Tuition fees and funding 2012
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If you're starting university in or after autumn 2012 you will pay nothing for your education until you leave and are earning over £21,000
Teesside scholarships 2012
We are offering extra scholarships for new full-time undergraduate students in 2012 - in addition to 200 National Scholarships
More about Teesside scholarships
Fees 2012
From September 2012, the course fee is between £7,450 - £8,450 per year for full-time degrees.
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- Full-time foundation degrees, HNDs and other qualifications below degree level at both the University and partner colleges will cost £5,500 per year.
- Sandwich placements and study years abroad will have a tuition fee of 25% of the fee charged for an ordinary year of the programme.
- Fees for full-time international students are £10,450 for full-time undergraduate courses.
Funding your studies
Tuition fee loan - you don’t have to pay your fees upfront. The government makes a tuition fee loan available to all eligible students to cover the full cost of fees each year. This loan is not means tested so any eligible student who secures place at university can use the loan to cover the fees each year regardless of their household income.
Grants and loans - as a full time student you may be entitled to a maintenance grant of up to £3,250 towards living costs such as food, accommodation and travel. You will get the full grant if your household income is assessed to be £25,000 or less. Students from families with incomes up to £42,600 will still be entitled to a partial grant. A grant does not have to be paid back.
In addition to the tuition fee loan and the maintenance grant, eligible students can also apply for a maintenance loan each year to help towards day to day living costs.
Students who have dependent partners and children may also be able to apply for some additional allowances to assist with the financial cost of supporting a family while studying.
Further information on grants, loans, additional allowances and how to apply can be found at www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance.
Repaying your loans
If you defer entry from 2011 until 2012 you will be subject to the new higher tuition fee.
If you are taking a top up award following completion of a lower award - so long as you start your top up year immediately you will be subject to existing student support and tuition fee arrangements in 2012/13. If you delay starting your top up award until 2012/13 you will be subject to the charges that will apply to new students.
Repayments will be 9% of income above £21,000, so the amount repaid each month will depend on earnings. Someone earning £21,500 – currently the salary of a newly-qualified teacher – would initially make repayments of just £3.75 per month.
The monthly repayment would increase to:
- £22.50 for someone earning £24,000 per year
- £30 on a salary of £25,000
- £45 on £27,000
- £67.50 on £30,000.
If your income falls below £21,000 your repayments will stop. All outstanding loan amounts will be written off after 30 years. The £21,000 threshold will increase in line with earnings from 2016 onwards.
Fees and funding for National Health Service students
National Health Service (NHS) courses are funded entirely differently to all other higher education courses.
More about NHS fees and funding
Money saving expert Martin Lewis explains why you shouldn’t be put off university by the rise in fees.
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