Find out what funding you could get
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What’s available for students on nursing, midwifery and allied health courses
You can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan and a loan for your living costs from SFE.
If you have a disability, including a long-term health condition, mental-health condition or specific learning difficulty, you might also be able to get extra help.
And if you have a child or an adult who depends on you financially, there are grants available to help with any extra costs you might have.
You may also be able to get extra help from the NHS through the Learning Support Fund (external link).
Eligibility for student finance
Nationality and residency
Your eligibility for student finance is affected by your nationality and residency status.
Course
Your course must be in England and be one of the following:
- nursing (adult, child, mental health, learning and disability)
- midwifery
- dietetics/nutrition
- occupational therapy
- orthoptics
- orthotics prosthetics
- physiotherapy
- podiatry/chiropody
- radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic)
- speech and language therapy
- operating department practitioner
If you're starting a dental hygiene or dental therapy course from 1 August 2018 you'll also be eligible to get student finance from Student Finance England and may also be able to receive additional help from the Learning Support Fund (external link).
Previous study
You’ll be able to get full support if you already have a degree but you’re starting a full time, undergraduate pre-registration nursing, midwifery or Allied Health Professional course in England.
You must not be professionally registered within the profession you want to study. For example, if you’re professionally registered as a nurse and hold a nursing degree, you wouldn’t be able to get funding for a second pre-registration nursing degree.
Medicine and dentistry
If you’re studying an undergraduate medicine or dentistry course, you’ll get full funding from SFE for the first four years of your course.
From your fifth year, you’ll be able to get a reduced-rate Maintenance Loan from SFE and a bursary from the NHS (external link).
