Loan for tuition fees
From the 2017/18 academic year, loans for tuition fees are available for part-time study, including for students who started their course in previous academic years. A loan for tuition fees can be combined with a tuition fee grant (see above), if you are eligible for one.
Eligible Northern Irish-domiciled and non-UK EU students can access a non-means-tested loan for part-time study in the UK of up to £3,397.50 a year in 2021/22, provided they are studying at at least 25 per cent intensity of a full-time course.
1Reg 127A E(SS)(NI) Regs If your course fee is lower than this amount, you can take out a loan up to the value of the fees charged, less any fee grant received. If the fees charged are higher than your fee loan (and fee grant, if applicable) and your support does not cover the total cost of the course, you must pay the difference. You can receive fee loans for up to 16 years of study in total.
2Reg 126(5A) E(SS)(NI) RegsRepayment arrangements are the same as for full-time students (see
here), except that repayments start after four years of a part-time course, provided your income is above the repayment threshold, even if you have not yet completed the course.