Funding your undergraduate course

• Tuition Fee Loan

  If you take out a tuition fee loan your tuition fees will be paid directly to us, so you don't need to worry about paying your course fees while you are studying.

  Loan information for new full-time students

  If you're a part-time student, you may be able to get a loan if your course has a ‘course intensity’ of 25% or more. ‘Course intensity’ measures how much of your course you complete each year compared to an equivalent full-time course.

  You can work this out by comparing your module credits with the number of module credits a full-time student will study. You’ll be asked how many credits you’ll study when you apply for the loan. Check with us if you’re not sure.

  Loan information for part-time students

  Condensed Course – January start date

  If you’re a student funded by Student Finance England (SFE), Student Finance NI (SFNI) or Student Finance Wales (SFW), tuition fee payments will be made to the university in January, May and October for each year of study for a January start.

  Even in the final year of study after a student’s completion of a course, the final payment to the university will be in October. Tuition fee payments from the Student Loans Company in Scotland will be made to the university in January.

  If for any reason we do not receive your student finance, the obligation remains with you to pay your tuition fees.

• Maintenance Loan

  UK students studying full-time can take out a maintenance loan from the UK government to help with costs such as food, accommodation and travel. How much maintenance loan you get depends on where you'll study and your household income.

  To apply, you have to give details of your household income and your course start date.

  All Maintenance Loans have to be paid back once you're working and earning over a certain amount a year.

  Use the government's step-by-step guide to estimate how much Maintenance Loan you’ll get - it will also tell you if you’re eligible for extra grants or allowances.

  Depending on your household income you might not get the full amount, so you may have to find other ways to fund the rest of your living costs. This could include part-time work, local authority assistance, bursaries, scholarships or family contributions.

  If you’re a student funded by Student Finance England (SFE), Student Finance NI (SFNI) or Student Finance Wales (SFW), the loan is paid directly into your bank account, usually in January, May and October. If you receive payments from the Student Loans Company in Scotland, they’ll be paid into your bank account each month.

  Condensed Course – January start date

  For students starting a condensed degree course of full-time study for the January intake, your finances will be slightly different.

  For Years 1 and 2 your Maintenance Loan payments will go into your bank account mid-month for January, May and October and usually, this will stay the same for the following year. For your final year, your Maintenance Loan should arrive mid-month for January, March and April.

  The first year of your Maintenance Loan (starting in January) is designed to support you for the whole academic year. SFE will not offer support twice within a 12-month period (please check other home nations for their own arrangements). This means you cannot access your second-year funding before January of the following year and the same applies to your final-year maintenance loan.

  Starting a condensed course in January means that, for funding purposes, you’ll be classed as a January starter for the duration of your course.

Self-funding your course

If you don't want to borrow your tuition fees from the government then you can self-finance your course – either by paying in full or arranging to pay your fees in instalments. As long as you are studying over 30 credits, you will be defaulted into the appropriate three instalment payment plan as detailed in our Tuition Fee Terms and Conditions.

Payments and instalments can be made through our secure online payment portal. All major credit and debit cards (excluding AMEX and US cards) are accepted. You will need your student number and date of birth to complete data validation checks. You can check the fees for individual courses on our course finder.

Please note that any student failing to adhere to the applicable instalment scheme will be at risk of having restrictions applied to their university account.

If you have any problems with your payment, please contact our Finance team.

Sponsored students

If your fees are to be paid in part or fully by a sponsor (such as your employer), you will be required to provide a sponsor letter prior to enrolment every academic year. The evidence must meet the following criteria:

Sponsored Letters are only to be completed by registered organisations and companies, and should not be used if your fees are to be paid by family members, friends etc., unless you are officially listed as an employee of theirs.

The completed sponsor letter needs to be emailed to debtenq.fin@coventry.ac.uk.

Contact us

We're here to help with any finance and funding questions you might have. Take a look at the relevant team's contact details below.