Tuition Fee Support
The Student Loans Company administers the following Tuition Fee Support:
- Tuition Fee Loan
- Tuition Fee Grant
- Part-Time Fee Grant
- Oxbridge College Fee Loan
- Further Information
Tuition fee loan
The tuition fee loan is a non-financially assessed loan to meet the cost of tuition fees. It is payable to the HE provider if the student is in attendance on the 90th day after the academic year start.
Since 2006, Universities and colleges in England and Northern Ireland, 2007 for Wales, have been able to charge different fees for different courses up to a maximum which is set out by government each year. The maximum amount of tuition fee loan available is either the amount of tuition fees charged by the institution or the maximum set out by government, whichever is less.
A student may apply for a loan to cover all or part of this cost. Students are responsible for paying to the institution any fees which are not covered by the loan. The loan is repayable through Income Contingent Repayment. Tuition fee loans accrue interest at the same rate as maintenance loans.
Tuition fee grant
The tuition fee grant is the income-assessed Government contribution towards a student's tuition fees. It is payable to the Higher Education (HE) provider if the student is in attendance on the 90th day after the academic year start.
Part-time Fee Grant
This is a financially-assessed public contribution to tuition fees for part-time students. A course is designated for part-time grants if it lasts at least one year, it leads to an HE qualification, and it requires no longer than twice the time required to study the course full time. The fee amount paid is subject to income and intensity of study.
Oxbridge College fee loan
Students who have Honours degrees already but are entering Oxbridge courses to gain entry to specified professions will be charged a College fee as well as the ordinary tuition fee.
They are liable to pay the latter themselves, but are entitled to a loan to cover the cost of the College fee. Payment of College fee loans is conditional on the student being in attendance on the 90th day after the academic year start, and the payment is made directly to the institution.
Further Information
For details of where to get further information on student finance, select your area;
