Student Finance Centre

I started my course after 1 September 2012 and this is my first year

New students who started this September and have not yet applied for student finance can still apply for the funding detailed below up until the 31^st May 2013.

Information about additional support you can apply to if you are experiencing financial difficulty can be found on our useful information for current UoP students page.

• Full-time students

  The information below is only relevant to students who started their course after 1 September 2012. If you started before this date please visit our page for students who started before 1 September 2012.

  Tuition Fee Loan

  Tuition fees in 2012/13 for new full-time undergraduate home(UK) and EU students who started their course after 1 September 2012 are £8,500 . All full-time UK and EU students can apply for a tuition fee loan to cover their fees. This loan is not income-assessed and is paid directly to the university.

  Maintenance Loan

  The maintenance loan is available to full-time home (UK) students under the age of 60 on 1 September in the year their course began. The amount available will depend on where you live whilst studying, how much maintenance grant you receive and your assessed household income. The maximum maintenance loan for students living outside of the parental home is £5,500.

  Maintenance Grant

  This non-repayable grant is available to eligible full-time home (UK) students with an assessed household income under £42,600. How much you will be eligible for will depend on your assessed household income. The maximum maintenance grant is £3,250.

  University of Portsmouth Bursary

  All eligible English full-time undergraduate students starting their course at the University of Portsmouth in 2012, whose assessed family incomes are £25,000 or less will receive a bursary of £1,000 for each year of their course and a fee discount of £2,000 in their first year only. Students with household incomes between £25,001 and £42,600 will also receive a bursary towards their living costs.

  Assessed household income	Tuition Fee discount	Cash bursary
  £25,000 or less	£2,000 in first year	£1,000 every year
  Between £25,001 and £32,000		£1,000 every year
  Between £32,001 and £42,600		£500 every year

  Please note this bursary is not available to NHS funded or other sponsored students or to those on placement or repeat years who are paying reduced rate tuition fees. Students on PGCE courses may be eligible for the cash element of the bursary only, not the tuition fee discount. For more information about the University of Portsmouth Bursary call our dedicated Fees and Bursary helpline on 023 9284 3052.

  How to apply

  You can apply for all of the support detailed above online through Student Finance England.

• Students with dependants

  Full-time undergraduate home (UK) students who have dependants can apply for additional support on top of the standard undergraduate support described above.

  Special Support Grant

  If you are a lone parent with an underlying entitlement to housing benefit you can apply for the special support grant instead of the maintenance grant. If you receive this grant it is disregarded when calculating your entitlement to benefits.

  Childcare Grant

  Depending on your assessed household income you can apply for a grant to cover a maximum of 85% of registered childcare (Up to a maximum of £148.75 per week for one child or £255 per week for two or more children.

  Parents' Learning Allowance

  Up to £1,508 per year is available if you are financially responsible for a child under the age of 16 (or 19 if they are in full-time, non-advanced education).

  Adult Dependants Grant

  Up to £2,642 per year is available to eligible students who are financially responsible for a partner or spouse.

• Students with a disability

  If you have a disability or learning difficulty you may be eligible for Disabled Students Allowance to cover any additional costs that you incur whilst studying your course as a result of your disability. The DSA is provided in addition to any other funding and is non income-assessed. You apply for this via Student Finance England.

• NHS funded students

  The information below is only relevant to students who started their course after 1 September 2012. If you started before this date please visit our page for students who started before 1 September 2012.

  Most home (UK) and EU students studying on an NHS funded course will have some or all of their tuition fees paid by the NHS. In addition home students can apply for help with living costs.

  Students on the following courses:

  BSc(Hons) Diagnostic or Therapeutic Radiography
  BSc(Hons) Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy
  DipHE Operating Department Practice

  can apply for a reduced rate of maintenance loan (£2,324 for students living away from home) through Student Finance England,. They can also apply for a non means-tested NHS Grant and a means-tested NHS Bursary. For more details visit the NHS website.

  CertHE Dental Nursing

  Home (UK) students on CertHE Dental Nursing courses can apply for a non means-tested bursary of £6,701 via the Student Finance Centre.

  Additional Allowances

  Students with a disability or dependants may be eligible for extra help, please contact us for further information.

• Part-time students

  The information below is only relevant to students who started their course after 1 September 2012. If you started before this date please visit our page for students who started before 1 September 2012.

  All eligible part-time English or EU undergraduate students studying at least 25% of a full-time course can apply for a loan to cover tuition costs. This loan is not income assessed and is paid directly to the University.

  You only start to repay your loan from the April four years after your course started - or the April after you leave your studies, whichever is sooner - and then only if you earn over £21,000, when you make repayments at a rate of 9% of annual earnings above £21,000. If you are still studying at that point you will only have to make repayments if you are also earning over £21,000.

  For administrative reasons related to the introduction of the new student finance system, no-one will be required to repay earlier than April 2016.

  For more information on repayments see the information on repaying your loan.

  How to apply

  You can download an application form from our forms and guides page.