Guidance for students who qualify for a Long Courses Loan

What is a Long Courses Loan

If you’re studying a full-time undergraduate course that lasts longer than 30 weeks and 3 days in an academic year, you could beget eligibleextra formoney aincluded Longas Coursespart of your Maintenance Loan to help towards your living costs. This is called a Long Courses Loan and it’s based on your household income.

Who can get it

To qualify for a Long Courses Loan, you must:

• be studying on a full-time undergraduate course that lasts longer than 30 weeks and 3 days in an academic year
• havebe appliedgetting fora helpMaintenance withLoan livingthat’s costs based on your household income.

We’ll automatically award the additional amount of funding based on the course details provided by your university or college. Your entitlement will include the Long Courses Loan as part of your Maintenanceincome Loan.assessed living costs support.

How much can you get

The amount of Long Courses Loan you can get depends on whereyour youhousehold areincome living and studyingwhere you’re living during the academic year.

You can get a fixed amount of support per extra week, or part of a week,week for any course which lasts longer than 30 weeks and 3 days, for up to 45 weeks of study pereach academic year.

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How it’s repaid

The Long Courses Loan, plus any interest, has to be paid back but not until you’ve finished or left your course and your income is over the repayment threshold. However, if you’ve been overpaid Long Courses Loan, you’ll be expected to repay it before you’ve finished or left your course.