2. Healthcare students in Northern Ireland

If you are planning to study an allied health professions degree course in Northern Ireland, you can apply for funding from the Department of Health in Northern Ireland (DoH). Under these arrangements, you do not pay tuition fees and can apply for an income-assessed bursary to cover your living costs and a reduced-rate, non-income-assessed student loan. Medical and dental students in their final(s) year of study are also funded through this system. Students from European Union (EU) countries who started their courses in 2020/21 or earlier and who are studying in Northern Ireland are also exempt from paying tuition fees, but cannot get a bursary or loan to cover their living costs. Note: the funding rules for EU students who started their courses in 2020/21 or earlier remain unaffected by the UK’s decision to leave the EU but this is likely to change for new courses starting in 2021/22 or later. Details were unavailable at time of writing. Check the DoH website for regularly more information about 2021/22 or later years years or ask an adviser in your university or students’ union.

 

 

 

Regional Education Authority offices (under the branding of Student Finance NI) administer the bursary arrangements on behalf of the DoH . If you are a Northern Irish student, you should, therefore, apply to your local Student Finance NI regional office. If you live in England, Scotland or Wales, apply to Student Finance NI at the address for the North Eastern Region Education Authority office. For more information, see nidirect.gov.uk/articles/health-professional-courses.