Fees

Every UK university charges tuition fees. UK tuition fees vary depending on your home country. You will be eligible for either Home (UK) fees, or International fees.

Undergraduate courses

Undergraduate tuition fees for 2025 UK students, and EU students with 'settled' or 'pre-settled' status, are typically:

Full-time: £9,535 per year
Part-time: Pro-rata full-time fee

Undergraduate tuition fees for new international students starting in 2025:

Full time: £15,560 per year

Please note that tuition fees for some courses may vary. Please see individual course pages for specific information. You can also search our undergraduate course list.

Undergraduate tuition fees are regulated by the UK government, our Access Agreement sets out full details of our commitments.

Read our tuition fees policy for more information.

Postgraduate taught courses

Course fees for new postgraduate students are provided on our individual postgraduate course pages.

Full-time courses are generally charged by the year, and there is a separate charging structure for international students.

You may want to read our tuition fees policy and fee status assessment for more information.

Postgraduate research degrees

All postgraduate research programmes attract the same fees, regardless of School, and Home/EU MPhil/PhD fees are set in line with the Research Funding Council grant. 2025-26 fees:

MPhil/PhD:
Full-time UK/EU students £6,320
Full-time International students £16,900
Part-time UK/EU students £3,160
Part-time International students £8,450

PhD by Published Work:
Part-time UK/EU students £3,160
Part-time International students £8,450

Some postgraduate research programmes may charge additional bench fees - these are primarily for lab-based programmes - of up to £6,000.

Continuing Postgraduate Research and Professional Doctorate Students
Where students are permitted to go into the write-up phase, the following fees will be charged for one year only for full-time and part-time students:

Home/International students: £1000. A 50% rebate will be applied if the thesis is submitted within the first six months of write-up status.

Use our funding calculator

Additional study-related costs

Students on some programmes will need to pay for study-related materials and activities such as field trips, art supplies, safety equipment and clothing, laboratory supplies, etc. The costs may vary depending on your module choices.

You can find information on the typical costs of individual courses on our course pages.

Paying your fees

There are several ways you can choose to pay your fees.

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Paying your fees

Fee status assessment

Undergraduate funding

Postgraduate funding

International funding

All scholarships and bursaries

Funding calculator

Advice and Guidance

Our Student Money Advice and Rights Team (SMART) is on hand to help you with any questions you may have before and during your time as a student.

Get advice and guidance from SMART

Further information

For further information and advice, you can contact our Applicant Engagement team at studentfunding@uel.ac.uk or on +44 (0)20 8223 3333 (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm).