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Money matters Full-time undergraduate students 2023/24 entry

This guide outlines the tuition fees and financial support arrangements for UK students joining full-time undergraduate degrees (BA/BSc/LLB) and integrated foundation years, full-time foundation degrees (FdA/FdSc), and full-time integrated Masters degrees (MComp/MNSW/MSci) at Edge Hill University between August 2023 and July 2024.

We can help explain what student funding you may be entitled to receive and how to apply for it.

Introduction

Please note, the information on these pages may be subject to change and does not apply to conversion (top-up) degree students or University Advanced Certificate Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner: Specialist Adult Mental Health students. If you are joining MBChB Medicine or MBChB Medicine with Foundation Year in academic year 2023/24, you should refer to our money matters guide for full-time undergraduate Medicine students.

Exceptions may apply if you have enrolled on any previous higher education study (at level 4 or level 5), even if you didn’t achieve a qualification, or if the course you are joining at Edge Hill University is of an equivalent or lower level to a qualification you already hold.

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate and associated financial support. Irish nationals can ordinarily apply to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). Please see our dedicated guide to EU student finance for further information.

Tuition fees and financial support information for overseas students can be found on our international student finance pages.

International fees

Tuition fees

If you are a prospective UK student joining a full-time undergraduate degree or full-time integrated Masters degree at Edge Hill University between August 2023 and July 2024, the tuition fee will be £9,250 a year.

If you are a prospective UK student joining a full-time foundation degree at Edge Hill University between August 2023 and July 2024, the tuition fee will be £6,165 a year.

The University may administer a small inflationary rise in tuition fees, in line with Government policy, in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course.

Eligible students will not have to pay up-front for their tuition and can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover the cost of the course fees. Exceptions may apply if you have enrolled on any previous higher education study (at level 4 or level 5), even if you didn’t achieve a qualification, or if the course you are joining at Edge Hill University is of an equivalent or lower level to a qualification you already hold.

Sandwich years and study abroad

If you are joining an undergraduate degree in academic year 2023/24 and take a sandwich year or an additional year studying abroad as part of your course, Edge Hill University will meet the cost of tuition fees for the sandwich year or year abroad through the Student Opportunity Fund.

A sandwich year or year abroad is typically undertaken after two years of study meaning that for academic year 2023/24 entry this would usually be undertaken in academic year 2025/26.

While UK universities are entitled to charge fees for sandwich years and years abroad, we are waiving these charges to encourage and support students who wish to take up these valuable opportunities.

Alternatively, if you spend a semester overseas as part of the second year of a 3-year degree or a 4-year integrated Masters degree, standard tuition fees will apply (as if you spent the full academic year based at Edge Hill University), however half of these tuition fees, for example £4,625 for academic year 2023/24, will be paid for through the Student Opportunity Fund.

Ministry of Defence Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) Scheme

If you have recently left the British Armed Forces, or are a serving member in the qualifying resettlement phase, you may be eligible to use Enhanced Learning Credits to receive financial support towards the cost of tuition fees.

Edge Hill University is an approved Enhanced Learning Credits Administration Service (ELCAS) provider, enabling eligible military personnel to potentially receive funding for up to three separate Ministry of Defence financial years (1 April – 31 March) while studying with us.

You can view a list of eligible Edge Hill programmes using the provider search on the Enhanced Learning Credits website. If a course you are interested in is not listed, please email [email protected] for clarification.

Loans

Tuition Fee Loans

You will be able to borrow the full cost of your tuition fee from the Government in the form of a Tuition Fee Loan (subject to eligibility).

Maintenance Loans

  • Available to help UK students with living costs such as food, accommodation and travel.
  • The amount of Maintenance Loan you can apply for is determined by your household income, where you are going to live while you are studying, and additional criteria.
  • Usually paid in three instalments, directly to your bank or building society account.

Maintenance Loans are subject to different financial arrangements and eligibility criteria depending on whether you are domiciled in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. 

If you are domiciled in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, you should refer to the website of the relevant funding body for loan amounts and eligibility criteria.

The maximum Maintenance Loan amounts for eligible students domiciled in England are as follows:

  • A Maintenance Loan of up to £9,978 a year may be available if you live away from home.
  • A Maintenance Loan of up to £8,400 a year may be available if you live with your parents.

The maximum amount you can receive as a Maintenance Loan may increase if you qualify for certain benefits.

If you are domiciled in England and qualify for the relevant benefits, you may be eligible for an increased Maintenance Loan as follows:

  • A Maintenance Loan of up to £11,374 a year may be available if you live away from home.
  • A Maintenance Loan of up to £9,910 a year may be available if you live with your parents

A breakdown of potential Maintenance Loan amounts, subject to eligibility, is available for English-domiciled students based on illustrative levels of household income. You may be eligible for additional means-tested weekly amounts if your course exceeds 30 weeks of study per academic year.

You may be eligible for an increased Maintenance Loan if you meet any of the following criteria:

  • You are a single parent who is responsible for a child or a young person aged under 20 who is a member of your household and who is in full-time education.
  • You are a single foster parent of a child or young person aged under 20.
  • You have a partner who is also a full-time student and one or both of you are responsible for a child or young person aged under 20 who is in full-time non-advanced education.
  • You have a disability and qualify for a Disability Premium or Severe Disability Premium.
  • You have been treated as incapable of work for a continuous period of at least 28 weeks (two or more periods of incapacity separated by a break of no more than eight weeks count as one continuous period).
  • You are deaf and qualify for Disabled Students’ Allowances.
  • You are waiting to go back to a course having taken approved time out because of an illness or caring responsibility that has now come to an end for a period not exceeding one year.
  • You are entitled to Personal Independence Payment, Armed Forces Independence Payment or Disability Living Allowance.
  • You are entitled to housing benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit.

For those students entitled to benefits who qualify for an increased Maintenance Loan, the Maintenance Loan will consist of a special support element which will be disregarded as student income when calculating benefits. The maximum special support element of a Maintenance Loan will be £4,221 of the overall maximum Maintenance Loan amount. There is no special support element within the standard Maintenance Loan.

Students aged 60 or over on the first day of the first year of their course may be entitled to a Maintenance Loan up to a maximum of £4,221 a year.

View Maintenance Loan tables for full-time students

Sandwich years

If you are undertaking a sandwich year, you can still apply for a Maintenance Loan for the sandwich year, but this will be at a reduced rate.

The reduced-rate Maintenance Loan amounts for sandwich years in academic year 2023/24 are as follows:

A reduced-rate Maintenance Loan of up to £3,022 may be available if you live away from home.

A reduced-rate Maintenance Loan of up to £2,267 may be available if you live with your parents.

Study abroad

If you are undertaking a year studying abroad, you can still apply for a Maintenance Loan.

A Maintenance Loan of up to £11,427 may be available for a year studying abroad in academic year 2023/24.

The maximum amount you can receive as a Maintenance Loan may increase if you qualify for certain benefits.

If you are domiciled in England and qualify for the relevant benefits, you may be eligible for an increased Maintenance Loan of up to £12,720 for a year studying abroad in academic year 2023/24.

If you are spending a semester studying abroad rather than a full academic year, you may be eligible for pro-rata overseas rates of Maintenance Loan for that period.

Loan repayments

You will not have to start repaying the total of your student loans until the April after you have completed your course and are earning above a certain threshold amount. The Government has announced that repayment thresholds for students joining undergraduate degrees in academic year 2023/24 will be £25,000 a year.

The amount you repay will be linked to your income. Each year you will be expected to repay 9% of your income that is above the repayment threshold. So, for example, if your salary is £30,000 a year, with a repayment threshold of £25,000 a year, the 9% repayment would only apply to £5,000, meaning you would repay around £37.50 a month. If your income falls below the repayment threshold, for any reason, you will not have to make repayments until your income rises above this threshold again.

The Government will typically apply interest on your student loans at inflation (Retail Price Index – RPI) plus 3%, while you are studying, and up until the April you are due to start repaying. The interest rate will vary from the April you are due to start repaying, subject to your income level. A Government cap of 7.3% is currently in place until August 2023 on the maximum interest rate that can be applied to most student loans. Further information about student loan repayments is available on GOV.UK.

The Student Loans Company will work with HM Revenue and Customs to collect repayments. They will be taken by your employer and shown on your pay statement. If you are self-employed, the repayments will be collected through the tax self-assessment system. No early repayment charges will be made. Any monies still owed after 40 years will be written off.

If you leave your course early, you will still have to repay your student loans. Leaving a course during term time can result in the overpayment of a Maintenance Loan. In these circumstances, you should contact Student Finance England, or the equivalent funding body, about the option of completing a financial hardship application to move any overpayments to your graduate repayment plan.

Alternative funding

Religious faith may mean taking out student loans and paying the required inflation-based interest is an issue for some students and could be prohibited for religious reasons.

The Government is working towards an alternative Sharia-compliant student finance package for these circumstances. The suggested alternative financial product would result in identical graduate repayments to the current student loan system but would not be interest based.

Further details are awaited from the Government. In the meantime, you may find it useful to contact a local Imam to discuss Sharia-compliant finance if you have any concerns. Alternative sources of funding, while limited, are outlined on our money advice webpages.

Grants

NHS Learning Support Fund

If you are studying a pre-registration degree in Midwifery, Nursing, Operating Department Practice or Paramedic Practice, or an integrated Masters degree in Nurse Paramedic (Adult) or Nursing & Social Work, you may be eligible to receive additional funding through the NHS Learning Support Fund.

The fund, which you will not need to pay back, includes the following elements:

  • Training Grant – a training grant of £5,000 a year in new Government funding to help with living costs.
  • Specialist Subject Payment – a further £1,000 per year if you will be specialising in learning disabilities nursing or mental health nursing, where demand is particularly high.
  • Parental Support – a further £2,000 per year if you have parental responsibility for a child who is under the age of 15 years (under 17 years if the child is registered with special educational needs).
  • Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses (TDAE) – support for excess travel and funding for staying in temporary accommodation to attend your placement if required.
  • Exceptional Support Fund (ESF) – up to a further £3,000 per year of additional support if you find yourself experiencing severe financial hardship during your studies.

To be eligible to apply to the NHS Learning Support Fund, you must be:

  • Due to train on a pre-registration degree in Nursing, Midwifery, Operating Department Practice or Paramedic Practice, or an integrated Masters degree in Nurse Paramedic (Adult) or Nursing & Social Work.
  • Eligible for a Tuition Fee Loan and a Maintenance Loan.
  • Ordinarily resident in the UK.

Further information about the NHS Learning Support Fund is available on the NHS Business Service Authority website and via the NHS Business Service Authority Facebook page.

Supplementary grants and allowances

Depending on your circumstances, you may be entitled to additional financial support from the Government, such as Adult Dependants’ Grant, Childcare Grant, Disabled Students’ Allowance and Parents’ Learning Allowance.

  • Adult Dependants’ Grant – means-tested support of up to £3,354 a year if you have to care for an adult dependant, who is not your grown-up child, while studying (subject to eligibility).
  • Childcare Grant – means-tested support designed to contribute up to 85% towards your childcare costs if you have a dependent child/children in the care of an Ofsted-registered childcare provider while you study. Childcare grants for academic year 2023/24 are worth up to a maximum of £188.90 per week for one child only or up to £323.85 per week for two or more children (subject to eligibility).
  • Disabled Students’ Allowance – support tailored to your individual needs if you have a disability or specific learning difficulty. Disabled Students’ Allowances are worth up to £26,291 for eligible students in academic year 2023/24. These allowances are designed to help with the cost of specialist equipment (such as computer software), extra travel costs due to a disability, or other support necessary to enable you to study. You should be aware that £26,291 is the maximum amount and most students get less.
  • Parents’ Learning Allowance – means-tested support of up to £1,915 a year if you have children who are wholly or mainly financially dependent on you.

Bursaries

Department for Education undergraduate bursary

If you are joining our BSc (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS degree in academic year 2024/25, you may be eligible to receive a Department for Education undergraduate bursary worth £9,000 in Year 3 of the programme.

If you are awarded a bursary, payments will be distributed in ten equal monthly instalments from October to July.

Further information about the Department for Education undergraduate bursary is available on GOV.UK.

Undergraduate veteran teaching bursary

If you are joining our BSc (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS degree in academic year 2024/25 and have left full-time employment with the British Army, Royal Air Force or Royal Navy in the five years prior to the start of the programme, you may be eligible to receive an undergraduate veteran teaching bursary worth £20,000 a year for Years 2 and 3 of the programme.

If you are awarded a Troops to Teachers undergraduate bursary, this will preclude you from being eligible to receive a Department for Education undergraduate bursary. Payments will be distributed in ten equal monthly instalments from October to July.

Further information about the Troops to Teacher undergraduate bursary is available on GOV.UK.

Social Work bursary

If you are joining BA (Hons) Social Work, you may be eligible to apply for a Social Work Bursary in Year 2 and Year 3 of your degree, including an annual placement allowance.

Further details can be found on the NHS Social Work Bursary for undergraduate students webpage. Residency conditions and additional eligibility criteria apply. Whilst all eligible students can expect to receive the placement allowance, the University is only allocated a capped number of Social Work Bursary awards and is required to nominate students to receive the bursary following stipulated guidance. Receipt of a Social Work Bursary is therefore not guaranteed and there is no right of appeal. The University has provided more information on availability and eligibility criteria.

Scholarships

Edge Hill University offers scholarships to reward excellence from prospective full-time undergraduate students.

  • Sports Scholarships, worth up to £1,000 per academic year, reward talent, achievement and dedication in sport and are designed to enhance your sporting performance.

Additional scholarships are available to current students which you can apply for, or be nominated for, once you are enrolled on a full-time undergraduate programme with us (some exclusions may apply).You can also make the most of your student experience and take advantage of career enhancing opportunities by applying for financial support from our Student Opportunity Fund.

