Student Finance for Health Courses

TUITION FEES IN 2025/26

Courses and Annual Fees

• BA, BSc, BEng or LLB - £9,535
• BA, BSc with integrated foundation year (classroom based*) - £5,760
• BA, BSc with integrated foundation year (non classroom based) - £9,535
• DipHE or CertHE - £9,535
• Fda or FdSc - £9,535
• Sandwich or placement year - £1,907. Fee payable by students who enrol in 2025/26 for their sandwich or placement year.

*Classroom based programmes are Business Management, International Business Management, Professional Policing, Security Intelligence & Investigative Practice or LLB Law.

Please note: These fees apply to the 2025/26 academic year only and may be subject to inflationary increases in subsequent years of study.

TUITION FEES IN 2024/25

Courses and Annual Fees

• BA, BSc, BEng or LLB - £9,250
• BA, BSc with integrated foundation year - £9,250
• BA, BSc, BEng or LLB - accelerated 2 year degree - £11,100
• DipHE or CertHE - £9,250
• FdA or FdSc - £9,250
• Sandwich or placement year - £1,650. Fee payable by students who enrol in 2024/25 for their sandwich or placement year.

Please note: These fees apply to the 2024/25 academic year only.  These fees apply to the 2025/26 academic year only and may be subject to inflationary increases in subsequent years of study.

Paying your fees

If you decide not to take a student loan, you can pay your tuition fees online, directly to the university. You can pay in full or spread out the cost through a maximum of three instalments. To discuss instalments, email us at accountsreceivableteam@cumbria.ac.uk.

Tuition fee invoices are sent electronically to students’ university and personal email accounts.

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The tuition fees for part-time courses are based on the full-time fee. It may be calculated either pro-rata or by module, depending on the type of course. To confirm whether your course is modular or pro-rata, please contact uocadmissions@cumbria.ac.uk.

Modular billing

Most part-time students are invoiced by module shortly after the start of each module. If your programme allows the extension of study beyond the standard period of enrolment, modular billing enables you to study at a rate you can afford, and over a period of time which suits you. 

The tuition fee payable for each module is based on the full-time fee for the relevant year of study. These fees represent the cost of studying for 120 credits in a year. For example, in 2025/6, where the full-time fee is £9,535, each 10 credit module will cost £795. The tuition fee payable for modules may increase by inflation each year.

Pro-rata billing

Some courses are calculated on a pro-rata basis, by taking the cost of the equivalent full-time course and dividing it by the number of years it will take to complete. Please note that some course fees may be subject to inflation.

Paying your fees

Most students choose to take a student loan. If you are taking a student loan, you won't have to do a thing once your loan is approved - the Student Loan Company will pay your fees directly to the university. For more information, please see the below.

If you decide not to take a student loan, you can pay your tuition fees online, directly to the university. Tuition fee invoices are sent electronically to student’s university and personal email accounts.

Make a payment - without an invoice

Make a payment - with an invoice

Click below to see a full list of taught degrees available for students commencing their course in the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic year and the tuition fees associated with them

Postgraduate Taught Fees 2024-25

Please note: These fees apply to students starting their course during the 2024/25 academic year only.

Paying your fees: You can pay your tuition fees online, directly to the university. You can pay in full or spread out the cost through a maximum of three instalments. To discuss instalments, email us at accountsreceivableteam@cumbria.ac.uk.

Tuition fee invoices are sent electronically to students’ university and personal email accounts.

Make a payment - without an invoice

Make a payment - with an invoice

Click below to see a full list of taught degrees available for students commencing their course in the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic year and the tuition fees associated with them

Postgraduate Taught Fees 2025-26

Please note: These fees apply to students starting their course during the 2025/26 academic year only.

Paying your fees: You can pay your tuition fees online, directly to the university. You can pay in full or spread out the cost through a maximum of three instalments. To discuss instalments, email us at accountsreceivableteam@cumbria.ac.uk.

Tuition fee invoices are sent electronically to students’ university and personal email accounts.

Make a payment - without an invoice

Make a payment - with an invoice

Tuition fee loans

Tuition Fee Loans are available, up to the full cost of your undergraduate course (subject to eligibility). This loan is paid direct to the university each year, and is not dependent on your household income.

When applying for your student loans, you will need to apply online to the relevant student funding authority for the area in which you live. Please see the government website for further information on your funding organisation.

NHS Pre-registration Postgraduate Healthcare courses

A tuition fee loan of up to £9,535 is available from the Student Loans Company. Please note some postgraduate healthcare tuition fees exceed this amount, therefore you may need to contribute towards the cost of your tuition fees. 

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Maintenance loans

Maintenance Loans are available to assist eligible undergraduate and postgraduate pre-registration healthcare students with living costs such as food, accommodation and travel expenses.  These loans are paid in termly instalments direct to your bank account. 

Maintenance Loans are subject to different financial arrangements and eligibility criteria depending on whether you are domiciled in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.  

If you are a student from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, you should refer to the website of the relevant funding body for loan amounts and eligibility criteria. 

The maximum Maintenance Loan amounts for eligible students from England are as follows: 

NB. Different rates are available for students eligible for benefits, who are aged over 60 or studying their final year.

If your course lasts longer than 30 weeks and 3 days, you could get extra money included as part of your maintenance loan. This is called a Long Course Loan

You can work out how much of a loan you are entitled to apply for using the Student Finance Calculator.

