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FAFSA-Eligible UK Schools

Complete list of 212 UK universities where US citizens can use federal student loans.

Official Source: This data comes from the U.S. Department of Education's official list of International Schools Participating in the Federal Student Loan Programs.

Schools listed here are eligible for Direct Unsubsidized Loans and Direct PLUS Loans. Pell Grants are NOT available for study abroad.

186
England
16
Scotland
8
Wales
2
N. Ireland

How to Use Federal Loans at UK Schools

  1. 1
    Complete the FAFSA

    File at studentaid.gov. Use the school's Federal School Code from the table below.

  2. 2
    Contact the UK school's financial aid office

    They'll guide you through their loan certification process and provide cost of attendance information.

  3. 3
    Complete loan counseling and MPN

    Required for all federal loans. Complete at studentaid.gov.

Federal Loan Limits

Year Dependent Students Independent Students
First Year $5,500 $9,500
Second Year $6,500 $10,500
Third Year+ $7,500 $12,500

Parents of dependent students can also borrow Direct PLUS Loans up to the cost of attendance minus other aid.

England (186 Schools)

University School Code City
Anglia Ruskin University 03435300 Chelmsford
Arts University Bournemouth 03589400 Poole
Aston University 01225800 Birmingham
Bath Spa University 03533300 Bath
Birmingham City University 01221500 Birmingham
Bournemouth University 03350300 Poole
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 01079400 Bristol
Brunel University London 01178000 Middlesex
Buckinghamshire New University 04295000 High Wycombe
City, University of London 00869300 London
Cliff College 04238100 Calver
Cranfield University 01049300 Bedford
De Montfort University 02310500 Leicester
Edge Hill University 04252200 Ormskirk
Falmouth University 03859400 Falmouth
Goldsmiths, University of London 01176500 London
Guildhall School of Music & Drama 02196700 London
Hartpury University 04279500 Hartpury
Imperial College London 01156700 London
King's College London 00908500 London
Kingston University 01081600 Kingston Upon Thames
Leeds Arts University 04262300 Leeds
Leeds Beckett University 03501400 Leeds
Liverpool Hope University 04115900 Liverpool
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 03287300 Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University 03580300 Liverpool
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art 02108600 London
London Contemporary Dance School 04134200 London
London Film School 01057400 London
London Metropolitan University 02235300 London
London South Bank University 03352300 London
Loughborough University 00845800 Loughborough
Manchester Metropolitan University 03033300 Manchester
Middlesex University 02180500 London
National Film & Television School 02496700 Beaconsfield
Nazarene Theological College 03770300 Manchester
Norwich University of the Arts 04244500 Norwich
Nottingham Trent University 03092500 Nottingham
Oxford Brookes University 02087900 Headington
Queen Mary University of London 00669700 London
Ravensbourne University London 04253500 London
Richmond, The American International University in London 01059400 London
Roehampton University 02101900 London
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance 03807300 Sidcup
Royal Academy of Music 01176400 London
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 01008900 London
Royal College of Art 00942300 London
Royal College of Music 01233500 London
Royal Northern College of Music 02320500 Manchester
Royal Veterinary College 03824300 London
Solent University 02561600 Southampton
St George's, University of London 02266600 London
St Mary's University, Twickenham 04143700 Twickenham
Staffordshire University 04275700 Stoke-on-Trent
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 01052000 Greenwich
University College Birmingham 04212900 Birmingham
University for the Creative Arts 02338900 Farnham
University of Bath 01167900 Bath
University of Birmingham 00890800 Birmingham
University of Bradford 01219800 Bradford
University of Brighton 03517300 Brighton
University of Bristol 00763200 Bristol
University of Buckingham 03012700 Buckingham
University of Cambridge 00403000 Cambridge
Cambridge - Christ's College 02207300 Cambridge
Cambridge - Churchill College 01019000 Cambridge
Cambridge - Clare College 01033200 Cambridge
Cambridge - Clare Hall 02271700 Cambridge
Cambridge - Corpus Christi College 02167400 Cambridge
Cambridge - Darwin College 02052400 Cambridge
Cambridge - Downing College 00685000 Cambridge
Cambridge - Emmanuel College 02186100 Cambridge
Cambridge - Fitzwilliam College 00992700 Cambridge
Cambridge - Girton College 01210100 Cambridge
Cambridge - Gonville & Caius College 01230200 Cambridge
Cambridge - Homerton College 02142000 Cambridge
