Which courses are eligible
Only designated courses wholly or mainly provided by an institution in the UK, and which lead to a full ‘stand-alone’ master’s qualification are eligible.
1Reg 4 E(PMDL) Regs; reg 3 E(PMDL)(W) Regs Postgraduate diplomas, postgraduate certificates and courses that allow students to top up from one postgraduate qualification to another are not eligible. Examples of eligible courses are:
•MA (Master of Arts);
•MSc (Master of Science);
•LLM (Master of Law);
•MBA (Master of Business Administration);
•MPhil (Master of Philosophy);
•MLitt (Master of Letters).
Students with prior experience or learning and who do not intend to enrol on a full stand-alone masters qualification are not eligible. Student Finance England or Student Finance Wales can clarify if a course is eligible.
To be eligible, the course must be at least one academic year’s duration. It can be:
•a full-time course lasting one or two years; or
•a part-time course lasting two years which is equivalent to a one-year full-time course; or
•a part-time course lasting three or four years which is equivalent to a two-year full-time course; or
•a part-time course lasting up to three years, if no equivalent full-time course exists.