Student loans

If you’re an eligible student doing a full-time higher education course, you can take out a Tuition Fee Loan to cover your tuition fees and a Maintenance Loan to help with accommodation and other living costs.

Student loans from the government

Student loans from the government are there to help with the costs of higher education.

If you're an eligible, full-time student you’ll be able to take out two student loans for each year of your course: a Tuition Fee Loan to cover your fees in full, and a Maintenance Loan to help with your accommodation and other living costs.

How to apply

Apply for finance online

Apply now for 2010/11

If you're doing a full-time course, you can apply online for the 2010/11 academic year. If you can’t apply online, you can contact Student Finance England and ask for a paper form. You will be able to apply online for 2011/12 in early 2011.

Part-time students can apply using a paper form which is available to download from ‘Student finance forms and guides 2010/11’. The application form for part-time students for 2011/12 will be available in August 2011.

See ‘Student finance: how and when to apply’ for more details - including what to do if you change the course you're planning to study