Master's Loan
Eligibility
Whether you qualify depends on:
- your course
- your age
- your nationality or residency status
You will not be able to get a Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan if:
- you바카라 사이트™re already getting payments from Student Finance England for another course that you바카라 사이트™re studying
- you바카라 사이트™ve received a loan or grant for a master바카라 사이트™s course before - unless you only got a Disabled Students바카라 사이트™ Allowance or you left your course for a serious personal reason like illness or bereavement
- you already have a master바카라 사이트™s degree, or a qualification that바카라 사이트™s equivalent, such as an integrated master바카라 사이트™s degreeÂ
- you already have a qualification that바카라 사이트™s higher than a master바카라 사이트™s degree
- you바카라 사이트™re behind in repayments for any previous loans from the Student Loans Company
You바카라 사이트™ll still be eligible if you have a PGCE or a postgraduate diploma or certificate.
You will not get extra money if you repeat a year of your course.
Your course
It must:
- be a full, standalone master바카라 사이트™s course (not a top-up course)
- be worth at least 180 credits - check the course provider바카라 사이트™s website if you바카라 사이트™re not sure
- have started on or after 1 August 2016
Your course must be provided by an eligible university or college in the UK (including the Open University). Check with the university or college that your course is registered.
Your course can be taught or research-based.
It can be:
- full-time, lasting 1 or 2 academic years
- part-time, lasting 2 to 4 academic years - no more than twice the length of the equivalent full-time course
- part-time for up to 3 years, where no equivalent full-time course exists
Examples of postgraduate master바카라 사이트™s qualifications include:
- MSc (master of science)
- MA (master of arts)
- MPhil (master of philosophy)
- MRes (master of research)
- LLM (master of law)
- MLitt (master of letters)
- MFA (master of fine art)
- MEd (master of education)
- MBA (master of business administration)
You cannot get a Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan for a postgraduate certificate or diploma.
Distance learning
To qualify for a Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan for distance learning, you바카라 사이트™ll need to be living in England on the first day of the first academic year of your course. You바카라 사이트™ll also need to live in:
- England for the whole of your course, if you바카라 사이트™re an EU national
- the UK for the whole of your course, if you바카라 사이트™re not an EU national
This usually does not apply if you바카라 사이트™re:
- serving in the armed forces
- a spouse or civil partner of a serving member of the armed forces
- a dependent parent living with a serving member of the armed forces
Integrated courses
You will not be eligible for a Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan if your course is:
- integrated with an undergraduate degree - apply for undergraduate funding instead
- integrated with a doctoral degree - apply for a Postgraduate Doctoral Loan instead
Intercalated year
You might be eligible for a Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan if you바카라 사이트™re taking a year out of an undergraduate course to study for a master바카라 사이트™s.
This will generally mean you바카라 사이트™re not entitled to undergraduate funding anymore because you바카라 사이트™ll hold a higher level qualification.
You are still eligible for undergraduate funding if your course leads to a qualification in:
- architecture
- dentistry
- medicine
- social work
- undergraduate Initial Teacher Training
- veterinary science
Master of architecture
If you plan to study for a master of architecture (MArch Part 2) qualification full-time, apply for undergraduate funding support. Your course must be accredited by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) to be eligible.
You can only apply for the Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan to support your MArch course if one of the following applies:
- you바카라 사이트™re taking a part-time course
- you바카라 사이트™re not eligible for undergraduate funding support
- the course does not lead to an accredited qualification as an architect
Healthcare and social work
You cannot get a Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan if you:
- are eligible for an NHS bursary
- get a Social Work Bursary - unless you only get a Placement Travel Allowance
This also applies for health and social work bursaries in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
You also cannot get a Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan if you바카라 사이트™re starting a full-time postgraduate pre-registration healthcare course on or after 1 August 2018. You may be eligible for a Tuition Fee Loan and Maintenance Loan instead. If the course is part-time you can get a Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan.
Your age
You must be under 60 on the first day of the first academic year of your course.