Cambridge - Hughes Hall 02232100 Cambridge
Cambridge - Jesus College 02296300 Cambridge
Cambridge - King's College 02177700 Cambridge
Cambridge - Lucy Cavendish College 02116700 Cambridge
Cambridge - Magdalene College 02186000 Cambridge
Cambridge - Murray Edwards College 02272200 Cambridge
Cambridge - Newnham College 02087400 Cambridge
Cambridge - Pembroke College 00669100 Cambridge
Cambridge - Peterhouse 01175800 Cambridge
Cambridge - Queen's College 02082400 Cambridge
Cambridge - Robinson College 02212300 Cambridge
Cambridge - St Catharine's College 03492400 Cambridge
Cambridge - St Edmund's College 02094400 Cambridge
Cambridge - St John's College 01283900 Cambridge
Cambridge - Selwyn College 03494400 Cambridge
Cambridge - Sidney Sussex College 02133400 Cambridge
Cambridge - Trinity College 01207500 Cambridge
Cambridge - Trinity Hall 02335100 Cambridge
Cambridge - Wolfson College 02083400 Cambridge
University of Central Lancashire 03515300 Lancashire
University of Chester 04170900 Chester
University of Chichester 03694300 Chichester
University of Derby 03728300 Derby
University of Durham 00858700 Durham
University of East Anglia 01091500 Norwich
University of East London 03045000 London
University of Essex 00868700 Colchester
University of Exeter 00944200 Exeter
University of Greenwich 03619300 London
University of Hertfordshire 01052500 Hatfield
University of Huddersfield 01297800 Huddersfield
University of Hull 00891000 Hull
University of Keele 03029400 Keele
University of Kent 00866500 Canterbury
University of Lancaster 00944400 Lancaster
University of Leeds 00669200 Leeds
University of Leicester 02229100 Leicester
University of Lincoln 03684400 Lincoln
University of Liverpool 00924900 Liverpool
London Business School 02095500 London
London School of Economics and Political Science 00669300 London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 02210000 London
Royal Holloway, University of London 00908600 Egham
SOAS University of London 00669400 London
University College London (UCL) 00669500 London
Birkbeck, University of London 00908400 London
Courtauld Institute of Art 02120000 London
University of Manchester 01213600 Manchester
Newcastle University 00846000 Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbria University 03029500 Newcastle
University of Nottingham 00892000 Nottingham
University of Oxford 00839400 Oxford
Oxford - Balliol College 01009000 Oxford
Oxford - Blackfriars 02271900 Oxford
Oxford - Brasenose College 01107200 Oxford
Oxford - Campion Hall 02271800 Oxford
Oxford - Christ Church 01107100 Oxford
Oxford - Corpus Christi College 01008800 Oxford
Oxford - Exeter College 01107000 Oxford
Oxford - Green Templeton College 03492300 Oxford
Oxford - Harris Manchester College 03494600 Oxford
Oxford - Hertford College 01106900 Oxford
Oxford - Jesus College 01106800 Oxford
Oxford - Keble College 01106700 Oxford
Oxford - Lady Margaret Hall 01105500 Oxford
Oxford - Linacre College 01276500 Oxford
Oxford - Lincoln College 01106600 Oxford
Oxford - Magdalen College 01086600 Oxford
Oxford - Mansfield College 01183800 Oxford
Oxford - Merton College 01106500 Oxford
Oxford - New College 01106400 Oxford
Oxford - Nuffield College 01106300 Oxford
Oxford - Oriel College 01106200 Oxford
Oxford - Pembroke College 01106100 Oxford
Oxford - Queen's College 01106000 Oxford
Oxford - Regent's Park College 01220100 Oxford
Oxford - Somerville College 01098000 Oxford
Oxford - St Anne's College 01105400 Oxford
Oxford - St Antony's College 01105900 Oxford
Oxford - St Catherine's College 00963400 Oxford
Oxford - St Edmund Hall 01105800 Oxford
Oxford - St Hilda's College 01105300 Oxford
Oxford - St Hugh's College 01094200 Oxford
Oxford - St John's College 01086700 Oxford
Oxford - St Peter's College 01008700 Oxford
Oxford - Trinity College 01105700 Oxford
Oxford - University College 01105600 Oxford
Oxford - Wadham College 01099900 Oxford
Oxford - Wolfson College 01227500 Oxford
Oxford - Worcester College 01078900 Oxford
Oxford - Wycliffe Hall 02183500 Oxford
University of Plymouth 02352100 Plymouth
University of Portsmouth 02115900 Portsmouth
University of Reading 01014300 Reading
University of Salford 00900600 Salford
University of Sheffield 00839800 Sheffield
University of Southampton 00839900 Southampton
University of Sunderland 03507300 Sunderland
University of Surrey 00986000 Guildford
University of Sussex 00669900 Brighton
University of the Arts London 03473300 London
University of the West of England 02194800 Bristol
University of Warwick 00838000 Coventry
University of West London 03945300 Ealing
University of Westminster 02195100 London
University of Winchester 02149700 Winchester
University of Wolverhampton 03085100 Wolverhampton
University of Worcester 04128600 Worcester
University of York 00670000 York
York St John University 04032300 York

Scotland (16 Schools)

