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Check if you qualify

There are rules on who can qualify for finance. To check if you qualify, see the link ‘EU students: what type of finance do you qualify for.’

The funding rules are different if you want to study a postgraduate course or study in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

• EU students: what type of finance could you qualify for?

Help with tuition fees – 2012/13

Tuition Fee Loans are paid directly to your university or college.

If your course starts on or after 1 September 2023 you can get a Tuition Fee Loan of up to:

• £9,000 for full-time students, including full-time distance learning students
  
• £6,750 for part-time students
  
• £6,000 for full-time students studying an approved course at a private university or college
  
• £4,500 for part-time students studying an approved course at a private university or college

The ‘intensity’ of a part-time course must be at least 25 per cent of a full-time course. Ask your university of college to confirm your part-time course intensity.

Intensity is how long the part-time course takes to complete compared with the full-time equivalent.

• Forms and guides - EU student finance (2012/13)

• How to apply for finance - EU students

Additional help – like living costs

You might be able to get help with things like your living costs if you meet certain conditions. For example, you’ve lived in the UK for more than three years before your course starts or you’re a migrant worker from the EEA.

To find out more about qualifying for additional support and how much you could get – see the link below.

• EU students: what type of finance could you qualify for?

What do you have to pay back?

You start to repay any loans plus interest after you’ve left your course and earn more than £21,000.

You don't have to pay back any grants, scholarships or bursaries.

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Bursaries or scholarships

You may be able to get extra help through educational grants and charitable trusts.

• Bursaries, scholarships and awards

More useful link

• Funding postgraduate study

• For Northern Ireland and Wales: contact the Student Finance Services European Team

• For Scotland: contact the Student Awards agency