To be eligible to apply for support you must firstly:
- meet our residence conditions as set out in The Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (as amended); and
- be studying a course that we support
If you have a disability or learning difficulty, you may claim for certain extra expenses which arise because you are on a course.
We have to confirm that you have a place on a course that we support and that you are eligible for support from us such as your fees and living-cost support (loans and supplementary grants). Once we confirm that you are eligible for support from us, we can consider you for the additional allowances such as DSA.
If you are studying a postgraduate course that we do not support, or are studying on a part-time or distance-learning basis, you may be eligible to apply for the Disabled Students' Allowance.
If you will not be applying to us for a student loan or for your fees, you must still be eligible to apply to us for support before we can consider a DSA application. If we are not paying your fees because of previous support and you do not want to apply for a student loan, you can still apply for support from the DSA only. However, if we are not paying your fees because you do not meet our eligibility requirements, you cannot apply for support from the DSA.