Going to University in Northern Ireland

From 2012, Queen's University Belfast will charge £9,000 and University of Ulster will charge £6,000 to students who normally live in England, Scotland and Wales (GB students).
Undergraduate Scholarships are available for eligible students from Scotland, England and Wales to help offset these higher fees.
Students will not have to pay upfront for tuition. Check the fees for the courses you are interested in before you make your UCAS choices.
For international students a different scale of fees is chargeable.
All universities clearly show course fees on the websites, or visit our university profiles and click on the Fees & Finance tab for details of 2013–14 tuition fees.
You should take steps to apply for student finance as soon as the cycle begins in spring in order to guarantee that funds are available when you begin your course.
If you have done a course of higher education before, this may affect the level of support you are entitled to.
Check out the Student Loan Repayment Calculator for an indication of how much you might repay and over what period of time.

You apply to Student Finance NI for a loan to cover your tuition fees. You can get a paper Form (PN1) from your school or local Student Finance NI office, based in your ELB.
You can get a tuition fee loan to cover the full amount of tuition fees your university is charging you, up to a maximum of £3,575.
For new students, the deadline date for applications to Student Finance NI to guarantee that funds are in place for the beginning of the academic year was 12 April, 2013. The latest you can apply is nine months after the first day of the academic year of your course, around 31 May 2014.
After you have graduated you will start re-paying the loan once you are earning over £16,365 a year. You can make extra voluntary payments straight to the Student Loans Company to reduce your loan quicker.

You apply to Student Finance Wales for a loan of up to £3,575.
A new fee grant will pay the balance of the tuition fee up to a maximum grant of £5,425 if a tuition fee of £9,000 is charged.
For new students, the deadline date for applications to Student Finance Wales to guarantee that funds are in place for the beginning of the academic year was 19 April, 2013. The latest you can apply is nine months after the first day of the academic year of your course, around 31 May 2014.
After you have graduated you will start re-paying the loan once you are earning more than £21,000 per year.
Your local authority Student Finance Office will assess your eligibility for support and the Student Loans Company will handle the payments.

You apply to Student Finance England for a loan to cover your tuition fees. This loan is not means tested.
The Student Loans Company pays your tuition fees direct to your university.
For new students, the deadline date for applications to Student Finance England to guarantee that funds are in place for the beginning of the academic year was 28 April, 2013. The latest you can apply is nine months after the first day of the academic year of your course, around 31 May, 2014.
After you have graduated you will start re-paying the loan once you are earning more than £21,000 per year.

You apply to SAAS for a loan to cover your tuition fees.
You can choose to take out a student loan to pay all or some of your fees.
For new students, the deadline date for applications to SAAS to guarantee that funds are in place for the beginning of the academic year is 30 June 2013. The final closing date for receiving applications in session 2013–14 is 31 March 2014.
After you have graduated you will start re-paying the loan once you are earning over £16,365 a year. You can make extra voluntary payments straight to the Student Loans Company to reduce your loan quicker.

From 2012 Queen's University Belfast will charge £3,575 to students who normally live in the Republic of Ireland or other non-UK EU countries on full time undergraduate programmes. Students will not have to pay up front for tuition.
EU students can apply to the Student Finance Services European Team (telephone 0141 243 3570) for a loan to cover the tuition fee.
If you are an EU student applying for help only with tuition fees you need to complete an application form by the deadline date and send it to the Student Finances Services European Team at:

Student Finance Services European Team
PO Box 89
Darlington
DL1 9AZ
Phone number (+44) (0) 141 243 3570

If relevant, you should include any evidence with your application – for example, proof of identity.
If you qualify for additional help as well as a tuition fee loan, the application process is different, so it is important to check what you qualify for – read Funding Your Living Costs.
After you have graduated you will start re-paying the loan once you are earning more than £21,000 per year.

International students normally resident in countries outside the EU and EEA pay near-full-cost tuition fees in all of the UK universities.
Read Tuition Fees for International Students and click on the international tab in our university profiles for more information.

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