Undergraduate funding

Tuition fee loans

All students, irrespective of circumstances, will be eligible for a tuition fee loan equivalent to their fee - £9,000 at Plymouth University (unless you are a self fee payer not receiving a Tuition loan).

Please see our tuition fees pages and our fees 2012 information pages for further details.

Students meeting at Drake cafe on campus

Living cost loans

All students are eligible to a living cost loan (also called maintenance loans) if you are studying full-time. This is to help towards your day to day spending such as food, travel and accommodation.

In 2012/13 the maximum annual loan available will be:

Students living at home £4,375

Students living away from home £5,500

Neither your tuition fee nor living costs loans will be repaid until students graduate and earn over £21,000 a year.

The table below shows examples of what you can expect your monthly and weekly loan repayments will be once you are earning over £21,000:

Salary	Monthly repayment	Weekly repayment
£20,999	£0	£0
£23,000	£15.00	£3.48
£25,000	£30.00	£6.97
£30,000	£67.50	£15.70
£40,000	£142.50	£33.14

Living grants

Students from a family with an annual income of less than £42,600 will be eligible for a grant. Students from a family with an annual income of less than £25,000 will be eligible to receive a full grant of £3,250/year.

The difference between the living cost loan and the living cost grant is that the grant never needs to be repaid.

If a student receives such a grant their maximum loan will be reduced but by less than the value of the grant.

The table to the right is a guide to the support packages available to students living away from home and studying outside of London:

Useful information

Tuition fees 2012

National Scholarship Programme 2012-13

Awards and scholarships for current students

Living away from home rates

Annual household income	Package of Support
Annual household income	Non repayable living cost grants	Repayable living cost loans	Total
<=£25,000	£3,250	£3,875	£7,125
£25,001 - £30,000	£2,341	£4,330	£6,671
£30,001 - £35,000	£1,432	£4,784	£6,216
£35,001 - £40,000	£523	£5,239	£5,762
£40,001 - £45,000	£0	£5,288	£5,288
£45,001 - £50,000	£0	£4,788	£4,788
£50,001 - £55,000	£0	£4,288	£4,288
£55,001 - £60,000	£0	£3,788	£3,788
Over £62,500	£0	£3,575	£3,575

Living at home rates

Annual household income	Package of Support
Annual household income	Non repayable living cost grants	Repayable living cost loans	Total
<=£25,000	£3,250	£2,750	£6,000
£25,001 - £30,000	£2,341	£3,205	£5,546
£30,001 - £35,000	£1,432	£3,659	£5,091
£35,001 - £40,000	£523	£4,114	£4,637
£40,001 - £42,600	£0	£4,350	£4,400
£42,601 - £42,875	£0	£4,350	£4,375
£42,876 - £45,000	£0	£4,375	£4,163
£45,001 - £50,000	£0	£4,163	£3,663
£50,001 - £55,000	£0	£3,663	£3,163
£55,001 - £58,195	£0	£3,163	£2,843
£58,196 - £60,000	£0	£2,843 (+)	£2,843
Over £62,500	£0	£2,843	£2,843