Everything you need to know about student fees, funding and finance at GCU.
Funding for full-time postgraduate students
If you start a full-time or part-time master’s course in Scotland and you are Scottish domiciled, you can apply for a postgraduate loan from SAAS for eligible courses. You’ll be able to borrow up to £11,500 in total to pay your fees and help with living costs. .
Only EU nationals who are ‘settled’ or ‘pre-settled’ in the UK will remain eligible to apply for home tuition fees providing they meet the residency conditions. Some European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss nationals will be eligible if they meet residency conditions.
Irish nationals who are living in the Common Travel Area of the UK, Islands or Ireland and started a course of study in Scotland from session 2021-2022 will be entitled to apply to SAAS for funding. The funding available depends on your residence eligibility
Distance Learning – courses undertaken at a non-campus based institutions such as Open University may be eligible for funding, providing they meet all other rules of the scheme.
Students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland need to apply to their own local education authority for funding support to study in Scotland.
Research master's courses are not funded unless there is a taught element.
Pre-registration nursing courses are not funded through the postgraduate loan scheme.