For more information on the full range of scholarships, including eligibility criteria for each award, visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/scholarships.

How to apply

Loans and grants

You must have submitted a UCAS application before you can apply for financial support from the Government but you do not need to have a confirmed place on a course. We strongly recommend applying for financial support as early as possible to ensure your application is received and processed in good time.

The funding application process for English-domiciled students is as follows:

  • Applications are made online to Student Finance England at www.gov.uk/apply-online-for-student-finance.
  • After you have applied for student funding, you will be able to manage your account online.
  • If you have withdrawn from a previous course due to compelling personal reasons, you could be eligible to receive an extra year of tuition fee support. You should send evidence of your personal reasons for repeating a year to Student Finance England as soon as you have applied for student funding.
  • Once your application has been assessed, you will receive a Student Finance Entitlement Letter outlining the support you have applied for and can expect to receive. The Student Finance Entitlement Letter can also be viewed online. If the financial support outlined in your Student Finance Entitlement Letter is not what you anticipated, you are welcome to contact us for advice. Scroll down for further information on how to contact us.

The funding application process is different if you are a student domiciled in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. You should consult the website of the relevant funding body for further information on the application process you will need to follow:

Department for Education undergraduate bursary

There is no formal application procedure for a Department for Education undergraduate bursary.

All eligible students with full registration will be asked to provide nominated bank account details and National Insurance number at enrolment prior to the start of Year 3 of your BSc (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS degree.

You will be advised on your level of bursary entitlement and scheduled payment dates and asked to accept the Department for Education’s terms and conditions for receipt of the bursary.

Undergraduate veteran teaching bursary

There is no formal application procedure for an undergraduate veteran teaching bursary.

All eligible students with full registration will be asked to provide nominated bank account details and National Insurance number at enrolment prior to the start of Year 2 of your BSc (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS degree.

You will be advised on your level of bursary entitlement and scheduled payment dates and asked to accept the Department for Education’s terms and conditions for receipt of the bursary.

Scholarships

Further details about Sport Scholarships can be found at www.edgehill.ac.uk/scholarships/applicants/sports.

Ministry of Defence Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) scheme

Further information about making a claim is available at www.enhancedlearningcredits.com. You will need to quote our provider number (2871) on your claim application form.

If your claim application is successful, you will need to present your Claim Authorisation Note (CAN) at enrolment.

Previous study

If you have studied all or part of a higher education course before coming to university, your entitlement to student funding may be affected.

  • Previous Study 
    If you have studied a higher education course (level 4 or level 5) before, even if you didn’t complete it – you may not get Government tuition fee support for the full length of your course, meaning you may have to pay some or all of the fees yourself.
  • Equivalent and Lower Qualifications (ELQ)
    If the course you take at Edge Hill is of an equivalent or lower level to one you already hold – you may not get Government support for your fees or your living costs.

There are exceptions but, if you think this may affect you, it is important to clarify your situation.

If you have withdrawn from a previous course due to compelling personal reasons, such as illness, mental health, bereavement, pregnancy or a caring responsibility, you could be eligible to receive an extra year of tuition fee support.

Students joining pre-registration programmes in Midwifery, Nurse Paramedic (Adult), Nursing, Nursing & Social Work (MNSW awards), and Operating Department Practice are exempt from previous study rules. 

If you will be studying a degree in one of these subjects you may still be eligible for financial support even if you have previously enrolled on higher education study or if the pre-registration degree is of an equivalent or lower level to a qualification you already hold.

Please note, this exemption does not apply to BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice students.

Please visit our previous study page to find out more about previous study and equivalent and lower qualifications.

Previous study and equivalent and lower qualifications

Contact us

If you have any queries about tuition fees or scholarships, or if you have any queries about previous study and the potential impact it may have on your eligibility for financial support, you can email Academic Registry.

If you have any questions about your eligibility for financial support, or if you wish to receive advice and guidance on applying for funding (including support in completing funding applications), you can get in touch with the Money Advice Team.

Alternatively, you can contact the Students’ Union Advice and Representation Centre.

Please note, all advice and guidance provided by the University is subject to any information which you choose to impart to us, about your individual circumstances, being correct.

The advice and guidance you receive will be based upon current eligibility criteria from external organisations, such as the Student Loans Company. However, if any changes are made to this eligibility criteria by an external organisation, the University cannot be held responsible.

All staff will treat any information you share with them in the strictest confidence.

Further information

Our Student Services webpages includes money advice, including useful tips on how to increase your income and reduce your expenses while at university, together with advice about keeping track of your finances and managing your money effectively.

Student finance resources and information, including a popular discussion forum, for English-domiciled students can also be found on The Student Room website.