International student funding
Tuition Fee Status
You will be advised by the University as to whether it considers you to be a UK/EU or international student for tuition fee purposes. A decision will be taken on the basis of the details which you have provided on your application form together with any supplementary information you may have supplied.
Current Definition of UK/EU fee student
In accordance with the Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations 1983, a student who meets the following criteria is entitled to be charged UK/EU tuition fees:
(a) has been ordinarily resident in the UK or EU throughout the three-year period preceding 1 September, 1 January or 1 April closest to the beginning of the first term of their course;
AND
(b) has not been resident in the UK/EU, during any part of that three-year period, wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education;
AND(c) has settled status in the UK/EU, ie, is not subject to any restriction on the length of their stay in the UK/EU.
Excepted Students
Some students, who may not meet all the criteria above, are still entitled to be charged UK/EU tuition fees. These include:
(a) an EU national (or son or daughter of an EU national) who has been ordinarily resident in the EEA throughout the three year period immediately preceding the start of his/her course.
(b) a student who does not meet the three year residence conditions solely because they, their spouse or parents are temporarily employed outside the UK/EU/EEA.
c) some limited categories of recently arrived immigrants