is it free to study nursing in the uk

If you are a international student, you will usually have to pay tuition fees to study in the UK. Nursing is an exception, so if you are training as a nurse you may be able to study on a free course.

You can study for a nursing qualification in the UK for free if you:

• are living in the UK on a visa that allows you to study there
• are studying nursing or another healthcare subject
• started your course before 1 August 2017
• have applied and been accepted to start a nursing qualification course before September 2019.

Note: You will usually have to pay tuition fees to study in the UK as an international student. If you are training as a nurse, however, you may be able to study on a free course.

1. You must be living in the UK on a visa that allows you to study here, such as:

If you are living in the UK, then you can study nursing for free. You must be living in the UK on a visa that allows you to study here, such as:

• A Tier 4 visa
• An EU student living in the UK until September 2019
• An asylum seeker who has been given permission to stay in the UK and access public funds.

2. You must already be studying one of these subjects at university or college in the UK and want to train for a new nursing qualification:

• You must already be studying one of these subjects at university or college in the UK and want to train for a new nursing qualification:
• adult branch
• child branch
• mental health branch
• learning disabilities branch
• midwifery

Check with your university or college to see if they are offering these courses.

3. You must have started your course before 1 August 2017. If you started after this date then you will have to pay tuition fees.

If you are studying nursing in the UK, you may be eligible for a tuition fee loan. You’ll only be eligible if:

• 1. You’re enrolled on a course that began before 1 August 2017 at a university/college in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. England has different rules.
• 2. Your course is an undergraduate course (i.e., not postgraduate).
• 3. You must have started your course before 1 August 2017. If you started after this date then you will have to pay tuition fees.

You may also be eligible for other financial help, such as child benefit and child tax credit (which doesn’t affect your benefits), or a maintenance loan (depending on where you live).

4. You must be applying for one of these qualifications in nursing:

You must be applying for one of these qualifications in nursing:

a degree in adult nursing, child nursing or mental health nursing

a degree in another healthcare subject, such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography or dietetics

a degree in another subject followed by a postgraduate diploma or masters course in nursing

5. You must be starting your course before September 2019 because EU students will no longer get student finance from September 2019 onwards and will have to pay fees like other international students. Work out when this change effects your course and plan accordingly.

• You must be starting your course before September 2019 because EU students will no longer get student finance from September 2019 onwards and will have to pay fees like other international students. Work out when this change effects your course and plan accordingly.

EU students currently in the UK, or those starting in 2018/19, will not be affected by the changes as long as they complete their course before 31 December 2020. This deadline also applies if you are already receiving student funding from Student Finance England but intend to continue onto another programme of study. For example if you are doing a four year undergraduate degree, and wish to continue onto a Masters course at the end of your degree, you must complete your studies by 31 December 2020 (so would have to apply for a Masters programme by October 2019).

If you started studying on or before 1 August 2017, you’ll still be eligible for Home fee status for your entire course – whether it’s one year or five years long.

If you start after 1 August 2017, how much tuition fee support you get depends on what kind of degree you’re already doing:

• If you’ve already finished an undergraduate degree funded by Student Finance England then any subsequent Master’s degrees will be funded at the same rate as current international postgraduate students (as described above).
• If you haven’t yet completed an undergraduate degree then any Master’s degrees up to 31 December 2020 will be funded at Home rates (even if your first degree is completed after that date).

6. Your university or college must have a sponsor licence from the Home Office which allows them to take part in the Tier 4 points-based system for visas. Check with them and make sure they have this licence before you apply.

• Your university or college must have a sponsor licence from the Home Office which allows them to take part in the Tier 4 points-based system for visas. Check with them and make sure they have this licence before you apply.

If your institution doesn’t have a licence, they will also be able to tell you what their next steps are. If a potential sponsor is not yet licensed, but has applied for a licence, they can accept applications from international students and issue confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) numbers.

If you live in the UK on a visa that allows you to study here, then yes it is free to study nursing in an eligible institution

This will depend on your personal circumstances. If you live in the UK on a visa that allows you to study here, then yes it is free to study nursing in an eligible institution (the institution needs to have a sponsor licence and your course must be eligible). You need to check whether you meet all of the eligibility criteria and this page has more information with details of what do if you do not meet the criteria.