Student Loans Company Information

Information taken from Student Finance England

The quickest way to apply is online at www.gov.uk/studentfinance The student doesn’t need to have a confirmed place at university to apply. They should simply apply using their preferred choice of course and can always update this later if they need to. Students should apply now to make sure their student finance is in place at the start of their course. It takes at least six weeks to process applications so it’s important they apply as soon as possible. The deadline for applications is:

20th May 2024 for new full-time students

24th June 2024 for continuing full-time students

If you apply after this, you might not get all their money on time, but we’ll try to make an initial assessment so they have some money as close to the start of their course as possible.

The online application is designed to make sure students only see the sections they need to fill in. They can also save the application at any time and complete it later. If students are applying for finance that depends on their household income, we’ll ask their parents or partner to give us information about their household income and their National Insurance number. Before students start their online application, they should have the following to hand:

• valid UK passport (if they have one)

• university and course details

• bank account details, and

• National Insurance number

Evidence

We can’t process the student’s application until we have all the evidence we’ve asked for. In most cases, it’s easy to provide the evidence we need by simply filling in all the details on their application. For example, the student’s valid UK passport details gives us the identity evidence we need and their parents’ National Insurance numbers allow us to check their household income.

However, in certain situations the student or their parents may have to send us evidence. If they do, we’ll let them know what evidence they need to send. For more information download the ‘Student finance evidence’ factsheet from the resources section of the practitioner website. Once we’ve assessed the student’s application, we’ll send them a Student Finance Entitlement letter showing what student finance they’ll get. Students should keep this letter as they might have to show it to their university or college when they register. If the student applied online, they should also print the declaration form which they must sign and return to us

Interrupting or withdrawing from your course

Guidance from Student Finance England about your student finance if you suspend or leave your course.

Guidance from Student Finance Wales about your student finance if you suspend or leave your course.