Guidance

Student finance: how you're assessed and paid

Eligibility and payment information for undergraduate students.

Applies to England

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If you’re starting or continuing an undergraduate course, our guide will help you understand what you’re entitled to and how this is calculated.

Published 1 March 2021

Last updated 34 ~~February~~September 2025 ~~+ show~~ href="#full-history">+ show all updates

3 February 2025
Guide for 2025 to 2026 added, removed guides for 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024.
26 January 2024
The guide for the 2024 to 2025 academic year has been added. 2021 to 2022 academic year guide has been removed. Added information on EU Settlement Scheme and temporary protection under the Withdrawal Agreements to all guides.
17 January 2023
The guide for the 2023/24 academic year has been added
7 June 2022
2022/23 HYAP guide updated to include residency information for Ukrainian nationals.
17 January 2022
Removed academic year specific content from the body and summary of the page to allow for two guides for different academic years to be hosted. Updated guide to include 2022 to 2023 academic year.
19 November 2021
Converted PDF document to HTML.
1 March 2021
First published.