Studying Outside of England

Universities and colleges in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have different fee structures to England. Check out the latest for 2009/10.

Scotland

Up until 2009/10 Scotland has a flat fee of £2000 (typical degree courses last for four years).
You do not have to pay fees if you are a full time student studying in Scotland as they are paid by the Students Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)
If you are not eligible for fee support and you are staying in Scotland, you will pay a flat fee of £1,225. If you are going to the rest of the UK you will have to pay your own fees including the increased fee levels.
Your annual fee will increase to £1,775 if you are studying in Scotland and coming from elsewhere in the UK, unless you are doing medicine when the fee will be £2,875. This can be paid back after you graduate through a student loan.
Under the Young Student’s Bursary scheme, those from low-income background may also be eligible for a bursary. This is worth up to a maximum of £2,575.

If you are a full time Scottish student studying in England, Wales or Northern Ireland:

you can apply to SAAS for a loan to cover the cost of fees at institutions in the rest of the UK
Unlike loads for UK students, your loan is not assessed on your family’s income.
You will repay your loan when you finish your course and start earning £15,00 a year

Wales

Fees of up to £3,225.
You will be entitled to a non-means tested grant of up to £1,940 (regardless of family income) if you normally live in Wales and study higher education in Wales.
Every full-time higher education student, regardless of where you come from in the UK, will be considered for a means-tested Welsh bursary of a minimum of £310 a year. You will only get this if you’re getting maximum Assembly Learning Grant or equivalent (up to £2,906) and have signed the ‘consent to share’ section of the student finance application form.

Northern Ireland