Part-time Student Funding

Tuition Fee Loan

Part-time undergraduate students can apply for a loan from Student Finance England to pay their tuition fees. To qualify for the loan, students must be studying at a course intensity of at least 25% of the full-time equivalent per year. The tuition fee loan will not take into account their household income.

Each 15 credit undergraduate module costs £1,190.83 for new part-time students in 2025/26.

Maintenance Loan

Part-time undergraduate students starting their eligible course from September 2018 onwards can also apply to Student Finance England for an income-based Maintenance Loan to help with living costs. They need to be under the age of 60, and be studying at full degree level of at least 25% intensity. 

The amount of Maintenance Loan is linked to intensity of study

• 25% intensity but less than 33% they will receive 25% of the full time rate
• 33% but less than 50% they will receive 33%
• 50% but less than 66% they will receive 50%
• 66% but less than 75% they will receive 66%
• 75% but less than 100% they will receive 75%

Repayments

You will become liable to repay the loans from the April four years after your course started or the April after you leave your course (whichever is the soonest) but no repayments will be made unless you are earning more than £25,000.    

Find more details on eligibility, how to apply online and loan repayments at www.gov.uk/student-finance

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