Apply for your Student account

Our Student account is packed with benefits to help you live student life to the full, including:

  • Interest-free overdraft when you stay within your agreed overdraft limit
  • Branches at 55 of the UK's biggest universities
  • We make it easy to switch from another bank

Important information - read this before you apply

Student Accounts are available only to permanent UK resident students who are completing: (a) a full-time undergraduate higher education course of at least 2 years’ duration; or (b) a full-time postgraduate course, at a university or college of higher education in the UK. A permanent UK resident is someone who has been ordinarily resident in the UK for three years or more.

Before you apply, make sure you read about the Student account.

You should also find out about the rates and charges, read the important information and the full terms and conditions (PDF File 271kb) which apply to this current account.


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