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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
New part-time undergraduate students funded by Student Finance England, undertaking 25% or more of an equivalent full-time course, may be able to obtain a loan for the cost of tuition fees and living costs. Part-time Foundation degree courses are only eligible for a tuition fee loan.
The level of support available for living costs is based on the full-time equivalent funding:
25% to less than 33.3% study = 25% of full-time award - £2,557 maximum
33.3% to less than 50% study = 33.3% of full-time award – £3,409 maximum
50% to less than 66.6% study = 50% of full-time award - £5,114 maximum
66.6% to less than 75% study = 66.6% of full-time award - £6,818 maximum
75% to less than 100% study = 75% of full-time award - £7,670 maximum
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
Additional Support
Part-time students can apply to the University’s Access to Learning Fund (ALF) for help, including towards childcare costs, if they are on a low income.
Eligible part-time students will also receive support through the Disabled Students’ Allowance as long as they can complete the course in no more than four times the length of a full-time one.
Plus check out information on Scholarships, and Educational Trust Funds & Charities.