International students

Tuition fees and living costs

To gain a UK student visa, applicants must show that they have enough funds for both academic costs and living expenses. Our offer letters state the annual tuition fee and a monthly allowance for living expenses. Tuition fees are reviewed annually and details for the coming year are usually available in the preceding October. For information, the tuition fees for international students starting their course in October 2012 are:

Arts, Humanities, Social Science (including Business and Law); Single Honours Mathematics; Geography: £12,600

Science and Engineering (including Psychology and Sport Sciences): £14,500

Combined Honours programmes that combine a science and a non-science subject: £13,600

Medicine: please consult the Medical School website.

In addition, we suggest you allow a further £7,200 for nine months or £9,600 for 12 months living expenses, excluding your airfares, based on a single student living in standard University self-catered accommodation. These costs are an estimate and actual costs will vary according to your type of accommodation and lifestyle. For further details of the cost of living in the South West, please see the International Students’ Guide and the Accommodation Office website. For further assistance with realistic budgeting for your time in the UK you might want to use the International Student Calculator tool.

The Careers Advisory Service in Cornwall and our on-campus job shop in the Careers Zone in Exeter, provide assistance with finding part-time work where this is permissible.

Some departments provide partial scholarships to international students and you are advised to check the Funding website.