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I live in Northern Ireland 11/12
| What financial help might I get if I study in Northern Ireland?
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 Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(DHSPPS).
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
Adult Dependants’ Grant
Parents’ Learning Allowance
Childcare Grant
Travel Grant
Disabled Students’ Allowances
In the fifth and later years of your course, depending on your personal circumstances, you may be eligible to apply to Student Finance NI 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(part of the Higher Education Bursary Scholoarship Scheme) at Northern Ireland’s only Medical School. This is similar to the Access Agreement Bursaries in England and Welsh Universities may have similar schemes.
- Support Funds
- University Funds - some Universities have their own Hardship Funds
- Child tax credit
- Working tax credit
- Welfare benefits
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| If you study in England, Wales or Scotland the living cost and tuition fee support you receive will be exactly the same as if you studied in Northern Ireland. But there are differences in the amount of tuition fees you will pay.
In England and Wales you'll be charged the same tuition fees as in Northern Ireland ie £3,375 in 2011/12. There are Access Agreement Bursaries in England which are similar to the Queens' Bursary Scheme. Similar schemes may operate in Welsh Universities. If you're a new student in 2011/12 you can access not only government funding information but also University bursary information for your course (if the University has supplied it) through the online calculator on the Student Finance Northern Ireland website.
In Scotland you'll be charged tuition fees of £2,895 in 2011/12. Check the Scottish Institutions Bursary Map link to see if your University has any bursaries available. |
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| To find out more about the individual grant/loans check the A-Z Index and Glossary link. | |
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