It supports eligible Scottish students by paying their tuition fees, as well as offering bursaries and supplementary grants.

Some of the most noteworthy are: SAAS pays the tuition fees of eligible Scottish and EU students.

SAAS can authorise loans to cover the tuition fees of Scottish students going to study elsewhere in the UK.

[3] Students normally do not have to start repaying this loan until the April after they graduate or leave their course.

A bursary is a non-repayable income-assessed grant to help students with living costs.