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This note sets out the financial support available to students in England starting undergraduate and graduate degrees in medicine in 2014/15 and 2015/16.
Support for medical students in England in 2014/15 and 2015/16 (133 KB , PDF)
This note sets out the financial support available to students in England starting undergraduate and graduate degrees in medicine in 2014/15 and 2015/16. The table below provides a summary of the support available, which varies depending on the study route taken. The arrangements from 2016/17 onwards have not yet been announced.
Section two of the note highlights some issues related to financial support for medical students.
Students taking the 5/6 year undergraduate medical degree | ||
Undergraduates |
Graduates |
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Years 1-4 |
Student Finance England funding on the same basis as for all other undergraduate students |
No tuition fee loans or grants available. Full maintenance loan from Student Finance England |
Year 5 onwards |
Tuition fees paid by NHS Means tested NHS Bursary of up to £3,159 (in London) Non-means tested NHS grant of £1,000 Reduced rate non-income assessed maintenance loan from Student Finance England |
Tuition fees paid by NHS Means tested NHS Bursary of up to £3,159 (in London) Non-means tested NHS grant of £1,000 Reduced rate non-income assessed maintenance loan from Student Finance England |
Graduate students taking the accelerated graduate medicine course |
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Year 1 |
Student pays first £3,465 of tuition fees and may take out fee loan from Student Finance England for the remainder, up to 9,000. Full maintenance loan from Student Finance England |
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Year 2 onwards |
First £3,465 of fees paid by NHS. Student may take out fee loan from Student Finance England for the remainder. Means tested NHS Bursary of up to £3,159 (in London) Non-means tested NHS grant of £1,000 Reduced rate non-income assessed maintenance loan from Student Finance England |
Support for medical students in England in 2014/15 and 2015/16 (133 KB , PDF)
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