Tuition fees charged to full-time
undergraduate
(first cycle) home and EU students are regulated by government. Fees
charged to part-time students, all overseas students and all postgraduate students are not regulated and are determined by the institution.
Under
the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, full-time undergraduate
students beginning a course in the academic year 1998/99 were required
for the first time to pay means-tested tuition fees. For the academic
year 2005/06, fees stood at £1,175.
Wales
The
Higher Education Act 2004 gave responsibility for the tuition fee
regime to the National Assembly for Wales (NAfW). The Welsh Assembly
Government (WAG) then ruled out variable fees in Wales until 2007. From
2007/08, Welsh higher education institutions are able to charge fees of
up to £3,070, as in England, but students living in Wales and studying
in Wales have to pay only £1,250, the rest being met by a non
means-tested fee grant of £1,845 paid directly to the institution. As
in England, eligible students are entitled to a student loan to cover
tuition fees payable.
Full details of tuition fees and financial
support arrangements for students beginning higher education courses in
Wales in 2007 is available from the Student Finance Wales website: