Postgraduate study

You can apply online via the SAAS website from April onwards.

You should always apply as early as possible, do not wait for exam results or a firm offer. To ensure your funding is in place for the start of your course, you should submit a correctly completed application by 30 June.

After you have completed your SAAS application, you will recieve a SAAS reference number. Please keep a note of this reference number as you will need to know this in order to complete financial registration in MyCampus.

Please note:

Your tuition fees may still appear on your account after you have supplied the required SAAS reference. Once we have had confirmation from SAAS of your funding we will transfer these fees from your account. The tuition fees remaining on your account will not affect your ability to perform any actions in MyCampus including being able to enrol in your classes.

The closing dates to apply for support depend on when you start your course. The final closing date for applications in academic year 2015-2016, for courses that start between 1 August 2015 and 31 March 2016, is 31 March 2016.

Special arrangements will apply for courses that start between 1 April 2016 and 31 July 2016. If this applies to you, SAAS will let us know the appropriate closing date. You can also contact SAAS for advice. 

If SAAS receive your application after the final closing dates shown above, you will receive no funding, including tuition fees.

SAAS will assess your entitlement and send you an award notice which will tell you how much you will receive and howit will be paid. Please keep this letter safe as you may need refer to it.

If you have not heard from SAAS within 28 days of submitting your application, please contact them.

If you have applied for a student loan, SAAS will send this information electronically to the Student Loans Company (SLC). The SLC will set up your loan account and send you a payment schedule to tell you how and when they will pay your loan.

You should normally expect to receive your payment schedule about six weeks before the start of your course.

We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible so that you will know if you will be liable to pay your tuition fees and what living cost/maintenance support you can recieve before you register for your programme of study at the beginning of the academic year.

Your funding body will send you an award letter which will confirm how much they will pay towards your tuition fees and your entitlment to maintenance support.

After you have completed your application, you will recieive an SLC Student Support Number.

Please keep a note of this number as you will need to know it in order to complete financial registration in MyCampus.

You must apply to your funding body for support before the start of each subsequent year of your programme of study.

If you do not apply for a tuition fee loan or you are assessed as ineligible for support then you will become personally liable for your tuition fees.