Funding your course
Information on how to get funding support for your course
Don’t let money worries hold you back from achieving your goals.
If money worries are the only thing holding you back from applying, then we want to offer you some reassurance.
The student finance system (Student Awards Agency Scotland) is there to take away as much of the worry about paying for your course and living costs as possible. You won’t have to pay any loans back until you are earning a certain amount and the amount you’ll have to pay back each month will be much, much lower than if you’d borrowed it from a bank.
Think of the money you spend now as an investment for later. And you’ll leave education with the potential to earn a lot more money than before.
What’s more, as a care leaver you might be entitled to extra money, some of which doesn’t need to be paid back at all.
The exact amount of funding that you’ll get will depend on a number of things, like where you live, the course you take and whether you’re planning to study full or part-time.
Did you know? If you study at a Scottish university you will not have to pay back any tuition fees!