The Direct loan is a fixed-rate student loan made to undergraduate and graduate students attending our university as a full time registered student. The US Department of Education is your lender.
Interest rates and loan fees are available from the Federal Student Aid website.
To be eligible:
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You must be a US citizen or national, a US permanent resident, or eligible non-citizen.
- You are not completing research work in the United States (Master's and PhD students).
Types of loans
Only offered to dependant undergraduate students, subsidised Direct loans are need-based, and interest does not accrue on these loans while you are studying, during the 6-month grace period and during a deferment period.
Unsubsidised Direct loans are not need-based. You are responsible for all the interest that accrues on the loan, including while you are studying.
The federally sponsored Parent PLUS loan is a low-interest student loan for parents of undergraduate, dependant students.
Independent students doing a postgraduate degree can apply for the Graduate Plus loan:
- With a PLUS loan, you may borrow up to the full cost of attendance, less other financial aid received including Federal Direct loans.
- A credit check is required.
- You are responsible for all interest that accrues on the PLUS loan.
- Repayment on PLUS loans begins once the loan is fully disbursed. However, the loan can be deferred while you are studying.
Other types of funding
Unable to administer Private Loan funding such as the Sallie Mae educational loan or Nelnet
Veterans Affairs Benefits funding
UCT has withdrawn from the Post 9/11 GI Bill programme and therefore cannot certify enrolment for VA funding
Unable to administer and certify enrolment for AmeriCorp funding