Full-time Student Funding

The Student Funds Service can be found in Learner Services at the Main Campus. Below you will find all the information you need to apply for financial support.

Further Education Funding

There are various funds that provide financial support for students on non-advanced courses:

• Further Education Bursary
• Further Education Discretionary Fund
• Further Education Childcare Fund.

If you make an application to any of the above funds, your personal and financial circumstances will be taken into account to determine eligibility. Only students who are studying at a non-advanced level (up to SCQF Level 6) can apply to the above funds.

Check out our Further Education Funding Postcard for a quick guide to the funding available to you.

Download our Further Education Funding Guide for a further explanation of the types of funding available and whether you may qualify.  If you are offered a place on a course at Kilmarnock College it is important that you apply for funding as soon as possible as funds are limited.

At peak times it can take between 6 to 12 weeks to process your funding application fully. It is important therefore that you apply as soon as you know you have been accepted onto a course. Applications are accepted from March.

Higher Education Funding

You can apply for Higher Education funding if you are studying full-time at an advanced level on either an HNC or HND course.

Check out our Higher Education Funding Postcard for a quick guide to the funding available to you.

Students must apply to the Students Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) for this support.

You can apply for:

• Tuition Fees
• Student Loan
• Travel Expenses
• Supplementary Grants (Young Students Bursary, Independent Students Bursary, Dependants Grant, Lone Parents Grant, Additional Childcare Grant, Vocational Grant for Care Leavers, Disabled Students Allowance).

Download our Higher Education Funding Guide for more details on the above funding and to find out how to complete the application process.

Applications for Higher Education Funding must be completed online at www.saas.gov.uk and can be completed from April onwards. Paper applications are no longer available.

Higher Education students can also apply directly to Kilmarnock College for additional support from the Higher Education Discretionary Fund or Higher Education Childcare Fund. Both these funds are cash limited and means tested therefore you will be required to provide proof that you are in need of additional financial support.

Telephone: 01563 495033
Email: student_funding@kilmarnock.ac.uk