US and Canadian funding

US Federal Loans for full Undergraduate or Postgraduate courses.

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Loans for Students from USA – Direct, PLUS and Private

Loans for Students from Canada – please contact usloans@lincoln.ac.uk for help with funding advice and form completion.

You can only receive US Federal Loans for full Undergraduate or Postgraduate courses. If the course you wish to study does not fall into either of these categories you can only apply for a Private Loan. Please contact usloans@lincoln.ac.uk for further information.

Please note the University of Lincoln will not start the origination of your loan until June before the start of the course (assuming the student is enrolling in October). For students studying on a programme where enrolment may be at anytime during the academic year e.g. PhD courses, please contact usloans@lincoln.ac.uk for instructions on how to apply for your funding.

Please look at https://studentaid.gov to see what your next steps are. Please note, although you are informed that your School knows that you have applied through FAFSA, we would recommend that you contact us directly by email to usloans@lincoln.ac.uk. We can then liaise with you through the process of originating your Federal Student Aid or Private Loan(s). This process ensures that you experience no delays in the processing of your Student Aid.

Further information

Cost of Attendance

The amount you can borrow depends upon your calculated Cost of Attendance, minus any other expected financial Aid (EFA) this can include things like bursaries, scholarships, grants and other awards.

The Cost of Attendance (COA) only includes study-related costs i.e. tuition fees, plus living and estimated study expenses. Living expenses include accommodation, local travel costs (plus the estimated cost of two return flights), course materials and books, and miscellaneous expenses.

Once your eligibility has been assessed, your COA will be confirmed to you by email and you will be asked to read this document carefully, before signing and returning it to the University.

Assuming you are eligible, once your loans are originated we can ask for your tuition fee deposit to be waived, which will enable your CAS to be issued. Also, please let us know if you wish to reside in University managed accommodation as we can pay your rent direct from your loan disbursements.

Applications for each new academic cycle can be submitted from June 1st onwards.

University of Lincoln’s school code (OPE) is G36844.

More information about the cost of living in the UK can be found here.

More information about tuition fee costs can be found here.

Attendance Monitoring

Information relating to attendance monitoring for US students can be found here.

University of Lincoln Consumer Disclosures

The University of Lincoln has a number of policies in order to comply with UK statutory requirements and to provide students with the expectations of best practice and good conduct while they study.

For further information on Policies :University of Lincoln Consumer Disclosures

Default management plan

The University of Lincoln uses the following default management plan for students in receipt of US Federal Financial Aid.

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Loans for Students from USA – Direct, PLUS and Private