Lots of students take a loan from a student loan service to pay their university fees and other living costs. But if you are studying dietetics, depending on where you study in the UK, you could get your fees paid, and apply for funding towards your fees and other costs such as living, travel and childcare.
If you want to become a dietitian and live in the UK you can apply for a grant of £5,000 for each year you study.
The grant does not need to be paid back and is available for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. You can also apply for parental support, travel, accommodation and exceptional hardship grants.
There are some rules about who can apply. You can find more information on the NHS learning support webpage and further financial support information can be found on the dietetics page of all universities that run a programme.
You do not have to pay university fees if dietetics is your first undergraduate degree and you are from Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland or the EU. The fees are paid by the Department of Health.
You can also apply for a range of grants, including maintenance, special support, disability, childcare, adult dependants, parents’ learning and travel,depending on your circumstances.
For postgraduate courses, part-funding is available and there is an allowance for disabled students.
Full information is on the Ulster University website who run the only dietetics courses in Northern Ireland.
Student Award Agency Scotland can help undergraduate and postgraduate higher education students find the right information, support and funding.
You can also apply for a living cost grant if you are a single parent or have dependents.
You can apply for a disabled student's allowance if you are on an undergraduate or postgraduate course.
You do not have to pay university fees if dietetics is your first undergraduate degree, or you are doing a postgraduate diploma (PG Dip) in dietetics, and you live in the UK.
You can also get a £1,000 grant, a bursary towards living costs and other costs like childcare, and disabled student, dependents and parental learning allowances.
EU students starting Health Education Courses on or after 1 August 2021 must have and maintain settled or pre-settled status in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme to be eligible for funding under the NHS Wales Bursary Scheme. EU students who have already started or who start Health Education Courses before 1 August 2021 will continue to be eligible for the bursary for the duration of that Health Education Course.
To qualify for any funding you have to commit to working in Wales after you graduate for two years (if you did a three year course) or 18 months (if you did a two year course). If you cannot commit to this you can still study a course in Wales but need to fund yourself or through the student loan service in your home country.
For more information visit the student award services pages on the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership website.