What funding is available
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When you complete a funding application funding, you will be asked questions about your personal circumstances such as your age, your nationality, your income, your study history and your course details. You will be asked for documents to verify some of this information.
The below information below about funding for your age and circumstances are summaries from our Let's get your funding sorted booklet (2024 - 2025) :
- Under 16 year old
- 16 - 17 year old
- 18 - 24 years old - in parental home
- 18 - 24 years old - away from parental home
- Under 25 - independent of parents
- 25 years old and over
- Care experienced students
- Universal Credit Claimants
- Higher education students (SCQF Level 7, HNC, HND or Degree)
Funding for students in Scotland is based on the eligibility criteria set out in the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) or SAAS funding policies. To allow us to provide you with money to fund your studies, you have to qualify for support from these funds or from funding from your home country.