Postgraduate loan scheme
If you’re starting a master’s degree at Glasgow Caledonian University you could be eligible for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan of up to £12,167 if your course starts on or after 1 August 2023.
To find out more, including details on how to apply, visit GOV.UK's page on funding for postgraduate study.
Postgraduate Doctoral Loan scheme
If you're starting a doctoral degree at Glasgow Caledonian University you could be eligible for a Postgraduate Doctoral Loan of up to £28,673 if your course starts on or after 1 August 2023.
Did you know that you can get funding towards your course fees?
Postgraduate loan: apply for funding
From the 2024/25 academic year, the amount of funding available to postgraduate students is changing.
What’s changing
The tuition fee loan will increase from £5,500 to £7,000. This is to cover the rising cost of tuition fees.
Full-time students can also apply for a living cost loan of up to £4,500, and apply for the special support loan of £2,400 making the total funding available £13,900.
Postgraduate funding will also be made available for:
- full-time eligible courses in the rest of the UK
- eligible courses at designated private providers in Scotland and the rest of the UK
Course length
If your course is longer than 1 academic year, and you’re splitting your fee loan over the length of your course, you will receive an increased loan in 2024/25.
New and continuing students
New and continuing students can apply for the Special Support Loan from 2024/25 academic year.
To find out more, including full details of all eligible courses, visit the SAAS website.
You can find information about repaying your student loan on the SAAS loan repayments web page.
Explore the range of postgraduate scholarship opportunities available at GCU.
There are several research councils who may be able to provide support for postgraduate and research studies. Find out more about research funding.
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