Fees and Funding
EU Tuition Fees & Loans
From September 2006, no full-time EU undergraduate student in the UK will have to pay fees before they start university or whilst they are studying. Instead, students will be eligible for a loan for fees to cover these costs. Loans are repayable once the student has left university and is earning over a certain amount.
Please note this threshold is variable depending upon the country in which the graduate settles but it is currently £15,000 a year in the UK. Please see the DFES website for more details on repayment thresholds and information on how to apply for funding. And for details of other UCLan bursaries and scholarships currently available, go to UCLan's scholarship website.
Tuition Fee Finance – information for EU (non-UK) students
If you are from another EU country (apart from the UK), you can apply for financial help to cover the cost of tuition fees (Tuition Fee Loan) for studying in England, Northern Ireland or Wales.
In general, you can apply for financial help to cover the cost of your tuition fees if:
• you are an EU national or a family member of an EU national
• you have been living within the EEA and Switzerland for the three years immediately before the start of your course
• your main reason for being in the EEA and Switzerland was not to receive full-time education
Please click here for this information, and to find out if you qualify for finance as an EU student.
Finance for full-time European Union (EU) students
Tuition Fee Loans
From September 2006, all eligible full-time EU students can take out a Tuition Fee Loan. This is available to both new and continuing students.
The Tuition Fee Loan is money you can borrow to cover the cost of your tuition fees. The maximum you can borrow depends on the fees charged by your university.
The loan is administered by Student Finance Direct, and is funded by the government of the country where you choose to study. Interest is linked to the rate of inflation - so the amount you repay is the same as the amount you borrow in real terms.
You start to repay the loan after you have left your course and are earning above a certain amount. For further information please click here.
Repaying student loans - European Union (EU) students
EU students - how repayments work
You don't have to repay the Tuition Fee Loan while you are studying. Repayments begin once you have left your course and are earning over a certain level of income called the 'repayment threshold'.
The Student Loans Company will work out your monthly repayment schedule using the same principles as for those who stay in the UK. You will repay nine per cent of your earnings over the repayment threshold. To take account of differences in living costs, the repayment threshold may not be the same as in the UK.
For information on the repayment threshold in your country, please contact the EU Customer Services Team.
Contact details are in the How to Apply for Finance section.
