a) Home Students (including residents of member states of the European Union)

Home students on the BA in French Studies will be charged £3,375 for tuition fees in the academic year 2011-12.

If you take out a Student Loan to cover the cost of tuition fees, the money will be paid directly to the Institute. If this is the case, you will not have to pay anything back until after you graduate and are earning at least £15,000 per year.

If you choose not to take out a Student Loan or are not eligible for one, the first instalment of the tuition fee will be payable on the first day of term.

b) Overseas students

Tuition fees for non-UK and non-EU residents in 2011-12 will be £11,300.

Student loans
Students who are UK residents should apply as early as possible to their Local Education Authority (LEA), who will determine eligibility for:

• Student Loan for tuition fees
• Student loan for maintenance costs
• Maintenance grant

If you are a non-UK resident of the European Union you can apply to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) for a loan to cover your tuition fees. UK Government support is not available to undergraduate students from outside the EU.

Loans are paid in three instalments directly into a UK bank account and the Student Loans Company sends out repeat application forms for subsequent years.

Grants
Full-time students may be eligible for a non-repayable maintenance grant of up to £2,906, depending on financial circumstances. If your income, or that of your family, is £25,000 per year or less, you may be eligible for a full grant. Partial grants are likely to be available to those with a household income of between approximately £25,000 and £60,005. 

Bursaries
The University of London Institute in Paris has introduced a package of bursaries to assist students with the cost of study. The bursaries are deliberately aimed at assisting students who are in most need of financial support. Note that bursaries do not need to be repaid. Three levels of bursaries are available:

• Students who come from households with an income of less than £25,000, and who therefore qualify for full state support, are likely to be eligible for a bursary of £1,129 per year of study for the duration of their degree programme at the University of London Institute in Paris .
• Students who qualify for a partial Maintenance Grant and who come from households with incomes of between £25,001 and £34,613, are likely to be eligible for a bursary of £901 per year of study for the duration of their degree programme at the University of London Institute in Paris.
• The special higher-rate bursary of £4,000 awarded to students who achieved three 'A' grades in A-levels in one sitting and who come from households with an income of less than £18,360 per annum will continue for students who started a course at ULIP before 2009 only.

In order to qualify for the payment of the above bursaries, students will need to have met the academic requirements of the BA programme; be in receipt of a conditional confirmed offer of a place; and to have enrolled at the University of London Institute in Paris .

To receive  a bursary from ULIP, you must have applied for income-assessed UK Government Financial Support. When you do so, you will be asked to give consent to your information being shared with the University you will join. If your sponsor/parents are submitting financial details about themselves as part of the application, they will also be asked to give their consent. It is important that this consent is given so that we can view assessed income details to decide whether you qualify for a ULIP bursary.

You do not need to make a separate application to the University of London Institute in Paris for the bursaries the Institute offers. 

For further information about government funding for students in higher education please visit the Department for Education and Skills website, www.dfes.gov.uk/studentsupport

We would also be pleased to provide you with further information and guidance. Please contact staff in the Institute's departmental office on 00 33 (0)1 44 11 73 83/ 76 or e-mail us at french@ulip.lon.ac.uk