Student finance 2018-2019
Funding arrangements for new undergraduate UK students As a leading international centre of research and learning, we’re committed to attracting and supporting the very best students. We believe in entry based on merit and we invest in one of the most generous support packages in the UK. Approximately one third of all UK undergraduate students who commence study at The University of Manchester, will receive a cash bursary.
Costs Tuition fee The tuition fee for full-time UK/EU undergraduate students is £9,250 for the academic year 2018/19. Future inflationary increases based on RPIX* may also be applied to each subsequent year of their course, subject to government regulations on fee increases. We will provide further information about such increases when this becomes available. *RPIX is a measure of inflation in the UK, equivalent to all items in the Retail Price Index (RPI), excluding mortgage interest payments.
Tuition fee loan Eligible students will be able to borrow the full cost of tuition from the government in the form of a tuition fee loan. No UK/EU student will have to pay tuition fees up front. The tuition fee loan is not means-tested and is available to all eligible students.
Government maintenance support Government maintenance support is available to UK students in the form of the maintenance loan. The amount of support that students receive is dependent on an assessment of their level of household income by Student Finance England. The information provided in this leaflet is based on circumstances for English domiciled students. Information for students who are domiciled elsewhere in the UK can be found on the back page of this document.
Maintenance loan Further information about the level of support students are eligible for can be found on the table opposite. • A ll eligible students (UK), can access repayable living support from the Government. • U p to £8,700 per year is available for students who live away from home and study at a university outside of London. • Up to £7,324 per year is available for students who live with their parents. • A ll students from England studying a first undergraduate degree, regardless of their level of household income, can receive a basic maintenance loan of at least £4,054 per year if they are living away from home and study at a university outside of London.
Maintenance loan for full-time students who qualify for benefits Enhanced maintenance loans are available for full-time students who qualify for income-related benefits. Up to £9,916 per year is available for students living away from home, who study outside London, and who qualify for income-related benefits. Examples of students who may be eligible for the enhanced maintenance loan: • lone (single) parents; • students who have a partner who is also a student and one or both of them are responsible for a child; • a young person under 20 who is in full-time education below higher education level; • students who have certain disabilities. For further information see www.gov.uk/student-finance
Summary of support Support for living costs* Please note, this does not include the tuition fee loan which covers the cost of the tuition fee. Household income
Government Maintenance Loan
University of Manchester non-repayable support**
Total support
£25,000 or less
£8,700
£2,000
£10,700
£25,001
£8,700
£1,000
£9,700
£30,000
£8,076
£1,000
£9,076
£35,000
£7,452
£1,000
£8,452
£35,001
£7,452
£0
£7,452
£40,000
£6,828
£0
£6,828
£45,000
£6,204
£0
£6,204
£50,000
£5,579
£0
£5,579
£55,000
£4,955
£0
£4,955
£60,000
£4,331
£0
£4,331
£62,215
£4,054
£0
£4,054
£65,000
£4,054
£0
£4,054
*Students living away from home and studying at a university outside of London. **The support outlined in this column relates to the Manchester Bursary. For details of eligibility criteria and the full package of support offered by The University of Manchester, see page 3.
Applying for and receiving government support Student Finance England All applications for Student Finance (including the tuition fee loan and the maintenance loan) are made online. Students in England apply via Student Finance England at www.gov.uk/applyfor-student-finance and should apply early to make sure that their funding is in place at the start of their course. Applications usually open in January or February. Students do not need to have a confirmed place at university to apply for their funding. They should use their first choice of course and university; this can be changed online at a later date if required. Students from outside England should contact the student loans agency for their home country. See Useful contacts/resources on the back page for more details.
UK/EU students will be able to borrow the full cost of their tuition fee from the Government as a tuition fee loan. The money is paid directly to the university on the student’s behalf, and students currently only repay this loan once they have finished university and are earning over £25,000 a year.