I live in Northern Ireland 08/09

Fees

• You won't have to pay any tuition fees before you start your course or while you are studying.
• You may apply for a student loan for fees which is non income-assessed for the first four years of your course.
• You can also do this even if you started your course before 2006/07 and you were, or are, assessed to pay all or part of your fees. Otherwise the fee grant of up to £1255 will remain.
• In your fifth and later years your fees will be paid in full by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

Living costs

For the first four years, depending on your personal circumstances, you may be eligible to apply for:

Maintenance Grant(2006/07 starters on)
Higher Education Bursary(if you started before 2006/07)
Special Support Grant(2006/07 starters on)
Student Loan for maintenance
Long Courses Loan (2008/09 starters onwards)
Adult Dependants’ Grant
Parents’ Learning Allowance
Childcare Grant
Care Leavers’ Grant
Travel Costs
Disabled Students’ Allowances

 

In the fifth and later years of your course, depending on your personal circumstances, you may be eligible to apply to your ELB for a DHSPPS bursary for living cost support:

          DHSPPS  Maintenance Bursary
          Student Loan for maintenance(fifth year on)
          Adult Dependants’ Grant
          Parents’ Learning Allowance
          Childcare Grant  
          Care Leavers’ Grant   
          Travel Costs   
          Disabled Students’ Allowances

What other financial help might I get?

• Check out the Queen’s Bursary Scheme at Northern Ireland’s only Medical School. This is similar to the Access Agreement Bursaries in England or the Welsh Bursary Scheme
• Support Funds
• University Funds - some Universities have their own Hardship Funds 
• Child tax credit
• Working tax credit
• Welfare benefits