FUNDING YOUR CONTINUING STUDIES

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Do you wish to apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to pay for your fees?

If eligible, do you also want to apply for a Maintenance Loan/Grant/University Bursary for living costs (UK fee status students only)?

If you require either type of funding you need to complete the application for the 2012/2013 academic year AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you haven't already done so.  The application process is already open for students who are funded by:

Student Finance England

SAAS (Scotland)

The application process is expected to open late March 2012 for students funded by:

Wales

Northern Ireland

EU fees only funded students need to apply to Student Finance England on a paper form.  If you have not been issued the form by Student Finance England you can download a new one.

If your application is late then your funds will almost certainly be late too which can have serious consequences (e.g. you will experience problems when trying to register in September if your fee loan is late).  The deadlines for the different funding authorities vary but mostly require submission by end of May 2012 to be sure of assessing your application on time.

Finance Advisers in the Student Welfare Service can advise if you have any queries – Contact Us for email advice or to make an appointment.

2012/13 FEES

• £3,465 - full-time, campus-based

• £1725 - full-time, year abroad or year in industry

• £Nil - Erasmus scheme students
  

For further information on the application process follow the link below that matches your circumstances:

• UK students - studying at Leicester
• UK students - studying or working overseas
• UK students - sandwich course placement year (not overseas)
• EU students
• Medicine Students

UK Students - Studying at Leicester

The form that you need to complete is called the PR1.  If you haven’t already completed it you can do it online by logging into your account.

If you are not from England, follow the links for applying to Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.

If you need your parent(s)/partner to complete a section you should try and ensure they do so ASAP.  Financial assessments of parent/partner income will be based on the 2010/2011 tax year NOT the 2011/2012 tax year.  If they are able to provide their National Insurance number they may not be required to provide documentary evidence of their income, but should keep the documents in case they are requested at a later stage.

Fees

Students who started from 1^st September 2006 onwards, and did not defer entry from 2005:

• campus-based, undergraduate course fees will be £3,465

Students who started before 1^st September 2006, or who deferred entry from 2005

• campus-based, undergraduate course fees will be £1,380

For individual advice about funding eligibility please contact a Student Finance Adviser

UK Students - studying or working overseas

The form that you need to complete is called the PR1.  If you haven’t already completed it you can do it online by logging into your account.

If you are not from England, follow the links for applying to Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales under the heading ‘Not from England?’.

Whether through the ERASMUS scheme or not, complete the same form.  If you will be studying overseas (as opposed to undertaking a work placement) you should receive much the same support as if you were in the UK although there is an enhanced loan rate and students from lower income families may receive help with travel costs.

If you will be undertaking a work placement with no study you are likely to only be entitled to a tuition fee loan and reduced rate maintenance loan but no grants/bursaries. 

University Bursary

Students overseas, whether studying or on a work placement, DO NOT qualify for the University Bursary during their year abroad.

Fees

ERASMUS scheme students:

• Fees will be £nil

Non-ERASMUS sandwich/placement year students:

Students who started from 1^st September 2006 onwards, and did not defer entry from 2005, fees will be £1,725

Students who started before 1^st September 2006, or who deferred entry from 2005, fees will be £680

For individual advice about funding eligibility please contact a Student Finance Adviser

UK STUDENTS - Sandwich course placement year (not overseas)

The form that you need to complete is called the PR1.  If you haven’t already completed it you can do it online by logging into your account.

If you are not from England, follow the links for applying to Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales under the heading ‘Not from England?’.

You are likely to only be entitled to apply for help with tuition fees plus a reduced rate maintenance loan and no grants/bursaries.

Fees

Sandwich/placement year students

Students who started from 1^st September 2006 onwards, and did not defer entry from 2005, fees will be £1,725

Students who started before 1^st September 2006, or who deferred entry from 2005, fees will be £680

For individual advice about funding eligibility please contact a Student Finance Adviser.

EU Students

The EU Assessment Team will normally send you an application form with most sections completed for you – you will have very little to do, just check and sign it.  For most of you the form will be sent to your home address.  Please ask your family to send it to you so that you can return it to Student Finance England as soon as possible.  Most of you will only be entitled to the tuition fee loan but if it is delayed you will face problems, including long queues, before you can register in September.

If you haven’t received the form you can print it off. The form you need to print is the EUPR1a and can be found under ‘Forms and Guides 2012/2013.

Fees

Students who started from 1^st September 2006 onwards, and did not defer entry from 2005:

• campus-based, undergraduate course fees will be £3,465

Students who started before 1^st September 2006, or who deferred entry from 2005

•  campus-based, undergraduate course fees will be £1,380

Medicine Students

If you will be entering an NHS-funded year (years two, three and four of the graduate entry programme or year five [AND year six if you intercalated] of the five-year programme) then you will need to complete the NHS application for fees and consideration of a means-tested living cost bursary if you are from England and Wales (and for fees only if you are a non-UK EU student).  Students from Scotland and Northern Ireland should apply as normal – links to funding websites can be found on the direct.gov website.

If you qualify for a bursary from the NHS you will still be entitled to apply for a partial maintenance loan in the normal way. 

If you are not entering an NHS-funded year, apply to your usual awarding authority as described in the sections above.

Clinical placement years DO NOT count as placements for funding purposes.  When applying for loans and grants you are studying at 'university or college' for the purpose of your funding application.

The NHS application process usually opens later than student loans applications. NHS-funded students will be invited to apply when the time is right.  You should then submit your application as soon as possible – see the NHS funding website for full information.

If you believe that you should be entitled to NHS funding, but have not been invited to apply by the middle of June 2012, please contact the School of Medicine to ensure your details have been correctly submitted