Government Funding

If you are doing a five year degree and live in England, Scotland or Wales you should be eligible to receive:

• A maintenance loan from the government for the first four years of your degree.
• A means tested bursary from the NHS plus a reduced rate student loan from the government from the fifth year onwards for living costs. 
• Your full fee costs covered by the NHS from the fifth year onwards.

In the first four years you'll have to pay the fees yourself - you will not be entitled to a tuition fee loan.

If you are doing a five year degree and live in Northern Ireland you should receive:

• A maintenance loan every year from Student Finance NI.

You'll have to pay all the fees yourself.

If you are doing the accelerated four year course and live in England or Wales you should receive:

• A maintenance loan from the government for the first year of your degree.
• A means tested bursary from the NHS plus a reduced rate student loan from the government from the second year onwards for living costs. 
• Your full fee costs covered by the NHS from the second year onwards.

In the first year you'll have to pay the fees yourself - you will not be entitled to a tuition fee loan.

If you are doing the accelerated four year course and live in Scotland or Northern Ireland you will receive:

• A maintenance loan each year.

You will have to pay all the fees yourself. You will not be entitled to a tuition fee loan.

You will also be able to apply for supplementary grants each year. Go to 'Doing medicine as a second degree'.