Types of Student Loan

You have Plan 1 if any of the following apply:
• you lived in Northern Ireland when you started your course
• you lived in England or Wales and started your course before 1 September 2012

You have a Plan 2 if:
You lived in England or Wales and started your course on or after 1 September 2012.

You have a Plan 4 if:
You lived in Scotland and applied through the
Students Award Agency Scotland (SAAS) when you started your course.

You have a Postgraduate Loan if any of the
following apply:
• you lived in England and started your Postgraduate Master’s course on or after 1 August 2016
• you lived in Wales and started your Postgraduate Master’s course on or after 1 August 2017
• you lived in England or Wales and started your Postgraduate Doctoral course on or after 1 August 2018