I live in England 11/12

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.
• In your fifth and later years your fees will be paid in full by the NHS Student Grants Unit. If you are doing an intercalation year when eligible for a NHS Bursary the Department of Health will meet the standard tuition fee of £3,375 in 2011/12 (or £1,345 if you started your course before 1 September 2006). If the University sets tuition fees higher than this amount you will be expected to find the balance of the cost yourself.

Living costs

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

Maintenance Grant*
Special Support Grant
Student Loan for maintenance
Extra weeks loan for maintenance 
Adult Dependants’Grant                                                                  ChildcareGrant                                                                                                    Travel Grant
Disabled Students’ Allowances        
Parents' Learning Allowance

*For new students from 2009/10 no maintenance grant is payable once your household income reaches £50,020. For continuing students the household income level is £60,032.

In the fifth and later years of your course, depending on your personal circumstances, you may be eligible to apply to the NHS Student Grants Unit for living cost support:

NHS Bursary
Extra Weeks Allowance
Student Loan for Maintenance (apply to Student Finance England)
Childcare Allowances
Dependants’ Allowance
Disabled Students’ Allowances
Hardship Grant
Practice Placement Expenses
Parents' Learning Allowance/Single Parent Addition/Older Students' Allowance (depending on year of entry)

Many of these grants are similar to those you may have received during the first four years of your course but there are also additional allowances depending on when you started your course.

• Look at the NHS Student Grants Unit website and follow the links for student bursaries.
      

What other financial help might I get?

• Access agreement bursaries. See the Bursary map website for English Universities.
• Access to Learning Fund.
• University Funds – some Universities have their own Hardship Funds Check your University’s website to see what is available.
• Child tax credit.
• Working tax credit.
• Welfare Benefits. 

To find out more about the individual grants/loans check the A-Z Index and Glossary link.