The academic year is a period of 12 months starting on:
- 1 September, if your course starts between 1 August and 31 December
- 1 January, if your course starts between 1 January and 31 March
- 1 April, if your course starts between 1 April and 30 June
- 1 July, if your course starts between 1 July and 31 July
Your nationality or residency status
You can apply for the Postgraduate Master바카라 사이트™s Loan if all of the following are true:
- you바카라 사이트™re a UK national or Irish citizen or have settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme or indefinite leave to remain so there are no restrictions on how long you can stay
- you normally live in England
- you바카라 사이트™ve been living in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for 3 years in a row before the first day of the first academic year of your course (apart from temporary absences such as holidays)
If you바카라 사이트™ve been living in Ireland or a British overseas territory, you do not need to normally live in England. You can apply for the loan if you attend your course in England or do distance learning in England.
You might also be eligible if you바카라 사이트™re a UK national (or family member of a UK national) and you바카라 사이트™ve been living in the UK, the EU, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein for the past 3 years. To be eligible, you must have either:
- returned to the UK on or after 1 January 2018 and by 31 December 2020 after living in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
- been living in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein on 31 December 2020
If you바카라 사이트™re an EU national or a family member of an EU national
You may be eligible if you바카라 사이트™re an EU national, or a family member of an EU national, and all the following apply:
- you have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (no restrictions on how long you can stay)
- you바카라 사이트™ve normally lived in the UK, the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or overseas territories for the past 3 years (this is also known as being 바카라 사이트˜ordinarily resident바카라 사이트™)
- you바카라 사이트™ll be studying at a university or college in England
You could also be eligible if you바카라 사이트™re:
- the child of a Swiss national and you and your parent have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme
- a migrant worker from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein with pre-settled status, or a family member of a migrant worker where both have settled or pre-settled status
- a resident of Gibraltar who is a UK or EU national, or their family member
- an EU national and have pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme and lived in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for the past 3 years
Student finance for EU, Swiss, Norwegian, Icelandic or Liechtenstein nationals from August 2021
If you started a course on or after 1 August 2021, you usually need to have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme to get student finance.
You need to have started living in the UK by 31 December 2020 to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. The deadline to apply was 30 June 2021. If you바카라 사이트™re joining family members in the UK who have settled status, you can apply for student finance before you have been granted pre-settled status.
Irish citizens do not need to apply for a visa or to the EU Settlement Scheme. They can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme if they wish to, for example, to apply on behalf of a child.
If you have a different residency status
You may also be eligible if your residency status is one of the following:
- refugee (including family members)
- humanitarian protection (including family members)
- child of a Turkish worker who has permission to stay in the UK - you and your Turkish worker parent must have been living in the UK by 31 December 2020
- a stateless person (including family members)
- an unaccompanied child granted 바카라 사이트˜Section 67 leave바카라 사이트™ under the Dubs Amendment
- a child who is under the protection of someone granted 바카라 사이트˜Section 67 leave바카라 사이트™, who is also allowed to stay in the UK for the same period of time as the person responsible for them (known as 바카라 사이트˜leave in line바카라 사이트™)
- granted 바카라 사이트˜Calais leave바카라 사이트™ to remain
- a child of someone granted 바카라 사이트˜Calais leave바카라 사이트™ to remain, who is also allowed to stay in the UK for the same period of time as their parent (known as 바카라 사이트˜leave in line바카라 사이트™)
- you바카라 사이트™ve been given settled status but not under the EU Settlement Scheme
- you, your parent or step-parent have been granted settlement (바카라 사이트˜indefinite leave to enter바카라 사이트™ or 바카라 사이트˜indefinite leave to remain바카라 사이트™) as a victim of domestic violence
- you, your parent or step-parent have been granted settlement (바카라 사이트˜indefinite leave to enter바카라 사이트™ or 바카라 사이트˜indefinite leave to remain바카라 사이트™) as a bereaved partner
- you or your family member have been granted leave under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) or the Afghan Citizen바카라 사이트™s Resettlement Scheme (ACRS)
- you or your family member have been granted leave to enter or remain in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme, the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme or the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme
- you바카라 사이트™re a person of Chagossian descent and have British citizenship
If you바카라 사이트™re a non-UK national and have lived in the UK for a certain number of years
You could also be eligible if you바카라 사이트™re not a UK national and are either:
- under 18 and have lived in the UK for at least 7 years
- 18 or over and have lived in the UK for at least 20 years (or at least half of your life)
Both the following must also apply:
- you바카라 사이트™ve been living in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for 3 years in a row before the first day of the first academic year of your course
- you had permission to enter or stay in the UK for those 3 years