2025-26 entry
Full-time students
If you're a full-time UK student, the tuition fee for an undergraduate degree is £9,535 a year. A foundation degree costs £6,340 a year, and a Higher National Certificate or Diploma is £4,635 a year.
Find out what is and isn't included in your tuition fee
If you're studying a foundation year, your fee depends on your subject. Students taking a classroom-based foundation year in business, humanities or social sciences pay £5,760 a year, while those studying computing, creative arts, engineering or science pay £9,535 a year.
Foundation year lower fee courses
- BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
- BA (Hons) Business and Accounting
- BA (Hons) Business and Marketing
- BSc (Hons) Business Economics
- BA (Hons) Business Management
- BA (Hons) Children and Early Childhood
- BSc (Hons) Crime and Investigation
- BSc (Hons) Criminology
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Sociology
- BSc (Hons) Criminology with Law
- BSc (Hons) Criminology with Psychology
- BA (Hons) Education Studies
- BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing
- BA (Hons) English Studies
- BA (Hons) History
- BA (Hons) Human Resource Management
- LLB (Hons) Law
- LLB (Hons) Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice
- BSc (Hons) Marketing
- BA (Hons) Politics with International Relations
- BSc (Hons) Professional Policing
- BSc (Hons) Sociology
Foundation year higher fee courses
- BA (Hons) 2D Animation and Stop Motion
- BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering
- BA (Hons) Animation
- BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science
- BSc (Hons) Biology
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- BA (Hons) Comics and Graphic Novels
- BSc (Hons) Computer and Digital Forensics
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science
- BA (Hons) Concept Art
- BSc (Hons) Crime Scene Science
- BSc (Hons) Cyber Security
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- BA (Hons) Fashion
- BA (Hons) Film and Television Production
- BA (Hons) Fine Art
- BSc (Hons) Food Science and Technology
- BSc (Hons) Forensic Science
- BSc (Hons) Forensic Psychology
- BA (Hons) Games Art
- BA (Hons) Games Design
- BSc (Hons) Games Development
- BSc (Hons) Games Programming
- BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- Cert HE Health Sciences
- BSc (Hons) Health Sciences
- BA (Hons) Illustration
- BSc (Hons) Information Technology
- BEng (Hons) Instrumentation and Control Engineering
- BA (Hons) Interior Design
- BA (Hons) International Tourism Management
- BA (Hons) Journalism
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
- BA (Hons) Music Production
- BSc (Hons) Nutrition
- BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Science
- BA (Hons) Photography
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- BSc (Hons) Psychology and Counselling
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Clinical Psychology
- BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
- BA (Hons) Sport Journalism
- BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
- BA (Hons) Visual Effects and Motion Graphics
These fees apply to the 2025-26 academic year and may increase in future years, in line with any rise in the UK Government's tuition fee cap. The government has indicated that future increases may be linked to RPIX (retail price index excluding mortgage interest payments).
Placement year fee waiver
If you're studying an undergraduate course with a placement year and pay UK fees, you'll receive a full fee waiver for that year.
Integrated master's discount
Students on integrated master's degrees, such as MEng courses, pay a reduced fee in their final year of either £7,710 (standard tier) or £8,365 (enhanced tier), depending on the course. Fees for MOptom Optometry and MPharm Pharmacy remain at £9,535 a year.
Part-time students
If you're studying part-time, courses starting in September 2025 or January 2026 cost between £4,020 and £4,758 for 120 credits. You can find the exact fee for your course on its individual page.
Online learning
If you're studying online, tuition fees depend on your chosen course. Please check your course page for the most up-to-date information.
Find out more about online learning fees
Teesside University open learning in engineering
If you study through Teesside University Open Learning in Engineering, you pay for each module as you go. Each module costs £495, and a Higher National Certificate includes eight modules. A higher National Diploma includes up to 16 modules.
