Funding your Postgraduate degree

Postgraduate loan

If you've not studied a Masters before or a higher qualification you could be eligible for the Postgraduate Masters loan. You could use this to help fund your Masters, MRes or MPhil course.  

Eligibility

Regardless of your household income, you could be eligible to receive a Postgraduate loan from Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, Student Awards Agency Scotland or Student Finance Northern Ireland. The main eligibility criteria is based on where you live and your course. To be eligible for a loan from Student Finance England and Student Finance Wales, you also need to be under 60 at the start of your course. 

If you don't think you're eligible based on each providers residency criteria, it is still worth checking their eligibility criteria in detail as there can be exceptions for refugees, those under humanitarian protection and those with settlement statement status and more. You need to apply online within 9 months from the start of your course to avoid missing out. 

Apart from Student Finance Ireland who will pay your loan directly to the University, the other loan providers will pay the loan directly to you in instalments. You will then need to arrange to pay your course fees with the University. You can set up a payment plan with the University which matches up with your loan instalments. 

How much you could get 

The amount of loan you can apply for depends on when your course starts and differs across providers. Check their websites to see how much you could get.

• Student Finance England
• Student Finance Wales
• Student Awards Agency Scotland
• Student Finance Northern Ireland

Student Awards Agency Scotland also offers a loan to help with living costs. 

Funding for Healthcare courses

If you're studying a Masters in Midwifery, Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy, you may be eligible for the undergraduate loan and a maintenance loan from Student Finance England.  

For MBChB Medicine, throughout the 4 years you could be eligible for the Masters loan, the NHS bursary and John Western Stretton Charity Grants. For more information, please see the 'Funding and grants' section of the MBChB Medicine course page. 

Funding for Teacher Training

If you're looking to study one of our PGCE, courses, you could be eligible for an undergraduate loan. 

You could also receive either a tax-free scholarship or a bursary from the Government, depending on your which PGCE course you'd like to apply for. 

Funding for Social Work

If you're study a Social Work postgraduate course you could be eligible for the Social Work bursary. A bursary is a type of grant which does not need to be paid back. Eligible applicants may also receive a contribution to their tuition fees. 

Find out more on the NHS Business Services Authority website. The University will allocate students for the bursary.  

Family/sibling bursary

The family/sibling bursary is available to the sibling, spouse or child of someone who is either currently studying on or has graduated from a full-time course at The University of Worcester.

Eligible applicants will receive a 15% discount on their tuition fees if they apply without the help of an agent. 

International (non-EU) merit based scholarship

Depending on your academic achievement you are automatically awarded a scholarship on full-time programmes.
You can find out more about the eligibility criteria and how much you could get on our International fees, scholarships and loans page.