Qualifications Upgrade Scheme
Scheme Eligibility Criteria
An applicant must:
- be a Fijian citizen.
- be ordinarily resident in Fiji for at least three (3) years before the award commencement date unless determined by the Board or delegated authority on case-by-case basis.
- have successfully served NTS bond or paid off TELS debt or be a new applicant.
- have a first qualification.
- secure a place at an eligible institution by means of a final offer letter.
- not have a combined parental income or business networth of more than $100,000 unless allowed by means testing.
- be registered with “NEC” upon completion of Certificate or Diploma for an upgrade to Bachelors.
- have fully paid off or served the bond for an upgrade to Post Graduate Diploma.
- only be paid Tuition.
- apply for TELS funding advertised by TSLS on its online application portal via www.tsls.com.fj.
Scheme Eligible Disciplines and Programmes
Discipline | Quota |
Engineering | 20 |
Medicine and Health | 20 |
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forests | 20 |
ICT | 20 |
Social Sciences | 20 |
Environment/ Marine Science | 20 |
Land/Town Planning | 20 |
Commerce | 100 |
Education Counselling and Psychology | 100 |
Arts | 20 |
Science | 20 |
Tourism | 20 |
400 |
Eligible Higher Education Institutions
- Corpus Christi Teachers College.
- Fiji National University.
- Fulton Adventists University College.
- Sangam Institute of Technology.
- The University of the South Pacific.
- University of Fiji.