Tuition fees
You will be liable to contribute up to £1,285 towards the cost of your tuition fees. The actual amount of contribution will depend on your own and, if appropriate, your parents' or your husband's, wife's, civil partner's or partner's income. We will pay the balance to the institution, up to £1,285. If you do not give us the income details, you will have to pay your own tuition fees. Your application for us to make a contribution towards your tuition fees is only valid for one academic session, so you must make sure you apply every year. We may not make a contribution towards your tuition fees if you have done a course of higher education before of if you have to repeat a year of your course. Please see our previous assistance section for more details. However, we may make an exception if you have to repeat a year of your course because of medical or compassionate reasons.
Find out more about tuition fees.
Student loan
The amount of loan you can get depends on:
- what course you are taking;
- where you live while you study; and
- your and your parents' or your husband's, wife's, civil partner's or partner's income .
The maximum student loan we can pay if you live away from home while you study (except London) is £5,067 a year for a standard 30 week course. If the family income is over approximately £58,000 a year, you will only receive the minimum loan of £2,210 a year. If you want to apply for the minimum loan only, your parents' do not need to fill in the application form.
Find out more about who is eligible to apply for the student loan and how much you can get.
Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary
We will pay this bursary on top of any student loan you are entitled to. We will pay the highest amount of £785 a year if your family income is £18,300 or less a year, which will go down to zero for a family income over £22,789 a year. If you have done a course of higher education before you may not receive this bursary for some or all of your course.
Find out more about the Young Students' Outside Scotland Bursary
Travel expenses
This grant is income assessed so the amount we will pay depends on your parents' or your husband's, wife's, civil partner's or partner's income. If you are a dependent student living in your parents home while you study, you can claim up to £811 a year for a standard 30 week course. If you live away from your parents home, you can claim up to £462 a year for daily travel costs and the cost of one trip between your home and your university or college at the start and end of each term or semester.
You would normally apply for help with your travel costs around mid January.
Find out more about travel expenses.
Supplementary grants
There are supplementary grants available to certain categories of students such as lone parents, those with dependants and those leaving care to enter higher education. Extra help is also available to those who have a disability, learning difficulty or mental health problem.
If your course requires you to undertake a period of paid placement, you will not be able to claim any supplementary grants during this time.
Other sources of funding
There may also be other sources of funding you are entitled to from your college or university, the Department of Work and Pensions and other organisations .