The tuition fees are paid directly to your university or education provider.
The maintenance loan is paid directly to your bank account in instalments.
These are at the start of each term in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and monthly in Scotland.
In order to be paid you’ll need to register, external at your university or college. You’ll usually do this in the first week of your course and you may have to take along your student finance entitlement letter.
In England you should get a text from the Student Loans Company a few days before to let you know the maintenance loan is on the way.
If you haven’t applied for a student loan yet it’s not too late. You can still apply for funding up to nine months after the first day of the academic year for your course.
The application process is different depending on where you live:
This article was originally published in The www.bbc.co.uk
