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Guidance on claiming Universal Credit if you're a student.

• Updated: 1 April 2026

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…

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…

Check how much student finance you could get - get a quick estimate of what student loans, grants, bursaries and other funding you could get - for full-time, and part-time students

Current education level can affect your Universal Credit if you’re a student, or if your child is aged 16 to 19 and in education.

• Updated: 16 September 2025

Bursaries of up to £1,200 for students in further education, training or unpaid apprenticeships - what’s available, eligibility and how to apply

• Updated: 19 January 2026

• Updated: 19 January 2026

How to apply for student finance - when to apply, deadlines, proof of identity, parents' income, change an application.

You must stop your student finance when you suspend or leave your course early - find out when and how to repay your student loans, including overpayments.