Additional funding

Funding for undergraduate nursing, midwifery, and allied health professional students varies by country of study

• English providers

  • UK students who choose to study in England should apply to their home country for fee and living cost support. They receive support for fee loans and living costs through the standard student support system.

  • In addition, the government has announced that new and existing students studying nursing, midwifery, and allied health courses will receive a minimum £5,000 funding per year. £3,000 will be available in additional funding, including:  

    • £1,000 a year for specialist disciplines including mental health, learning disability, podiatry, diagnostic and therapeutic radiography, orthoptics, orthotics, and prosthetics.  

    • An additional £1,000 childcare allowance to help students balance their studies with family life, on top of the £1,000 already on offer.  

    • £1,000 for areas of the country which have seen a decrease in people accepted onto some nursing, midwifery, and allied health courses over the past year. 

  • Students from England may also be eligible to apply for support through the NHS Bursary Learning Support Fund, including a Child Dependents Allowance, help with travel and temporary accommodation, and a hardship fund. Read more about the NHS Bursary Learning Support Fund.

  Healthcare education funding

  Postgraduate students

  Postgraduate pre-registration nursing, midwifery, and allied health professional students receive support for fee loans and living costs through the standard student support system, rather than course fees and NHS bursaries towards living costs. They will have access to the Learning Support Fund, administered by the NHS Business Services Authority.

  Dental hygiene and dental therapy students

  Most pre-registration dental hygiene and dental therapy students will receive support for fee loans and living costs through the standard student support system, rather than course fees and NHS bursaries towards living costs. They will also have access to the Learning Support Fund, administered by the NHS Business Services Authority.

  Part-time courses

  Previously commissioned NHS part-time programmes receive maintenance support, as well tuition fee funding and any Disabled Students Allowances through the standard student support system. The maintenance bursary will no longer be available from NHS Bursaries. They will have access to the Learning Support Fund, administered by the NHS Business Services Authority.

• Scottish providers

  • UK students who choose to study in Scotland, and who are not ordinarily domiciled in Scotland, should apply to their home country for fee and living cost support. 
  • These students receive support for fee loans and living costs through their home country’s standard student support system, rather than through the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS). 
  • Students who are ordinarily domiciled in Scotland, who choose to study in another part of the UK, should apply to the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) for the standard undergraduate support package. 

• Welsh providers

  • UK and EU students who choose to study in Wales receive a bursary package, subject to them meeting eligibility requirements.
  • Students must sign an agreement to work in Wales for two years post-study to be eligible for the healthcare bursary. This applies to all UK and EU students.
  • Students who choose not to agree to the two-year tie in are not be eligible for the healthcare bursary. These students should apply to their home country for fee and living cost support.

• NI providers

  Only Northern Irish and EU students can apply for courses at NI providers. There are bursary arrangements in place for these students.