Government loans and funding

The figures below relate to the 2023/24 academic year. Information for 2024/25 will be released later in the year.

Tuition Fee Loans: no upfront fees

If you're a first-time UK student, you can apply online for a Tuition Fee Loan from the Student Loans Company to cover the cost of your tuition fees. Your fees will be paid directly to us.

• Tuition Fee Loan (gov.uk)

Maintenance Loans: for living costs

If your funding body is Student Finance England, and you're a full-time student, you can apply for a Maintenance Loan to help with living expenses.

• Maintenance Loan (gov.uk)

Loan amounts for 2023/24 entry are:

• up to £9,978 if you're living away from home outside London
• up to £8,400 if you're living with your parents during term time.

Apply now (gov.uk)

Extra help

In addition to the maintenance loan, you may qualify for extra help if any of the following apply to you:

• You have children or dependent adults
• You have a disability
• You're a medical or social work student

Find out more:

• Extra help (gov.uk)

Study abroad and placements

If you go on a year abroad, year in industry or placement year, you can still apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover the reduced fee for that year. To find out how much Maintenance Loan you're entitled to, you should contact your student finance provider directly. You must tell your student finance provider that you'll be studying or working abroad.

For a study year abroad, you may also be able to apply for help with travel costs.

• UK (home) tuition fee rates
• Global opportunities

Nursing and midwifery students

If you're a nursing or midwifery student, the NHS Learning Support Fund (nhs.uk) provides extra help with the cost of travel to placements and the cost of child care.

You'll receive a Training Grant of at least £5,000 a year, which doesn't need to be paid back.

• NHS Learning Support Fund (nhs.uk)

Applying

Your parents or partner provide details of their income, either online or on paper.

We recommend you apply early, as the assessment of household income can take some time to complete. You don't need a confirmed place at university or your exam results to apply for funding.

You'll need to re-apply for the loans each year of study.

Receiving your student finance

Your student finance will be paid once the University has confirmed your attendance, usually within 3-5 working days after you've started your course. Just in case your loan is late, make sure you have enough money to cover your expenses for the first few weeks of term.

Repayments

Your Tuition Fee Loan and Maintenance Loan are added together to make one borrowed amount.

You don't start paying it back until you've left university and earning over £25,000 per year. This figure is updated in April every year.

You pay back 9% of everything you earn above the £25,000 threshold. For example:

• a person with an income of £30,000 per year will pay £20.29 per month
• a person with a salary of £40,000 a year will pay £95.29 a month.

If you haven't repaid the loan 40 years after you have left university, then any remaining debt will be written off.

• Repaying your student loan (gov.uk)

If you're from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man

The loan rates and repayment processes are different if you're a student from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey) and the Isle of Man. Contact the relevant education authority for more information.

• Student Finance Wales
• Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• Student Finance NI
• Isle of Man
• Jersey
• Guernsey

If you're an EU national

EU nationals who are ordinarily resident in the UK may be eligible for student finance. Find out more:

• Brexit and the implications for EU students (ukcisa.org.uk)

Cost of living in York

Plan your budget.

•  Living costs guide