NHS Bursaries

UK students

• Medical students in the fifth year of their medical course onwards.
• Intercalating medical students from the fifth year of study onwards (which may not be the fifth year of the medical course).
• Second degree medical students on a four year accelerated degree course from the second year of their course onwards(England and Welsh  domiciled students only).
• Second degree medical students domiciled in England, Wales or Scotland doing the full standard medical degree course when they reach the fifth year of the medical course onwards. This does not apply if you normally live in Northern Ireland.  
• Second degree medical students doing a shortened standard medical degree when they reach the fifth year of the medical course onwards. Again this does not apply if you normally live in Northern Ireland.

EU students

EU students can apply for payment of tuition fees only at the same stage of their particular course as UK students.

Who administers the Bursaries?

• NHS Student Grants Unit(part of the NHS Business Services Authority) administers the Bursaries for English domiciled students and EU students studying in England.
• But you’ll still need to apply to Student Finance England for the non-income assessed student loan for maintenance.

• NHS Wales Student Awards Unit (based within National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare - NLIAH - follow link to NHS Bursaries on the left of the NLIAH homepage)  administers the Bursaries for Welsh domiciled students and EU students studying in Wales. Contact details for the Unit are:
    
  NHS Wales Student Awards Unit
  3rd Floor
  14 Cathedral Road
  Cardiff
  CF11 9LJ

Tel 029 2019 6167 (Bursary enquiries)
Tel 029 2019 6168 (Childcare enquiries)

But you’ll still need to apply to Student Finance Wales or your LA for the non-income assessed student loan for maintenance.

• SAAS administers the Bursaries on behalf of the Scottish Government Health Directorate for Scottish domiciled students and EU students studying in Scotland.You apply using the ordinary undergraduate application form.
  
• You’ll also need to apply to SAAS for the non-income assessed student loan for maintence.

• Student Finance NI administers the NHS Bursaries on behalf of the DHSPSS for Northern Irish domiciled students and EU students studying in Northern Ireland. You’ll be sent information on how to apply by Student Finance NI.
• You’ll also need to apply to Student Finance NI for the non-income assessed student loan for maintenance.
• EU students apply to Student Finance NI (Belfast Office). 
  

       What financial support might you be entitled to?

You can apply for:

• Fees only Bursary which is non income-assessed.
  
• Full Bursary which includes :
  Tuition fees – non-income assessed
  Living cost support –  mostly income-assessed