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Important information for continuing students whose course includes a Year 0

When applying for your funding through Student Finance using the online application your personal and course details will be pre-populated using information taken from the previous years application.

If your course includes Year 0 (Foundation, Preliminary, Gateway Year) then you should CONTINUE to use the course code that includes this year when applying for your Student Finance, except in certain circumstances as outlined below*.SFE Application including Year 0

The University may have internally 'transferred' you onto a different course and course code but, for funding application purposes, you should continue to use the original course code*.

Example:

Sam starts University on a Science with a Foundation Year: code CFG0

After successfully completing the year they move onto Biology: code C100

The change of course code is for University internal purposes only and this should NOT* be advised to Student Finance. Sam should continue to apply for funding using the original course code CFG0.

The reason for this is due to the way Student Finance calculate the years of funding you are entitled to. Changing the course code may affect your funding in future years.

When to change the course code on your application

You should change the course code if you transfer from the 5 year Masters course including a Foundation Year, to a 4 year Bachelors course including a Foundation Year. Please then amend the course code so that Student Finance can calculate the correct number of years you are entitled to funding.

You should also change the course code if you have actually changed course (eg from Science with a Foundation Year to History).

If you are unsure which course code you should be using please raise a query.

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