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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.

• Updated: 19 June 2025

Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.

• Overview

  You may be eligible for student finance to help you study at university or…

• Eligibility

  You may be eligible for student finance including: a Tuition Fee Loan to…

• New full-time students

  You can apply for: a Tuition Fee Loan to help pay your course tuition fees…

• Continuing full-time students

  What you’re eligible for depends on when your course starts. If your…

• Part-time students

  If your part-time course has a ‘course intensity’ of 25% or more, you may…

• Extra financial help

  You may be able to get extra financial help, for example, if you’re: on a…

• Apply

  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.

• Overview

  For courses starting on or after 1 January 2027, you may need to apply for…

• Eligibility

  You may be eligible for student finance including: Tuition Fee Loans to…

• What student loans you can get

  You may be able to apply for: Tuition Fee Loans to help pay your course…

• What extra financial help you can get

  You may also be able to apply for extra financial help, for example: a…

This series brings together all documents relating to Higher education student loans

• Updated: 6 December 2012

Contact details for the Student Loans Company – including repayment and refund enquiries.

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.

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.

Guidance on making employees' student loan and postgraduate loan deductions in different circumstances.

• Updated: 6 April 2026

SLC issues guidance on how students should contact them.

• Updated: 12 February 2025

Eligible biology, chemistry, physics, computing and languages teachers can claim back student loan repayments from 1 March 2027.

• Updated: 1 June 2026