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Fee status

It is important to know your tuition fee status as it determines your annual tuition fee and what financial support you may be entitled to.

Your fee status could be one of the following:

Your fee status is usually determined by:

  • your immigration status
  • your residency in the country where you normally live (where you are 'ordinarily resident') before starting your course.

We will use the guidance provided by UKCISA in determining your fee status.

Home

You are likely to have a 'home' (previously known as 'UK') fee status if you meet all of the following criteria:

  • you have 'settled' status in the UK and Islands (this means there are no immigration restrictions on your stay)
  • you have lived in the UK and Islands as your ordinary place of residence for three years before you start your course
  • you will be ordinarily resident in the UK on the first day of your course (this is 1 September for courses starting in September)
  • your reason for being in the UK is to attend full-time education.

If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss national, or if you live in those territories, you are likely to be assigned an 'overseas' fee status. However, you may qualify for 'home' fee status if any of the following criteria apply:

If you are an EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish national living in the UK, you may also qualify for 'home' fee status.

This will depend upon the start date of your course and whether you meet the requirements to pay ‘home’ fees.

Students starting before 1 August 2021

As an EU, EEA or Swiss nationals who has already started your course before 1 August 2021, existing rules for ‘home’ fees and financial support will still apply.

If you are already eligible to pay the ‘home’ rate of tuition fees, you will continue to do so for the duration of your course.

For more information, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Students starting from 1 August 2021 onwards

You may have a 'home' fee status if you qualify as part of the agreed citizens’ rights under one of the various withdrawal agreements. This applies to:

  • EU, other EEA or Swiss nationalswith pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme
  • family members of UK nationals
  • family members of a relevant person from Northern Ireland
  • children of Swiss nationals
  • children of Turkish and EEA workers
  • British and Irish citizens under the Common Travel Area arrangement.

Please note residency requirements will apply. These require you to have lived in a specific country or region for three years before you start your course.

The region will depend on which of the categories above you fit into. Other requirements may also apply.

For more information, please refer to the UKCISA website.

You may also be eligible for 'home' fee status if you are a:

  • UK national living in the EEA and Switzerland
  • UK and EU nationals resident in Gibraltar
  • UK national living in the overseas territories.

Please note residency requirements will apply. These require you to have lived in a specific country or region for three years before you start your course.

The region will depend on which of the categories above you fit into. Other requirements may also apply.

For more information, please refer to the UKCISA website.

EU, EEA and Swiss nationals not living in the UK

From 1 August 2021, the Welsh Government no longer provide support to EU, EEA and Swiss nationals who are not living in the UK, including their family members, who want to study in Wales. This is as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Union.

Overseas

You are likely to have an 'overseas' fee status if you are not resident in the UK and do not meet any of the criteria described under 'home'.

If you are an asylum seeker or the child of an asylum seeker, for some programmes you may be eligible for a tuition fee waiver. If so, your tuition fees will be reduced from the ‘overseas’ fee to the 'home' fee charged for your course. Please be aware that your fee status will remain as an 'overseas' student.

Deciding your fee status

We are not able to make a decision on your fee status before you have submitted an application.

Most applicants will have their fee status confirmed at the point of offer. If we need further information from you when we receive your application, we’ll ask you to complete a fee status questionnaire.

We will use the guidance provided by UKCISA in determining your fee status.

Requesting a review of your fee status

Applicants may request a review of their fee status by following the process laid out on the fee status page on our public information pages.