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Your student finance online account - check payment dates, track an application, change details, reset password, find customer reference numbers
Apply for a Student visa to study in the UK if you're 16 or over - eligibility, extend or switch your visa, how much it costs and how long it takes
You can apply for a Student visa to study in the UK if you’re 16 or over…
You must have an unconditional offer of a place on a course with a…
You must have enough money to pay for your course and support yourself in…
You must prove your knowledge of the English language when you apply. You…
When you apply for your Student visa you must provide: a current passport…
You must apply online for a Student visa. Check which documents you’ll…
Your partner and children (‘dependants’) may be able to apply to come to…
You may be able to extend your Student visa to stay longer and continue…
You may be able to switch to a Student visa if you already have permission…
Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
You may be able to borrow money to help pay for university or college…
You can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan and Maintenance Loan if your course…
What you’re eligible for depends on when your course starts. If your…
You may be able to get a loan if your part-time course has a ‘course…
Check on the student finance calculator to see what extra help you might…
Whether you qualify for student finance depends on: your university or…
Find out how to apply for student finance. Parents or partners of students…
Sign in to your student loan repayment account - check your balance, make regular or one-off repayments, or let SLC know if your details have changed
How to apply for student finance - when to apply, deadlines, proof of identity, parents, income, change an application.
When you start repaying your student loan, your monthly repayments, what to do if you have 2 jobs or are self-employed, how to get a refund if you've overpaid.
Student route
Guidance on claiming Universal Credit if you're a student.
Student finance calculator - get a quick estimate of what student loans, grants, bursaries and other funding you could get - for full-time, part-time and EU students
Apply online for student finance - online applications for student finance including Tuition Fee Loans, Maintenance Loans and Grants.
We are a non-profit making government-owned organisation that administers loans and grants to students in colleges and universities in the UK. SLC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education .
This guide will provide you with answers to the most common questions that undergraduate students are currently asking us.
Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border
Download Student Finance England application forms and guidance notes - including forms PN1, PR1, PTL1, PFF2 and CYI.
You must stop your student finance when you suspend or leave your course early - find out when and how to repay your Maintenance Loan, including overpayments.
This series brings together all documents relating to student support applications.
Funding and university courses for mature students - entry requirements, find courses, student finance
Paying tax as a student - term-time jobs, holiday jobs, overseas students, jobs abroad, overpaying tax.
Eligible biology, chemistry, physics, computing and languages teachers can claim back student loan repayments between September and March.
If you have a student loan, the guide to terms and conditions tells you what you need to do and what to expect when you repay your loan.
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