University School Code City
Abertay University 03674300 Dundee
Edinburgh Napier University 03418400 Edinburgh
Glasgow Caledonian University 03342300 Glasgow
Glasgow School of Art 02545700 Glasgow
Heriot-Watt University 02273900 Edinburgh
Queen Margaret University 03349400 Edinburgh
Robert Gordon University 03102800 Aberdeen
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 03088700 Glasgow
University of Aberdeen 00936800 Aberdeen
University of Edinburgh 00683900 Edinburgh
University of Glasgow 00838300 Glasgow
University of St Andrews 00846100 St Andrews
University of Stirling 01022800 Stirling
University of Strathclyde 00980800 Glasgow
University of the Highlands and Islands 04230700 Inverness
University of the West of Scotland 04259500 Paisley

Wales (8 Schools)

University School Code City
Aberystwyth University 00845200 Aberystwyth
Bangor University 01058900 Gwynedd
Cardiff Metropolitan University 03377300 Cardiff
Cardiff University 01015700 Cardiff
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 03478300 Cardiff
Swansea University 00858600 Swansea
University of South Wales 03547300 Pontypridd
University of Wales Trinity Saint David 01234100 Carmarthen

Northern Ireland (2 Schools)

University School Code City
Queen's University Belfast 02273600 Belfast
Ulster University 02588000 Coleraine

Important Notes

Pell Grants Not Available

Federal Pell Grants cannot be used at schools outside the US. Only Direct Loans (Subsidized, Unsubsidized, and PLUS) are available for UK study.

Verify Before Applying

Always confirm a school's current eligibility status with the Federal School Code Search before submitting your FAFSA.

Additional Funding Options

Many UK universities offer merit scholarships to international students. Check our US Citizens Studying in UK guide for scholarship opportunities.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use FAFSA for UK universities? ▼

Yes. Over 200 UK universities participate in US federal student loan programs. You can file your FAFSA and use Direct Loans (Subsidized, Unsubsidized, and Parent PLUS) to help pay for tuition at eligible UK schools. Each school has a Federal School Code you'll need when completing your FAFSA.

Can I use Pell Grants to study in the UK? ▼

No. Federal Pell Grants are only available for study at US institutions. For UK study, you can only use federal student loans (Direct Subsidized, Direct Unsubsidized, and Direct PLUS Loans). However, some private scholarships and UK university merit awards may help offset costs.

What is the FAFSA school code for Oxford University? ▼

The University of Oxford's Federal School Code is 00839400. Individual Oxford colleges also have their own codes (e.g., Balliol College is 01009000, Christ Church is 01107100). You can use either the main university code or your specific college code on your FAFSA.

What is the FAFSA school code for Cambridge University? ▼

The University of Cambridge's Federal School Code is 00403000. Individual Cambridge colleges also have their own codes (e.g., Trinity College is 01207500, King's College is 02177700). You can use either the main university code or your specific college code on your FAFSA.

How much can I borrow in federal loans for UK study? ▼

Annual Direct Loan limits for undergraduates: First year: $5,500-$9,500; Second year: $6,500-$10,500; Third year+: $7,500-$12,500 (higher limits for independent students). Parents can also borrow Direct PLUS Loans up to the full cost of attendance minus other aid received.

Is LSE (London School of Economics) FAFSA eligible? ▼

Yes. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is fully eligible for US federal student loans. The Federal School Code for LSE is 00669300.

Is Imperial College London FAFSA eligible? ▼

Yes. Imperial College London is fully eligible for US federal student loans. The Federal School Code for Imperial is 01156700.

Is UCL (University College London) FAFSA eligible? ▼

Yes. University College London (UCL) is fully eligible for US federal student loans. The Federal School Code for UCL is 00669500.

How do I apply for federal loans for a UK university? ▼

1) Complete the FAFSA at studentaid.gov using the UK school's Federal School Code. 2) Contact the UK university's financial aid office for their loan certification process. 3) Complete entrance counseling and sign your Master Promissory Note (MPN) at studentaid.gov. The UK school will certify your loan based on their cost of attendance.

Are Scottish universities FAFSA eligible? ▼

Yes. 16 Scottish universities are eligible for US federal student loans, including the University of Edinburgh (00683900), University of Glasgow (00838300), University of St Andrews (00846100), and University of Aberdeen (00936800). Note: Scottish undergraduate degrees are typically 4 years, unlike 3-year English degrees.

What's the difference between "Eligible" and "Deferment Only" schools? ▼

"Eligible" schools can certify new federal student loans - you can borrow to attend. "Deferment Only" schools cannot certify new loans but will allow you to defer existing loan payments while enrolled. All schools listed on this page are fully "Eligible" for new loans.

Can I use federal loans for a UK master's degree? ▼

Yes. Graduate students can borrow up to $20,500 per year in Direct Unsubsidized Loans, plus additional funds through Grad PLUS Loans up to the cost of attendance. UK master's programs are typically 1 year, making them very cost-effective compared to 2-year US programs.

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