Grant for tuition fees
If you are a part-time undergraduate student (including a student from the European Union (EU) – see
here), and you started your course before 1 September 2014, you may be eligible for a means-tested grant for your tuition fees.
1Reg 85 E(SS)(W) Regs 2017 You must be studying a course that is at least 50 per cent intensity of a full-time course – ie, it takes no longer than twice the time of the equivalent full-time course to complete. The maximum amount of grant to which you are eligible depends on the intensity of study for each academic year of the course (see
here). The amount you receive may be reduced by your household income (see
here).
Maximum grant for part-time fees 2021/22
Course intensity | Maximum grant available |
Less than 60% | £690 |
60–74% | £820 |
75% or more | £1,025 |