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Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
You may be eligible for student finance to help you study at university or…
You may be eligible for student finance including: a Tuition Fee Loan to…
You can apply for: a Tuition Fee Loan to help pay your course tuition fees…
What you’re eligible for depends on when your course starts. If your…
If your part-time course has a ‘course intensity’ of 25% or more, you may…
You may be able to get extra financial help, for example, if you’re: on a…
Find out how to apply for student finance. Parents or partners of students…
Student finance for most undergraduate and some postgraduate and further education courses starting on or after 1 January 2027. Information about student loans, grants and extra funding to help cover course tuition fees and living costs.
For courses starting on or after 1 January 2027, you may need to apply for…
You may be eligible for student finance including: Tuition Fee Loans to…
You may be able to apply for: Tuition Fee Loans to help pay your course…
You may also be able to apply for extra financial help, for example: a…
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 .
Statistics series providing information on student loan outlays, repayments and borrower activity for students studying in higher education (HE) and further education (FE) in the UK and EU.
Eligible biology, chemistry, physics, computing and languages teachers can claim back student loan repayments from 2 March 2026 until 31 May 2026.
The undergraduate student loans you can apply for based on your nationality and where you normally live.
Find out how interest is calculated and applied if you have a Plan 2 student loan, as well as previous interest rates.
Expecting your first student finance payment? We’ve got you covered!
How to apply for student finance - when to apply, deadlines, proof of identity, parents' income, change an application.
Advanced Learner Loan and the Bursary Fund help with college or training course costs - funding, how to apply, application forms, repayments
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