Home/EU or international status

Tuition fees are set at different levels for home/EU and international students. The following questions may help you understand your status:

• Are you a British or EU national – are you eligible to hold a British or EU passport?
• Will you have been resident in the UK, EEA (European Economic Area) or Switzerland for the three-year period before the start of your studies at the University?
• Can you confirm that the purpose of your residence in the UK/EEA during the three-year period prior to the start of your studies was not fully or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education?

Please note that students residing in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey are classified as international students for fee purposes.

• Fees for students from the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands

For universities in the UK the guidelines for assessing a student's fee status are set by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in accordance with the Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations 1997. Guidelines for fee assessment are set out by the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA).

• UKCISA fee assessment guidelines

The information you submit in your application to study at the University will be used to determine your tuition fee status. In some cases we may require additional information from you. If this is the case, you will be informed in your acknowledgement email or letter, which we will send to you shortly after we receive your application. This letter may instruct you to fill in and return our Tuition Fee Assessment Form.

If you would like to clarify your tuition fee status before you make an application, you can do so using the Tuition Fee Assessment Form. The form is available, along with more information about the tuition fee assessment process and how to appeal against a decision you disagree with, on the tuition fee assessment pages of our Crucial Guide for Students website:

• Tuition fee assessment information on the Crucial Guide for Students website

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