Fee status
Regulations governing fee classification.
Information for applicants
At Cardiff University fee status is determined in accordance with the Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations and with the University’s guiding principles of fee assessment:
Eligibility to pay home fees
If you fit into one of the categories, we will charge you 'home' fees. In order to be eligible in a category, you must meet all the criteria required by that category, including any residence requirement. It is your responsibility to satisfy the university that you are able to meet the criteria of one of the categories to be classified as a ‘home’ student.
Fee assessment process
No decision is made with regard to fee status until we have received a formal application from you and, in most cases, until we have decided that you are to be offered a place.
If we are unable to determine your fee status from the information provided in your application, we will usually email you to request that you fill in a fee assessment questionnaire.
If you receive an offer and you believe you have been wrongly classified for fee-paying purposes, you should complete and return the fee assessment questionnaire.
Failure to return the fee assessment questionnaire and relevant supporting documentation when requested could result in you being required to pay tuition fees at the ‘overseas’ rate.
Once your fee status is confirmed
We will advise you of the tuition fee which will be payable to Cardiff University through the formal offer letter. Further information on tuition fees can be found on our undergraduate and postgraduate tuition fees pages.
Information for students
Once you are an enrolled student, an adjustment to fee status will only be applied should it become evident that an error had been made in the initial classification, or if adjustment is required under the regulations.
If you believe that your status should be amended, (e.g. your country has joined the EU or your asylum application has been approved), please complete the fee assessment questionnaire above and upload it via the Student Connect Portal.
If you have any queries regarding your fee status or about the fees regulations once you have enrolled, please log an enquiry via the Student Connect Portal.