Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 37

Tuition fees

Tuition fees for Home and EU students:
• All undergraduate, full-time degree courses
– £9,000 a year (subject to approval)
• The Foundation Year – £9,000
• The General Foundation Year – £5,500 a year
(no financial support from the government)

Scholarships and bursaries*

The Keele Excellence Scholarship is a cash award of
either £2,000, £1,000 or £500 for each year of your
full-time undergraduate course at Keele, depending
on the A-level grades (or equivalent) you achieve
and your course of study. You will be awarded the
following amounts relevant to your grades:
• £2,000 per year for three A-levels at AAA†
• £1,000 per year for three A-levels at AAB†
• £500 per year for three A-levels at ABB†
• The Keele University Bursary is a cash bursary
of £1,000 paid each year to any student who
receives the maximum maintenance grant or
Special Support grant and is liable to pay the
full £9,000 annual tuition fee.
• The Study Abroad Bursary is worth £1,000
for the study abroad year only, and helps
support some students taking part in our
Study Abroad programme.
†Students with some equivalent qualifications and grades also qualify.
*This information is accurate at the time of publication
(March 2015) and maybe subject to change. For
up-to-date information and full terms and conditions
please visit www.keele.ac.uk/studentfunding

Grants

Currently, students can apply for a maintenance grant
of up to £3,387 each year (2015 figure): unlike the
loans, you do not have to repay this grant. The value
of the grant you are entitled to is means-tested and
will, therefore, depend on your household income.

If you choose to pay your fees during your studies,
you can make payments in up to two instalments
each year.
UK students can take out an additional student loan,
known as the maintenance loan or living cost loan,
to help with living costs. This loan is partially means
tested and the amount you can receive also depends
on where you are studying and living.

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Money matters
All of the information about government grants
and loans for UK students can be found at
www.gov.uk/student-finance

Funding for NHS courses

If you are taking an NHS-funded course,
including Medicine, Nursing and Midwifery,
and Physiotherapy, you apply direct to the NHS,
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/students. Unfortunately you
will not be eligible for university bursaries.
Please note that the information in this prospectus
refers to the 2015 Student Financial Support
arrangements including information about
bursaries, scholarships and tuition fees; at the
time of printing, 2016 arrangements had not
been finalised or published.

Additional costs

Some of our courses involve additional costs
which are not covered by our tuition fees.
For the most up to date information
about additional costs please visit
www.keele.ac.uk/studyatkeele/undergraduatestudy

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Grants are normally paid in three instalments, directly
into your bank or building society account.

Loans

Under the current system, if you are a UK student you
do not have to pay tuition fees yourself whilst you are
studying. Provided you meet certain eligibility criteria,
you can take out a tuition fee loan from Student
Finance England / Student Finance
Wales / SAAS (Scotland) or Student Finance Northern
Ireland, and they will then pay the