).
The objective of the Board is to increase equitable access to higher education in Uganda and also support qualified students who may not afford higher education.
The Higher Education Students’ Financing Board (HESFB) has been established to address the problem of inequitable access to higher education by many Ugandan citizens given the large number of dropouts due to their inability to meet the costs of higher education.
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