Tuition fee loan 

• Tuition fee loans are available to help pay the cost of your tuition fees.
  
• They are paid directly to the CTG by the Government.
  
• You can apply for a tuition fee loan up to the full cost of the tuition fee.
  
• Tuition fee loans are not repayable until you are earning over £21,000 a year.

If you are an EU student from outside the UK, you can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan if you meet certain conditions. Please tell me more about funding for EU students

Maintenance grant

• You can apply for a Maintenance Grant to help with living costs.
  
• Maintenance Grants are paid into your bank account at the start of each term.
•  Maintenance Grants are available to students whose household income is £42,875 or less. Your household income is your parents or partners income and your own.

The maximum Maintenance Grant for 12-13 is £3250 if your household income is under £25,000. Maintenance Grants are not repayable.   

Maintenance loan

• You can apply for a Maintenance Loan to help with living costs. Maintenance Loans are paid into your bank account at the start of each term.
  
• The exact amount you can borrow depends on your family  income, where you live and what help you get through the maintenance grant.

The maximum Maintenance Loan for 12-13 is £5500 (studying outside London). Maintenance loans are not repayable until you are earning over £21,000 a year.

Council tax

• As a full time student you can apply for council tax reduction / exemption.
  
• This depends on who lives in your household.
  
• You will need an official letter to apply, which is given to you by CTG when you begin the course.

Please tell me more about students and council tax

Other financial support

• Disabled Students can apply for extra financial support through Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs).
  
• These grants are paid in addition to the standard student finance package.
  
• They do not depend on income and do not have to be repaid.

Please tell me more about disabled student support

If you have child or adult dependants you can apply for extra financial support. These are in the  form of the Adult Dependants Grant, Childcare Grant and Parents Learning Allowance.
Please tell me more about support for students with dependants