Funding med school

Thread Starter Funding med school Follow 5 hours ago 5h ago You can get some funding for medicine as a second degree from SFE, depending on which type of course you're doing. If you're doing a standard entry 5/6 year course, you can get a maintenance loan only (no tuition fee loan) for the first 4 years of the course, and will be funded by NHS bursary covering the tuition fees for the final year(s), and also for maintenance purposes. If you're doing an accelerated GEM course, for the first year you will need to self-fund the first ~£3000 of the tuition fees (I forget the exact amount, it's slightly higher than that but 3k and a bit), and can get a tuition fee loan for the rest and a maintenance loan. For years 2-4 you are funded under the NHS bursary model which covers your tuition fees and a (modest) maintenance bursary. You may be eligible for a reduced maintenance loan during these years as well. Generally GEM tends to be the...
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