Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loans (PTFL)
From session 2012-2013 the current Postgraduate Student Allowances Scheme (PSAS) will be replaced with a repayable student support model. Eligible postgraduate students can apply to SAAS for a "Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan" (PTFL) from April 2012 to help with the cost of their fees. For general information about the scheme, please visit the SAAS website.
For 2012-13 entry, PTFL funding provides a repayable loan of up to £3,400 (up to £1,700 for part-time students) to assist with the Home tuition fee, and does not include maintenance grants.
To be eligible to apply for support you must:
- meet the set residence conditions (see the residence conditions page on the SAAS website for more details)
- be studying a course that is supported by the scheme; and
- not have received support from UK public funds for a previous vocational postgraduate course. Or if you are an EU (including UK) national, you have not received support from another EU country.
Please note that only a limited number of courses at St Andrews are supported by PTFL. Funding will be available for eligible students on the following courses:
- Advanced Computer Science
- Applied Statistics & Data Mining
- Graduate Diploma Information Technology
- Management and Information Technology
- Museum and Gallery Studies
Application
From 2012 entry onwards eligible students will be able to apply for Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loans (PTFL) through the SAAS website.
Full details regarding the application process are available on the 'How Do I Apply?' webpage.