Government Loans for Masters Courses

Please visit the University's central information about the new scheme.

For information, key details of the new scheme are:

• Student loans for masters degrees will be available up to a maximum value of £10,000
• The scheme has been confirmed for the 2016/17 academic year
• The loans will be available for both taught and research masters programmes
• Masters degrees in all disciplines and subject areas will be covered by the new postgraduate loan scheme
• Postgraduate loans will be available for all full-time, part-time and distance learning masters programmes
• Loans will be available at any university with degree awarding powers in the UK - this includes universities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
• Students aged under 60 will be eligible for masters loans
• Loans will be subject to an interest rate of RPI+3% and repayments will not begin until 2019
• Repayments will be income-contingent and made concurrently with undergraduate loans - rates will be set at 6% of annual income over 21,000