Finance for part-time, undergraduate Welsh students

Your student finance journey

Find out what to expect on your student finance journey. Learn about the different stages, from before you apply to making your last repayment.

Applications for 2023 to 2024 part-time undergraduate student finance are now open!

Stage 1

Before you apply

Find out what types of student finance are available and who can get it.

What's available

Most students can get a loan to pay for their tuition fees and a mixture of a loan and a grant to help with their living costs.

You might also be able to get extra help on top of this, if you have children, an adult dependant or a disability.

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Who qualifies

Whether you can get student finance and what you can get depends on your nationality, residency status, course and previous study.

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Stage 2

Making an application

Find out how to apply for student finance, what evidence you may need to provide and how we calculate how much student finance you can get.

How and when to apply

Find out the easiest way to apply and when the application deadline is.

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Identity evidence

We might need you to send us evidence, find out what you may be asked for and how to send it.

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Proving your household income

We may need evidence of your household income, find out what you may be asked for and how to send it.

Tell me more about household income
Stage 3

Getting your student finance

Find out how you’ll be paid your student finance once your application has been approved.

Notification of entitlement

Find out how to keep your account up to date and what changes you need to tell us about.

Tell me more about my entitlement letter

Getting paid your student finance

Find out how you will be paid your student finance once your application is approved.

Tell me more about getting paid
Stage 4

During your studies

Make sure you know how to tell us about changes to your information or circumstances and find out how this might effect your student finance.

Changes in your circumstances

Find out how to keep your account up to date and what changes you need to tell us about.

More on changes in your circumstances

Reassessment of your entitlement

A reassessment is when we recalculate your student finance entitlement (how much you can get).

More about reassessing student finance
Stage 5

After you’ve finished or left your course

Find out how and when you’ll start repaying your loan.

Repaying your loan

Find out how repayment works by reading our detailed online guide.

Tell me more about repayment