If you are entering the second or subsequent year of your course, the relevant information from your previous year's application will already be carried over, even if you applied on paper.

If you are using the online student finance application service for the first time, you first need to register as a new user.

• Register as a new person

If you have already registered
If you have already registered for student finance online, log in to access your application.

• Log on to your student finance account

Make sure you are getting all the help you are entitled to, by finding out about:

• finance for new students
• finance after your first year
• completing your student finance application
• Full time students getting started
• Finance after your first year
• Completing your student finance application

Although course and location are crucial when you're choosing a place to study, it's also worth thinking about:

• size of the institution: is it one campus, or are the buildings scattered?
• social facilities: what are the pubs, clubs, live music venues, cinemas and sports facilities like?
• accommodation: what are the halls of residence like, and how much does university and private accommodation cost?
• cost of living: how high are the costs of food and entertainment?
• Student Housing
• How much University will cost

It’s worth researching the help and support that would be available to you at different universities and colleges.
This will vary widely depending on the type of institution you attend and the type of help and support you need. For instance, many universities and colleges have study skill centres to help students adjust to academic life.
All universities and colleges will have support staff to help you with the kinds of problems you might encounter, whether it is the purely practical - a problem with housing, for example - or the very personal.