Which courses are eligible
Your course must also be eligible. It must:
1Reg 4 E(PDDL) Regs; reg 4 E(PDDL)(W) Regs•be a full, stand-alone doctoral course (not a top-up course);
•have started on or after 1 August 2018 (if you are already on a doctoral course that you started before this date, you are not eligible);
•last between three and eight academic years;
•normally be provided by a university in the UK with research degree-awarding powers.
Integrated doctoral courses (ie, those that have an integrated master’s degree as part of the course) are also eligible. However, you must be registered on the full doctoral qualification and you cannot receive a postgraduate loan for a master’s degree at the same time.
You can receive a doctoral loan if your course is full or part time, provided the part-time course takes no longer than eight years. The qualification can be taught or research-based, or it can be a combination of both.