Tuition Fee and Maintenance Loans

• Undergraduate Funding - (Full-Time and Part-Time Students)

  • Undergraduate Funding - Full-Time and Part-Time Students
    While you are a student, you will have two main costs - tuition fees and living expenses. You can apply for government loans to help with both. To qualify you must meet certain residency criteria.
    
    If you qualify for student loans, you will not have to pay tuition fees up-front for any year of study.
    
    There are two types of funding available:

    1. A non-means tested tuition fee loan of up to £9,250 (full-time) or £6,935 (part-time - from 2019/20). This is paid direct to the University College.
    2. A maintenance loan. This helps towards your living costs whilst studying. The amount of loan will be dependant on your household income, and will be paid directly into your bank account at the start of each term.

    Further information can be found at www.gov.uk/student-finance
    
    There are also additional grants available for students that have disabilities, or for those that have children or adult dependants. More information can be found at: www.gov.uk/student-finance/extra-help
    
    You can obtain an estimate of your student finance entitlement by visiting: www.gov.uk/student-finance-calculator
    
    New Students
    You will need to complete an online application at www.gov.uk/apply-for-student-finance
    
    Once your loan has been approved, you will be sent a loan declaration (within approximately 6 weeks).
    
    Returning Students
    You must reapply for your loan before each year of study. You can apply online by logging into your Student Finance account at the link below:
    www.gov.uk/student-finance-register-login
    
    Interest is charged on the loans from the day Student Finance England makes the first payment to either yourself or the University College, until your loan is repaid in full or cancelled. The loan does not have to be paid back until you have finished or left your course, and until your income is over the repayment threshold. For more information about repaying student loans, please visit: www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk

• Maintenance Loan

  • The Government-funded maintenance loan helps students with living costs such as food, accommodation and travel. EU students are not eligible to apply for maintenance loans.

    NEW AND CONTINUING FULL TIME STUDENTS FROM 2020/21

    Full-time student	Loan for courses from 2020 - 2021
    Living at home	Up to £7,747
    Living away from home, outside London	Up to £9,203

    
    

    The Maintenance Loan for living costs for part-time students depends on:

    • where you live while studying
    • your household income
    • your course intensity

    Use the student finance calculator to estimate your Maintenance Loan.

• Postgraduate Loans

  • A Postgraduate Loan can help with course fees and living costs while you study a postgraduate master’s course. You have to repay your Postgraduate Loan at the same time as any other student loans you have. You’ll be charged interest from the day you get the first payment.  You can also get extra support if you have a disability.
    
    If your course starts on or after 1 August 2020, you can borrow up to £11,222. The total amount requested will be paid to you evenly over the length of your course.
    
    For further details, please visit https://www.gov.uk/postgraduate-loan

• MOD ELCAS funding for Armed Forces members

  • Writtle University College is proud to be an approved provider for the Ministry of Defence Enhanced Learning Credit Scheme (ELCAS).  This is an initiative to promote lifelong learning amongst current or former members of the Armed Forces by providing financial support towards higher level learning via an application process.
    
    Further information on the details of which courses are eligible and how to apply for financial support can be found here http://www.enhancedlearningcredits.com/or you can contact the Student Finance Department at Writtle University College on 01245 424 200.

• US Federal Loans

  • End of US Federal Loans at Writtle University College

    Writtle University College is withdrawing from the William D Ford Direct Loan [US Federal Loans] program due to the high level of administration required when compared to the low number of students who benefit from the facility.
    
    This means that any American students joining Writtle University College after March 2020 will not have access to Federal Loans nor to private loans such as Sallie Mae.
    
    For continuing students, the academic year 2020/21 will be the "teach-out" period during which any continuing student who already has federal loans will be able to receive loans only for 2020/21.
    
    After March 2020, Writtle University College will not be eligible to issue federal loans to new students nor to any student who does not already have federal loans at Writtle.
    
    After March 2020, Writtle University College will not be eligible to certify private loans such as Sallie Mae for any student.

Further Education Tuition fee loans

If you're aged 19 or over, live in England and are thinking about further education or training, you might qualify for an Advanced Learner Loan. It's easy to apply for and you won't have to pay anything back until you're earning over £25,000 a year.

• 19+ Advanced Learner Loans

  • Students can apply for an Advanced Learner Loan to help with the costs of a course at College, if planning to study a Level 3 course or above. To qualify you must meet certain residency criteria and be over the age of 19 on the first day of your course. Please note the Level 3 qualification must be listed on the Advanced Learner Loans catalogue
    
    The loans are non means tested so do not depend on your household income, and no credit checks are made. The minimum loan is £300 and payments are made direct to the College. You do not have to borrow the full cost of your course, as some of it can be paid for by yourself if required. Further details can be found by visiting:- gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan
    
    Before applying please contact our Admissions Department on 01245 424200 or by email admissions@writtle.ac.uk to request a Learning and Funding Information Letter, as you will need this to enable you to complete your application, either online or by post.
    
    For details on how to apply, please visit: gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan/how-to-apply
    
    Interest is charged on the loan from the day the first payment is made to you from Student Finance until your loan is repaid in full or cancelled. The loan does not have to be paid back until the student has finished or left their course, and their income is over the repayment threshold. For more information please visit: gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan/repayments