US federal loans
If you are a student from the USA, you may be eligible for a US federal loan provided by the US Department of Education.
Federal loans usually offer lower interest rates and more flexible repayment options than loans from banks or other private sources.
The Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ is certified to administer Federal Aid, and a range of our undergraduate and postgraduate courses are eligible for federal loan funding.
The Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ participates in the William D. Ford Direct Loan Programme for federal financial aid but you will have to apply for this through the .
Before you apply, download our comprehensive guide . Please find a copy of the .
US loans are administered by the university’s Student Funding Team based on the Moulsecoomb campus, Brighton.
For more information about student financial aid, see the Federal Student Aid website or call the Federal Student Aid Information Centre on 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243).
Ask us a question
For advice about Financial Aid for US students at the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ contact the Student Funding team.
Email: us-ca-loans@brighton.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1273 641875
Eligible courses
At the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ the following kinds of courses are eligible for federal loan funding:
- Bachelors degrees (3 or 4 year undergraduate degrees)
- Masters degrees
- Integrated Masters
- Doctoral degrees.
These programmes are NOT currently eligible for federal loan funding:
- Degrees taught at any of the university’s partner colleges including the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Lighthouse
- Grad Cert (Graduate Certificate), PG Cert (Postgraduate Certificate), PGCE (Postgraduate/Professional Graduate Certificate in Education) and PG Dip (Postgraduate Diploma) courses
- Practice-based qualifications (i.e. degrees requiring applicants to be professionals studying whilst working in a relevant sector)
- Degree apprenticeship courses
- Any course that is delivered outside of mainland UK
- Qualifications in nursing or midwifery
- Courses containing a compulsory industrial, professional or other placement element which is delivered by any organisation other than the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ (exceptions can be made where courses are accredited by professional statutory and regulatory bodies external to the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ and the placements are organised, monitored and assessed by trained Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ staff). Please contact us-ca-loans@brighton.ac.uk for further details.
- Any course that does not carry a degree award of any kind.
Please note that if your course involves a 'study abroad' year outside the UK, e.g. at one of the university’s partner institutions in EU Member States or in the US, then you would not be eligible for Federal (Direct Loan) funding for the study abroad year.
Veterans funding
If you are planning to use Post 9/11 GI Bill or any other funding from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, please email us at us-ca-loans@brighton.ac.uk as early as possible.
For you to be eligible for this funding, we need to obtain individual programme approval for each student, which can take several months.
Study Abroad
If you are registered at a US university and are here as part of a Study Abroad Programme, you should not apply for financial aid through the Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯. Please apply instead to your home university.