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

Maintenance Loan (Living away from home)
Household income	Assessed parental contribution	Amount of Loan
£25,000	£0	£10,544
£30,000	£0	£9,791
£35,000	£0	£9,038
£42,875	£0	£7,852
£50,000	£1,073	£6,779
£55,000	£1,826	£6,026
£62,377	£2,937	£4,915
£65,000 +	£2,937	£4,915

Maintenance Loan (Living at home)
Household income	Assessed parental contribution	Amount of Loan
£25,000	£0	£8,877
£30,000	£0	£8,132
£35,000	£0	£7,387
£42,875	£0	£6,214
£50,000	£1,062	£5,152
£55,000	£1,807	£4,407
£58,349	£2,307	£3,907
£60,000 +	£2,307	£3,907

Final year students

Living at home	Living elsewhere
Final year rate	Final year rate
max £8,353	max £9,972
min £3,590 (non means tested)	min £4,569 (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 £7,151 is not based on household income, but the maintenance loan is.

Students starting in September 2025 and continuing students who started their course before September 2025 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)	£8,877	£3,907	£4,970
	75%	£6,657.75	£2,90.25	£3,727.50
	50%	£4,438.50	£1,953.50	£2,485
	25%	£2,219.25	£ 976.75	£1,242.50
Living away from home or with your partner	100%(FTE)	£10,544	£4,915	£5,629
	75%	£7,908	£3,686.25	£4,221.75
	50%	£5,272	£2,457.50	£2,814.50
	25%	£2,636	£1,228.75	£1,407.25

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.