Fees Information

Tuition fees for the current academic year are shown in the Fee Table Summary for 2009/10

Sponsors or third party payments

If a sponsor is paying your fees, please inform the Student Fees Team as soon as possible. You must also make sure your sponsor pays on time, or your University account will be subject to penalties. If your sponsor fails to pay, you will be made responsible for payment.

Scholarships and bursaries

If you are in receipt of a University scholarship or school bursary, please ensure that your school have informed the Student Funding Team so that your student account can be adjusted accordingly.

Accommodation Charges

Accommodation charges are notified on your accommodation contract.
Your accommodation charges can be paid annually or in three instalments. Please see termly payment periods.
There is no administration charge if you pay in termly instalments.
Accommodation deposits will be split and credited equally against your accommodation charges in term 2 and 3. Please see our Essential Guide to Student Finance for more information

Fee Status

Your fee status is determined when you first apply for your course. Your fee status determines the level of tuition fees which you are required to pay, and may determine your eligibility for certain funding support. If you think your fee status is wrong, please contact

Admissions if you are an applicant and are not registered
Student Fees if you are a registered student

In order to qualify for ‘home’ fees under this category, you must meet all of the following criteria:

(a) You must be 'settled' in the UK on the 'first day of the first academic year of the course'

(b) You must be ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK on the ‘first day of the first academic year of the course’

(c) You must also have been 'ordinarily resident' in the UK and Islands (the Islands means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for the full three year period before the 'first day of the first academic year of the course'. For example, if your course begins in October 2009, you must have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands from 1 September 2006 to 31 August 2009,

(d) The main purpose for your residence in the UK and islands must not have been to receive full-time education during any part of that three-year period.

Overseas students

Please see our how to pay pages for more information
Please make sure you arrange to have sufficient funds to pay your tuition and accommodation charges and for other living expenses before travelling.
We will only accept payment in Sterling, so we recommend that you have sufficient funds in a UK bank account before you start your course.
A new European Union law has been passed capping the amount of money you can bring into the EU. You will be required to declare to customs if you are carrying more than €10,000. This could include cheques, travellers' cheques, money orders, etc. Forms on which to make the declaration are available at ports or airports. To download a form click here Cash Declaration Form.
The visa letter issued by our Admissions Office to all full time students classified as international for fee purposes will include details of both the relevant University tuition fees and details of any advance payment received by the University. This letter will be sent to applicants automatically once their offer is unconditional and has been firmly accepted and can be used as proof of advance payment for a UK General Student visa application.
For more information please visit The University of Exeter - International Office Homepage

Fees For Students From Countries Seeking Membership Of The European Union

Students from countries outside the European Union (EU)who wish to undertake full-time study at the University are required to pay the “international’ fee for their programme of study.
From 2004 onwards, a number of countries have been expected to join the EU, with the result that citizens of these countries will be entitled to pay tuition fees for their courses at the lower “EU’ rate.
If a student has been assessed as having to pay “international fees’, and his/her country subsequently joins the EU the date at which he/she starts paying “EU’ fees will depend on the date(s) at which he/she elected to pay the tuition fees due. (Refer to Regulation 4 (5) of the UK´s Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations 1997).
Students whose home country accedes to the EU during the academic year, and who are paying their tuition fees on a termly basis, will continue to be assessed as “international students’ for fee purposes until the start of the next term following accession. At that time, if the student has paid all fees, dues and fines by the stated payment deadlines (including any instalment surcharge), then the fee status will be revised to “EU’ and the termly tuition fee reduced accordingly.
In the event that a student pays the full international fee at the beginning of an academic year and their home country becomes part of the EU during that academic year no refund will be available.