Repaying your loan

When you start repaying your loan and how much you pay depends on which repayment plan you're on.  You can find out more about the different payment plans here.

You only start to repay your student loan when your income is over the threshold. If you don't earn more than the threshold, you won't pay anything.

Here's what plan 5 monthly repayments could look like :

If your income changes, the amount you repay will change too, this happens automatically.

If you stop working, or start to earn below the repayment threshold, your repayments will stop until you earn over the threshold.

You’ll make a repayment if you go over the weekly or monthly threshold at any point during the year, for example, if you get a bonus or work overtime. You can request a refund at the end of the tax year if your total income was below the annual repayment threshold.  Student loans get written off after a after a certain length of time, this depends on which repayment plan you are on.

These loans attract interest, which is charged at different rates depending on your repayment plan. For more details on interest rates, please visit the Gov.uk website

Part-time Tuition Fee Loans

For students normally resident in England, tuition fee loans are available for students studying for their first higher education qualification, which is at least 25% of the intensity of the equivalent full-time course. CPD students may also be eligible for a loan based on level of study, intensity of the course and prior study.  Visit gov.uk website for more information and eligibility criteria.

Tuition fee loans are not means-tested and you can apply for up to the maximum amount of your fees, which is £7,145. Tuition fee loans are paid directly to the university so you don’t have to worry about arranging payment.

Eligible courses for part-time tuition fee loans include:

• a first degree, for example BA, BSc or BEd
• a Foundation Degree
• a Certificate of Higher Education
• a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE)
• an Initial Teacher Training course
• an integrated master’s degree

Part-time Maintenance Loans

Eligible part-time students normally resident in England, who study an eligible course may apply for a Maintenance Loan to help with their day-to-day living costs, such as rent or food. The Maintenance Loan is paid directly to your bank account, in three instalments, usually at the start of each term.

For more information and eligibility for part-time study, visit Gov.uk

For more guidance on applying for a student loan, visit the Student Room's Student Finance Zone.

Repaying your Part-time loan

Part-time students will have to repay any loans you borrow, but not until the April after you finish or leave your course, or the April four years after the start of your course – whichever comes first – and, only then, if your income is over the repayment threshold.

How much you repay each month depends on your income, not how much you borrowed.

You will repay 9% of your earnings over the repayment threshold. If your income drops below the threshold, your repayments will stop automatically.

You will be charged interest from the day your first student finance payment is made until your loan has been repaid in full or cancelled. The interest rate is based on the UK Retail Price Index (RPI) and will vary depending on your circumstances.  For more details on interest rates, please visit www.gov.uk/repaying-your-student-loan

Health students

Students enrolling on a Nursing, Midwifery or Allied Health Professional course in England may qualify for a student loan even if they have accessed student loan funding for other programmes in the past. This is subject to eligibility.

Other students

If you have undertaken any other previous Higher Education study, it is important to be aware that this can sometimes have an impact on the student funding, including tuition fee loans, available to you when you start a new course. For more information, visit the gov.uk webpage.

This is a complex area. If you are not sure of your entitlement to funding, it is really important that you seek advice from your funding organisation or with a Student Money Adviser who can clarify exactly how your previous study will impact on your future student funding entitlement.

Cumbria Bursary (first year undergraduate students)

Find out more information on the Bursaries, Scholarships and other awards page.

Depending on your circumstances, you may be entitled to additional funding from Student Finance England to help support you during your course. The figures illustrated below are based on the 2024-25 academic year and will be subject to review and inflationary increases for 2025-26.

• Parents' Learning Allowance is a means-tested on household income. The maximum available is £1,963.
• Childcare Grant is a means-tested on household income. A maximum of 85% of your weekly childcare costs may be paid on your behalf, up to £193.62 per week for one child and £331.95 per week for two or more children. 
• Adult Dependants' Grant is a means-tested on household income. The maximum available is £3,438. 
• Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) is for students with a disability or specific learning difficulty who may be eligible to receive help towards enabling costs; e.g. non-medical helpers, specialist equipment, etc. 

The NHS Learning Support Fund offers students starting an undergraduate or postgraduate Nursing, Midwifery or Allied Health Professional course additional support while studying for their degree. This includes:

• a Training Grant for all eligible students of £5,000 per academic year
• Parental Support of £2,000 for students with at least one dependent child under 15 years, or under 17 years if registered with special educational needs (this used to be called Child Dependants Allowance)
• A specialist subject payment of £1,000 per year: this is for students studying on courses where the government have shortages.
• reimbursement of excess costs incurred on practice placement for travel and temporary accommodation costs (Travel and Dual Accommodation Expenses)
• Exceptional Support Fund for students experiencing financial hardship

For further details, how to apply and a full list of eligible courses, visit the NHSBSA web page.

If you are accepted onto a Social Work course, you may be eligible for a Social Work Bursary of which there are a limited number. The NHS Business Services Authority administers bursaries to students studying approved degree courses in social work on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

The undergraduate and postgraduate bursary includes a non-income assessed basic grant and a Placement Travel Allowance. Postgraduate students may also be eligible for a maintenance grant (means-tested) and financial support with tuition fees.

The most up-to-date information on the Social Work Bursary Scheme can be found on the NHS Business Services Authority website.