Tuition fees
You will receive free tuition, regardless of where you are studying in the UK. We will pay your tuition fees straight to your university or college. Your application for us to pay your tuition fees is only valid for one academic session, so you must make sure you apply every year. We may not pay your tuition fees if you have done a course of higher education before or if you have to repeat a year of your course. Please see our previous assistance section for more details. However, we can make an exception if you have to repeat a year because of medical or compassionate reasons.
Scottish Government Health Department bursary
The amount of Scottish Government Health Department bursary you can get will depend on the level of your income and, if this applies, your parents' or husband's, wife's, civil partner's or partner's income. We will assess what contribution we will deduct from your support. We will first apply any contribution to your support to any health department bursary due to you. We will apply any outstanding contribution to the income-assessed supplementary grants you apply for.
The basic rates of income-assessed bursary, for a course that lasts for 30 weeks are as follows:
- £1,820 for students living with their parents
- £2,395 for students living in a hall of residence or lodgings
- £2,945 for students who undertake their course in London
You can get extra payments for each week you have to study on the course over 30 weeks and three days. The amounts are as follows.
- £47 if you are living in your parents' home.
- £79 if you are living in a hall of residence or lodgings.
- £103 if you are living away from home and studying in London .
Loan support
The non income-assessed loan available to you is:
- £1,695 if you are living in your parents' home;
- £2,210 if you are living in a hall of residence or lodgings; or
- £2,730 if you are living away from home and studying in London .
The loan covers 52 weeks from the first day of the academic year of your course, except in a final year of study for which there are special rates.
Living-cost package available
The Scottish Government Health Department bursary and the available loan both make up part of the total living-cost package, as shown below.
| Students living in a hall of residence or in lodgings | Students living in the parents' home | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total healthcare package £ |
Income-assessed Healthcare bursary £ |
Non income-assessed loan £ |
Total healthcare package £ |
Income-assessed Healthcare bursary £ |
Non income-assessed loan £ |
|
| Full year | 4,605 | 2,395 | 2,210 | 3,515 | 1,820 | 1,695 |
| Final year | 4,010 | 2,395 | 1,615 | 3,065 | 1,820 | 1,245 |
| Students living in a hall of residence or in lodgings and studying in London | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Total Healthcare package |
Income-assessed Healthcare bursary £ |
Non income-assessed loan £ |
|
| Full year | 5,675 | 2,945 | 2,730 |
| Final year | 4,940 | 2,945 | 1,995 |
We will pay the 'full year' loan if you are in any year except the final year of a course which lasts more than one year. We will pay the 'final year' loan if you are in the last year of your course.
Practical placement expenses
If you have to go on a practical placement away from your institution and you have extra travel or accommodation costs, we can help you with these costs. You should fill in form AB24, which you can get from your institution. Do not use form AB24 to claim for normal daily travel expenses to your institution during term-time. You can claim these in the normal way on form AB4 .
You can claim up to £9.82 each day for placements during term-time and £8.35 each day for placements during the summer.
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 .
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 .
Examples of the support you can get
The table below gives you an idea of the support you might get, depending on your circumstances. The example given is for students living in a hall of residence or in lodgings on a course that lasts for 30 weeks.
|
Income after deductions £ |
Parents' assessed contribution | Husband's, wife's, civil partner's or partner's contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contribution £ |
Healthcare bursary £ |
Non income-assessed loan |
Contribution £ |
Healthcare bursary £ |
Non income-assessed loan £ |
|
| 15,000 | 0 |
2,395 |
2,210 |
0 |
2,395 |
2,210 |
| 20,000 | 0 |
2,395 |
2,210 |
0 |
2,395 |
2,210 |
| 25,000 | 194 |
2,201 |
2,210 |
587 |
1,808 |
2,210 |
| 30,000 | 749 |
1,646 |
2,210 | 1,143 |
1,252 |
2,210 |
| 35,000 | 1,305 |
1,090 |
2,210 |
1,698 |
697 |
2,210 |
| 40,000 | 1,861 |
534 |
2,210 |
2,254 |
141 |
2,210 |
To find out more about the contribution your parents, or your husband, wife, civil partner or partner will have to make please see our contribution section.