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Postgraduate study

Postgraduate funding options

We can tell you the price of a postgraduate degree - but that's not the same as its value. You really can't put a price on turning your dream into reality.

Master's loans - up to £12,471

Government loans of up to £12,471 are available for master's degrees in all subjects, including taught and research programmes or courses. These loans are available for full-time, part-time and distance learning courses.

If you're an eligible student starting a master’s degree course on or after 1 August 2024, you can apply for a master’s loan of up to £12,471 as a contribution towards your course and living costs.

If you're studying for 2, 3 or 4 academic years, the loan will be divided equally across each year of your course.

Your master's loan is paid directly to you. Unlike your student loan for your undergraduate degree, you’ll need to pay Teesside University directly for your tuition fees. The rest of your loan can be used to cover living and study costs.

Eligibility

  • You must be a UK national ordinarily resident in England, or an EU, EEA or Swiss national with EU settled status.
  • You must be under 60 on the first day of the first academic year of your course, without an existing qualification at master's-level or above.
  • You must be taking a full stand-alone master's course (180 credits), not a partial master's course requiring a lesser number of credits as a result of being awarded recognition of prior learning (RPL) from previous study or experience. Find out more about RPL here.

Find out more

gov.uk/masters-loan


Doctoral loans - up to £29,390

If you're an eligible student starting a doctoral degree course on or after 1 August 2024, you can apply for a doctoral loan of up to £29,390 for the duration of your course as a contribution towards the cost of your course and living costs.

You can apply for the loan in any year of your course but you might not get the full amount if you apply after your first year.

Loan amounts subject to government verification.

Find out more

gov.uk/doctoral-loan


Teesside University online learning

Our students use a variety of ways to finance their study; some take advantage of our flexible pay-per-module scheme, others are funded by their employer. If you're based in the UK, you may be eligible to apply for a postgraduate student loan.
More about online learning funding


Research funding

Some research projects at the University, which may be carried out as the basis of research degrees, are offered with partial or complete funding to cover fees and/or living costs.


NHS Learning Support Fund

NHS funding is available for various masters courses with bursaries for pre-registration programmes in nursing, midwifery and various allied health professions.
More about NHS funding


Social work bursary

You may also be entitled to an NHS social work bursary in Year 1 and 2 of the MA Social Work Studies course.
More about social work bursaries


Teacher training funding

You may be eligible for a bursary or scholarship when you are training to teach in certain subjects and if your course isn't salaried.
More about teaching training funding


Sponsorship

You may be funded by your employer to cover all or part of course fees. You must provide a letter confirming this or you will be invoiced for your fees.


Armed Forces support


We welcome applications from those in the armed forces and accept enhanced learning credits (ELC) funding for most of our undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

The Ministry of Defence’s Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) Scheme promotes lifelong learning amongst members of the Armed Forces. Providing financial support each year, over three years, the scheme enables higher-level learning of a nationally recognised qualification at Level 3 or above (or approved international equivalent) with an approved learning provider.
More about the Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) scheme


Other sources of funding

These may include:

Fees and funding enquiries


Please contact Student Life.

 
 
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