Do I pay home or international fees?

Home students are those living in the UK or Republic of Ireland, and EU nationals with settled status in the UK.  

In order to be classed as a home student you normally need to meet all of the following criteria on the first day of the first academic year of the course:

• You are settled in the UK (this means there is no immigration restriction on the length of your stay).
• You are ordinarily resident in the UK, and have been for the full three years before the first day of the academic year. (Ordinarily resident means that your main home is in the UK, and you are choosing to live in the UK.)
• The main reason for you being in the UK was not to receive full-time education.

For a full set of fee status definitions, please visit the website.

If you do not fall under the home fee definition, then you will be classed as an international student. From 1 August 2021, new EU students will also pay international tuition fees.

The definitions on this page are only a very brief summary and there are a number of exceptions to the conditions listed. 

For more detailed information – and to see whether you fall into any of these, or any other category – please refer to the  'Will I pay Home or Overseas fees?'

If you are an EU student and start your studies on or before 31 July 2021, you will be classed as a home student. To be eligible you must:

• register before 1 August 2021, 
• be an EU national, or the relevant family member of a non-UK EU national, who is in the UK as a self-sufficient person or as a student, or the relevant family member of a UK national,
• have been ordinarily resident in the European Economic Area and/or Switzerland and/or the overseas territories for the three years before the first day of the first academic year of the course,
• have not been a resident wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

Confused about your fee status? Our admissions teams can help.

If you鈥檙e confused about your fees and funding status, then the first thing you should do is contact the relevant admissions team (see list of contacts).

You should also get in touch with Student Finance England (or the relevant student finance authority) to discuss your eligibility for funding from the UK Government. Click  for contact details.

If you receive an offer and feel that you have been wrongly classified, you will be given the chance to provide evidence as to why you think your fee status needs to be changed.