Find out more about open learning engineering
International students
2026-27 entry
Full-time students
If you're a full-time UK student, the tuition fee for an undergraduate degree is £9,790 a year. A foundation degree costs £6,500 a year, and a Higher National Certificate or Diploma is £4,635 a year.
Find out what is and isn't included in your tuition fee
If you're studying a foundation year, your fee depends on your subject. Students taking a classroom-based foundation year in business, humanities or social sciences pay £5,760 a year, while those studying computing, creative arts, engineering or science pay £9,790 a year.
Foundation year lower fee courses
- BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
- BA (Hons) Business and Accounting
- BA (Hons) Business and Marketing
- BSc (Hons) Business Economics
- BA (Hons) Business Management
- BA (Hons) Children and Early Childhood
- BSc (Hons) Crime and Investigation
- BSc (Hons) Criminology
- BSc (Hons) Criminology and Sociology
- BSc (Hons) Criminology with Law
- BSc (Hons) Criminology with Psychology
- BA (Hons) Education Studies
- BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing
- BA (Hons) English Studies
- BA (Hons) History
- BA (Hons) Human Resource Management
- LLB (Hons) Law
- LLB (Hons) Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice
- BSc (Hons) Marketing
- BA (Hons) Politics with International Relations
- BSc (Hons) Professional Policing
- BSc (Hons) Sociology
Foundation year higher fee courses
- BA (Hons) 2D Animation and Stop Motion
- BEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineering
- BA (Hons) Animation
- BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science
- BSc (Hons) Biology
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- BA (Hons) Comics and Graphic Novels
- BSc (Hons) Computer and Digital Forensics
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science
- BA (Hons) Concept Art
- BSc (Hons) Crime Scene Science
- BSc (Hons) Cyber Security
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- BA (Hons) Fashion
- BA (Hons) Film and Television Production
- BA (Hons) Fine Art
- BSc (Hons) Food Science and Technology
- BSc (Hons) Forensic Science
- BSc (Hons) Forensic Psychology
- BA (Hons) Games Art
- BA (Hons) Games Design
- BSc (Hons) Games Development
- BSc (Hons) Games Programming
- BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- Cert HE Health Sciences
- BSc (Hons) Health Sciences
- BA (Hons) Illustration
- BSc (Hons) Information Technology
- BEng (Hons) Instrumentation and Control Engineering
- BA (Hons) Interior Design
- BA (Hons) International Tourism Management
- BA (Hons) Journalism
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
- BA (Hons) Music Production
- BSc (Hons) Nutrition
- BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Science
- BA (Hons) Photography
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- BSc (Hons) Psychology and Counselling
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Clinical Psychology
- BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
- BA (Hons) Sport Journalism
- BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
- BA (Hons) Visual Effects and Motion Graphics
These fees apply to the 2026-27 academic year and may increase in future years, in line with any rise in the UK Government's tuition fee cap. The government has indicated that future increases may be linked to RPIX (retail price index excluding mortgage interest payments).
Placement year fee waiver
If you're studying an undergraduate course with a placement year and pay UK fees, you'll receive a full fee waiver for that year.
Integrated master's discount
Students on integrated master's degrees, such as MEng courses, pay a reduced fee in their final year of either £7,710 (standard tier) or £8,365 (enhanced tier), depending on the course. Fees for MOptom Optometry and MPharm Pharmacy remain at £9,790 a year.
Part-time students
If you're studying part-time, courses starting in September 2026 or January 2027 cost between £4,020 and £4,758 for 120 credits. You can find the exact fee for your course on its individual page.
Online learning
If you're studying online, tuition fees depend on your chosen course. Please check your course page for the most up-to-date information.
Find out more about online learning fees
Teesside University open learning in engineering
If you study through Teesside University Open Learning in Engineering, you pay for each module as you go. Each module costs £495, and a Higher National Certificate includes eight modules. A higher National Diploma includes up to 16 modules.
Find out more about open learning engineering