Funding for Undergraduates

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Information is for full time undergraduate students who normally live in England, have 'home' fee status and are studying their first degree.

New and continuing undergraduates

Tuition Fee Loan

The Tuition Fee Loan offered for 2024/25 will be up to £9,250

For 2025/26 the fee loan will increase to £9,535 for both new and continuing students

Living Cost (Maintenance) Loan

The maximum maintenance loan you will be able to apply for in 2024/25 is £10,227. You can receive some of the loan without having a household income assessment carried out, but if your household income is around £62,000 or below you can receive a higher rate of loan.

For 2025/25 the maximum loan will increase to £10,544

Maintenance Loan (Living away from home)
Household income	Assessed contribution	Amount of Loan
£25,000	£0	£10,227
£30,000	£0	£9,497
£35,000	£0	£8,766
£42,875	£0	£7,614
£50,000	£1,017	£6,573
£55,000	£1,730	£5,842
£62,347	£2,778	£4,767
£65,000 +	£2,778	£4,767

If you decide to stay at home and live with your parents while you are a student, the amount of loan you can receive is less:

Maintenance Loan (Living at home)
Household income	Assessed contribution	Amount of Loan
£25,000	£0	£8,610
£30,000	£0	£7,887
£35,000	£0	£7,163
£42,875	£0	£6,024
£50,000	£1,007	£4,993
£55,000	£1,713	£4,269
£58,307	£2,178	£3,790
£60,000 +	£2,178	£3,790

Health Sciences courses - Nursing (including Graduate Entry Nursing), Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Nutrition and Dietetics

In addition to the funding above you may be entitled to funding from through the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF)

NHS LSF information

Final year students

Student Finance maintenance loan is lower in your final year.

Living at home	Living elsewhere
Final year rate	Final year rate
max £8,102	max £9,672
min £3,482 (non means tested)	min £4,432 (non means tested)

Part time undergraduates

You may be able to access funding if you already hold a degree or higher level award - please refer to our ELQ factsheet

The amount you can borrow depends on the course intensity and your household income. In order to be eligible for the loans, you must be studying at least 25% of an equivalent full-time course in the relevant year.

The tuition fee loan of up to £6,935 is not based on household income, but the maintenance loan is.

Students starting in September 2024 and continuing students who started their course before September 2024 can apply for the loans by applying online at the Gov.uk web pages - information below about the course title to use when applying.

There is no age limit for applying for the fee loan but you will need to be under 60 on the first day of the academic quarter you commence the course in; eg 1 September for courses starting September to November, to qualify for a maintence loan.

Maintenance loan from Student Finance
Location rates	Intensity of study	Maximum rate	Non-income assessed	Income assessed
Student living at home (with parents)	100% (full time equivalent rate)	£8,610	£3,790	£4,820
	75%	£6,457.50	£2,842.50	£3,615
	50%	£4,305	£1,895	£2,410
	25%	£2,152.50	£ 947.50	£1,205
Living away from home or with your partner	100%(FTE)	£10,227	£4,767	£5,460
	75%	£7,670.25	£3,575.25	£4,095
	50%	£5,113.50	£2,383.50	£2,730
	25%	£2,556.75	£1,191.75	£1,365

When you apply for your student loans you will need to select one of the generic course titles below as part of the application process. Please select the one that is most relevant to your course.