Funding Your Course

Students are strongly encouraged to provide as much personal funding as possible through any investments, savings or sponsorship, before approaching any external funding organisations. Much of the external support available will depend on the course you wish to apply for, your mode of study and your nationality or place of residence.

It is essential that you start thinking about how to fund your studies as early as possible. Most of the funding sources have strict deadlines, often several months before your course formally starts. Part time students should be aware that most organisations will only consider providing fee support; you will be expected to cover the living costs yourself.

Contained within the headings below are listings of funds you may wish to apply for. Please be aware these lists are not exhaustive and you are recommended to contact your local banks regarding personal loans, local governments and check if any national funding schemes exist that you can apply for.

The possible sources of funding have been listed on the right of this page and have been split into broad categories for ease of reading.

However as there can be confusion over how to apply to for funding, we have listed the basic details below.

Instructions for U.S. Citizens residing outside the US during study

If you are a US citizen residing outside the US whilst in study, you should apply for the US loan support through the London Business School. As London Business School is an overseas school, the procedure for applying is slightly different from that of US schools. Please click here for more details.

Instructions for US Citizens residing in the US during study

If you are a US citizen residing in the US whilst in study, you should apply for the US loan support through the Columbia Business School and more details of their application proceudres can be found on their website.

Instructions for International students residing outside the US during study

If you are an international student residing outside of the US during the period of study, the London Business School has other funds that you may be eligible to apply for. The main fund is detailed below however again more information can be found in the linked pages in the right hand navigation

The HBSC-London Business School loan scheme.
You can apply for a loan to assist with your tuition fees up to a maximum of £50,000. You do not have to be a UK national or resident however you must live in the UK for at least the duration of your studies. The decision to approve or decline your loan application is entirely at the discretion of HSBC Bank. The interest rate for the loan is variable over the duration of the loan and is 2.75% above the Bank of England base rate (www.bankofengland.co.uk). Any successful application will also have to pay an HSBC-London Business School administration fee of 1% of the successful loan amount. The normal repayment period is 7 years, although there are no penalties for early repayment. The repayments normally start 6 months after completion of the course. Please click here for more information.

 If you have questions that are not addressed in these pages please contact the School's Financial Aid Officer at financialaid@london.edu.

If you require any of this information in a different format or text size, please contact the School's Financial Aid officer and we will try to arrange this.