# The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, Schedule 6: Fee loan per-course amounts for various higher education courses

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Course type
Fee loan per-course amount
Architecture course:
A first degree course leading to a postgraduate qualification accredited by the Architects Registration Board.
600
Bachelor Degree:
A first degree course leading to the qualification “bachelor’s degree”, meaning an ordinary (non-honours) degree. This is a separate course type to the Bachelor’s degree with Honours, and not a classification of an Honours degree.
300
Bachelor Degree with Honours (including an undergraduate Master of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland), where either:
a) the course contains at least 4,800 notional learning hours and has a full-time equivalent duration of at least 4 full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or
b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but the course has a minimum of 480 credits attached to it, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year - with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body (meaning the regulatory body that sets expectations regarding the use of credits in higher education).
480
Bachelor Degree with Honours (including an undergraduate Master of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland), where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480, and either:
a) the course contains at least 4,200 notional learning hours and has a full-time equivalent duration of 3 full-time years plus an additional period of learning comprising less than 15 weeks of taught study containing at least 600 notional learning hours, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or
b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 420 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year - with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body.
420
Bachelor Degree with Honours (including an undergraduate Master of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland), where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480, 420 or 390.
360
Bachelor’s Degree with Honours (including an undergraduate Master of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland), where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480 or 420, and either:
a) the course contains at least 3,900 notional learning hours and has a standard full-time equivalent duration of 3 full-time years plus an additional period of learning comprising less than 15 weeks of taught study containing at least 300 notional learning hours, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or
b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 390 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year – with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body.
390
Bachelor’s Degree or an undergraduate Master of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland:
A first-degree course leading to the qualification “bachelor’s degree”, meaning an ordinary (non-honours) degree. This is a separate course type to the bachelor’s degree with Honours, and not a classification of an Honours degree
360
Bachelor’s degree with Honours or an undergraduate Master of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland, where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480, and either:
a) the course contains at least 6,000 notional learning hours and has a standard full-time equivalent duration of five full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or
b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 600 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year – with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectation and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body.
600
Integrated Master’s Degree offered by an institution located in Scotland, where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480, and either:
a) the course contains at least 6,000 credits of notional learning hours and has a standard full-time equivalent duration of five full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or
b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 600 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year – with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectation and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body.
600
Integrated Master’s Degree offered by an institution located in Scotland, where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 600 or 480, and either:
a) the course contains at least 7,200 credits of notional learning hours and has a standard full-time equivalent duration of six full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or
b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 720 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year – with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectation and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body.
720
Certificate of Higher Education:
A course leading to the qualification “Certificate of Higher Education”.
120
Diploma of Higher Education:
A course leading to the qualification “Diploma of Higher Education”.
240
First degree in Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, or Veterinary Science, with a duration of 6 years full-time equivalent or more.
720
First degree in Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, or Veterinary Science, with a duration of less than 6 years full-time equivalent
600
Foundation Degree:
A course leading to the qualification “Foundation Degree”.
240
Graduate Certificate:
A course leading to the qualification “Graduate Certificate”.
120
Graduate Diploma:
A course leading to the qualification “Graduate Diploma”.
120
Graduate Entry Medical, Dentistry and Veterinary Courses:
A graduate entry course leading to a medicine, dentistry or veterinary degree.
480
Higher National Certificate (not regulated by Ofqual):
A course leading to the qualification “Higher National Certificate”.
120
Higher National Diploma (not regulated by Ofqual):
A course leading to the qualification “Higher National Diploma”.
240
Initial Teacher Education [ITE] programme (one year):
A course leading to a level 4-7 qualification in teaching, and is not on the Ofqual register (meaning the register that lists qualifications regulated by Ofqual), and either contains at least 120 credits, or more than 1,200 notional learning hours (including time spent on integrated placements).
120
Integrated Masters Degree:
A first degree course leading to the qualification “Masters Degree”.
480
Postgraduate Course in Architecture:
A postgraduate course accredited bv the Architects Registration Board.
240
Postgraduate Healthcare (2 years full-time equivalent):
Where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 360 or 300.
240
Postgraduate Healthcare (2 years full-time, plus additional short year):
Where the course does not meet the criteria to have a per-course amount of 360 credits, but either:
a) the course has a standard full-time equivalent duration of 2 full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year, plus an additional period of learning comprising less than 15 weeks of study containing at least 600 notional learning hours, or
b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 300 credits are attached to the course - with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body.
300
Postgraduate Healthcare (3 years full-time equivalent), where either:
a) the course has a standard full-time equivalent duration of at least 3 full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or
b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 360 credits are attached to the course - with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body.
360

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/schedule/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/schedule-6
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