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If you鈥檙e thinking of leaving your course due to the current cost of living pressures. Check out our cost of living guide before making your decision. As you might find a way to get more funding which allows you to continue with your studies.

1. Speak to your uni or college first

If you want to leave your course early, you should speak to a student finance advisor at your uni or college for advice. They鈥檒l take some details from you, including your last day.

Your uni or college will send us these details to tell us that you鈥檝e withdrawn. We use these to work out how much student finance you鈥檙e entitled to.

2. Contact us so we can stop your next student finance payment

Sometimes you鈥檒l get a Maintenance Loan payment after withdrawing. This could be because we had already started to process your payment before your uni or college told us you had left your course. To stop this from happening, you should contact us and we鈥檒l stop your next student finance payment.

Any Maintenance Loan you鈥檙e paid after your withdrawal date needs to be paid back straight away.

Your Tuition Fee Loan is repaid as normal.

3. We鈥檒l reassess your application

We鈥檒l use the date your uni or college gave us to work out how much student finance you鈥檙e entitled to. This is because you can only get funding for the time you were in study.

Example: You were paid 拢1,200 at the start of term (拢100 a week for a 12-week term).

You leave after 8 weeks, so you鈥檙e entitled to 拢800.

You need to repay 拢400. If you can鈥檛 repay this straight away, you can contact us to set up a payment plan.

4. We鈥檒l contact you if your entitlement has changed

We鈥檒l contact you to let you know if the amount you鈥檙e entitled to has changed.

5. Repay anything you鈥檙e not entitled to

If you鈥檝e been paid more than you鈥檙e entitled to, you鈥檒l usually need to repay this straight away, even if you鈥檙e earning below the repayment threshold. If you can鈥檛 afford to do this, you can contact us to set up a payment plan.

Find out more about repaying your student finance if you leave your course.

If you鈥檝e suspended for health reasons

If your health is affecting your studies, you should speak to your Student Support Services to see if you can suspend your course. You might be able to get funding for an extra 60 days after you suspend. We can only do this if:

• your university has told us that you鈥檝e suspended for health reasons

• you send us evidence, such as a letter from your doctor

Extra funding is only awarded if you suspend your studies. It doesn鈥檛 apply if you withdraw or transfer.

Additional resources and support

There are a number of organisations that you can talk to for support if you鈥檙e struggling with your mental health or experiencing financial hardship because you鈥檝e had to repay some of your student finance.

Check out:

• 聽for student mental health support.
• 聽for forums where you can learn from other students and ask questions.
• 聽for general financial guidance.
• 听补苍诲听聽for international students.