Different Tuition Fees 2012 Entry

Medicine and Dentistry degrees

  • Students from England studying on the five-year Medicine or Dentistry degree programmes do not have to pay tuition fees in the fifth year of these courses because they are funded by the NHS. Eligible students may apply for a means-tested NHS Bursary in the final year.
  • Students from England studying on the four-year accelerated Medicine course for graduates:
    • In year 1 of this programme, £5,535 of the £9,000 fee will be available as a loan from the Student Loans Company. You will need to self-finance the fee balance of £3,465.
    • In years 2, 3 and 4 of this programme, £3,465 of the tuition fees will be funded by the NHS and the balance of the £9,000 fee (£5,535) will be available as a loan from the Student Loans Company. Eligible students may also apply for a means-tested NHS Bursary in years 2, 3 and 4. See more information about NHS funding.

Students from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should seek advice about financial support from their own funding authorities.

Speech and Language Sciences

Under current arrangements UK students will not have to pay any tuition fees for Speech and Language Sciences BSc Honours BSc Honours because it is funded by the NHS. Eligible students will receive a £1,000 grant per year. They will also be able to apply for an additional means-tested bursary of up to £4,395 per year.

Placement years/years abroad

  • For most of our degrees with placement years, you will pay just £1,000 fee for that year, because we provide an £8,000 fee discount. See specific fees information per degree using our A-Z list of degrees.

European exchange placements

A number of our degrees offer you the opportunity to spend up to a year of your course studying full-time at a European university as part of the Erasmus programme.

Please note: Erasmus funding is currently under review by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) because of the recent changes in university funding.

Deferred entry students

If you are a deferred entry student, you will be liable for the tuition fee (and scholarship schemes) applicable for the year in which you start university.

If you are entering university in 2011 or earlier and take a leave of absence, or other break, which will delay your return to study until 2012, see Student Fees Exceptions to find out how the fees and funding changes will impact you.