What you need to know at a glance

What you need to know about money, fees and funding support.

Key information

NTU Bursary notification letters and payment dates

We approve NTU bursaries for full-time undergraduate UK home students early in September. Most letters will go out between September and November. We'll send it to the same place as your student finance correspondence, which may be your home address. You'll also find a copy of the bursary letter on the student finance portal.

Find more support on our bursaries and scholarships page.

If you are repeating a year or have previously studied elsewhere

If you are repeating some of your undergraduate courses, or if you have studied a previous course or at a different university, your funding may be affected. Find out about your options on our previous study and Compelling Personal Reasons page.

Help with money management

Here are a few suggestions:

Divide your termly income across the number of weeks it needs to last to give yourself a weekly budget.
Set up a second bank account. Transfer a weekly or monthly amount so you aren't in danger of overspending.
Create a budget plan detailing how much you'll spend on each living cost. Track your spending as you go.

Check out our managing your money information, where you'll find details of our workshops and tips on looking after your finances.

Extra help for estranged students and care leavers

If you're estranged or a care leaver, the Student Money Team can help you plan your finances. They'll support you to apply to your national Student Finance service as an independent student.

Find out more about support for estranged students and support for care leavers.

Household income re-assessments

For home undergraduate students, maintenance funding is usually assessed based on household income. For most students under the age of 25, they use your parental household income. For the 2026/27 academic year, student finance uses household income from the 2024/25 tax year to decide what maintenance funding to give you.

You can ask your national student finance service for a reassessment if:

You believe your household income is now 15% lower than in the 2024/25 tax year
You're from Northern Ireland, and you believe your household income is now 5% lower

This is a Current Year Income Assessment. It's based on your predicted household income for the current tax year instead. They'll use this to decide how much maintenance funding to give you.

There are a few things to consider before asking for a Current Year Income Assessment.

Your national student finance service must assess your 2024/25 household income first.
As estimated income is used to begin with, you'll need to confirm your actual household income at a later stage. You may need to do this periodically throughout the year.
A significant discrepancy between the predicted income and the confirmed income may trigger a further reassessment. If you're given too much maintenance funding, you may have to repay the overpaid amount.

Find out more about current year income assessments.