Students from Scotland

Students studying part-time or distance learning undergraduate courses are not eligible for a student loan or bursary.

To receive funding, you need to:

• meet SAAS residence conditions
• earn less than £25,000 per year in gross income (before tax and National Insurance) in the tax year ending 5 April 2025, including bonuses, benefits and overtime

• have left full-time compulsory education, such as high school

   

If you are receiving any other support such as government training schemes, you will not be eligible for Part-time fee grant at the same time.

To receive the Part Time Fee Grant, you must be:

• studying an eligible higher education course
• continuing Professional Development with an eligible training provider in Scotland at levels 7 to 10 of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).
• doing a minimum 30 to 119 SCQF credits in each year of your course.

Please note that SAAS will only fund the minimum number of SCQF credits to gain a qualification.

Graduate entry and part-time paramedic, nursing and midwifery courses are not eligible for PTFG.

To see the amount for funding you would be eligible please refer to Part-time Funding Guide - SAAS

Tuition Fee Levels

The level of tuition fee support will be pro-rata on the number of SCQF credits you take. If you increase your credits after the cut off-date (1 December for Autumn start courses), you will NOT get a top-up of additional fees. 

Please visit the SAAS webpage for further information on how to apply -

https://www.saas.gov.uk/part-time/undergraduate-funding

Centre for Open Learning

If you are studying on the Access Programme or Certificate of Higher Education at the Centre for Open Learning, please contact the Registration team at col.admissions@ed.ac.uk  if you have any questions about the application process.

Centre for Open Learning

Your application will be assessed and if successful you will be sent an award letter by SAAS.  You are advised to contact SAAS if you have not heard back from them within 28 days of sending in your application form.