Grant for tuition fees
Part-time undergraduate students (including students from the European Union (EU) – see
here) may be eligible for an income-assessed grant for tuition fees.
1Reg 126 E(SS)(NI) Regs The maximum amount of grant for which you are eligible depends on the intensity of study for each academic year of the course and your household income (see below). You must be studying at at least 50 per cent intensity of an equivalent full-time course to receive a fee grant.
Maximum grant for part-time fees 2021/22
Course intensity | Maximum grant available |
Less than 60% | £820 |
60–74% | £985 |
75% or more | £1,230 |
Fee grants can be topped up with a tuition fee loan (see below) if the fee charged by the institution is higher than the grant received.