Part-time student fees and funding
Part-time UK undergraduate students starting in 2013
This page provides a summary of the tuition fee and funding system for part-time undergraduate students from the UK who are starting a university course for the first time in 2013.
Fees
The tution fees for part-time undergraduate courses depend on how many modules you take in a given year. A full-time undergraduate course will usually have 120 credits. If you do modules worth 60 credits in a year, then you will pay 50% of the full-time fee.
Once you decide how many modules you want to do we can help you to calculate the fees. You can find the full-time fees in the course finder.
This page provides a summary of the tuition fee and funding for part-time undergraduate students from the UK who are starting a university course for the first time in 2013.
Tuition fee loan
You can get a loan from the UK government to cover the cost of your tuition fees whilst you are studying. You start to pay back this student loan after you have left university and you are earning over £21,000 a year.
If your course is at least 25% of the time of a full-time course you can apply for a student tuition fee loan.
More about the tuition fee loan
Part-time widening access bursary
This bursary consists of a fee reduction of up to £2,250 payable in the first year of your course. The exact amount depends on how many modules you take during the year. University of Brighton widening access bursaries are funded by the National Scholarship Programme and do not need to be repaid.
More about the part-time widening access bursary
Access to Learning Fund
If you get into financial difficulties while studying, or you find yourself facing extra costs in completing your course, you may be able to get additional financial help from the university's Access to Learning Fund.
More about the Access to Learning Fund
Student Support Fund
The Student Support Fund is a university fund available to new undergraduate and PGCE students from England starting in 2012 who are liable to pay £9000 tuition fees. It is open to students from low income backgrounds who are experiencing financial hardship. Students should use the fund to help pay for course-related costs e.g. travel or childcare.
More about the Student Support Fund
Further sources of financial help
Specific financial help is available from the government for careleavers, students with disabilities and students with children or other dependants. Depending on your family circumstances you could also be eligible for certain state benefits and child tax credits whilst you are studying.
