Cheapest UK universities for international students: tuition fees survey

Cheapest universities for international students are revealed in a 2016-17 tuition fee survey of 140 institutions

Student finance

Carly Minsky

August 17 2016

The UK universities charging the lowest tuition fees to international students in 2016-17 have been revealed in a survey of postgraduate and undergraduate courses by TheCompleteUniversityGuide.

Although the cost of university varies across different subjects and is partially dependent on whether the course is classroom, laboratory or clinically based, the results published by Times Higher Education show the cheapest universities in the UK averaged for each type of course.

For undergraduate degrees based in a classroom, international students will pay at least £9,500 – the average annual cost of studying at the cheapest option: Bucks New University.

But the price range is wider for international postgraduates on taught degrees. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, a taught degree will set an international student back anywhere between £5,724 and £19,890.

The full results of the tuition fee survey also compare the cost for UK and European Union students studying on classroom, laboratory, clinical and MBA courses.

Below are the tuition fees for a non-EU international student on a classroom-based undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

Cheapest universities for classroom-based undergraduate degrees

	University	Ave. undergrad fees (£)
1	Bucks New University	9,500
2	Leeds Beckett University	9,700
3	University of Bedfordshire	9,750
=4	Royal Agricultural University	10,000
=4	York St John University	10,000
6	University Campus Suffolk	10,080
7	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	10,200
=8	University of Chester	10,500
=8	University of Cumbria	10,500
=8	Glasgow Caledonian University	10,500
=8	Glyndwr University	10,500
=8	Southampton Solent University	10,500
=8	University of Sunderland	10,500
14	Staffordshire University	10,600
15	University of Chichester	10,620
16	University of West London	10,650
17	Teesside University	10,750
=18	Cardiff Metropolitan University	10,800
=18	Liverpool Hope University	10,800
20	University of Northampton	10,900

Cheapest universities for classroom-based postgraduate degrees

	University	Ave. postgrad fees (£)
1	Royal Veterinary College	8,925
2	Bucks New University	9,400
3	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London	5,724 -19,890
4	University of Chester	9,700
5	University of Bedfordshire	9,900
6	York St John University	10,000
7	University Campus Suffolk	10,080
8	University of the Highlands and Islands	10,300
9	Newman University	10,400
10	University of Cumbria	10,500
11	University of Chichester	10,620
12	Trent University	8,400–12,900
13	Glyndwr University	10,750
14	Liverpool Hope University	10,800
15	London Metropolitan University	7,280–14,400
16	Teesside University	10,950
17	University of West London	10,995
=18	Glasgow Caledonian University	11,000
=18	University of Sunderland	11,000
=20	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	11,220
=20	University of the West of Scotland	11,220