Our generous scholarship arrangements for UK and EU students reflect our aim of recruiting the brightest and best students regardless of background.

Tuition Fees

The tuition fee for full-time undergraduate degrees starting in 2013 will be £9,000 per year.

Your tuition fee will be invested in all the elements that make the Leicester experience a great one – the main element is the teaching you will receive. You will benefit from the continued expansion of our world-class facilities and we’re also investing in our award winning Careers Service so you will get the maximum support in achieving your full potential when you graduate.

Compulsory fieldwork and equipment costs for core modules of your course will be included in this fee.

Payment of fees

You do not have to pay your tuition fee up front. All first time Home/EU students, irrespective of household circumstances, can take out a Tuition Fee Loan from the Government which covers the cost of the tuition fee for each year of your course.

Because it is a loan, you do have to repay it. You will start paying the money back the April following your graduation, if you are earning at least £21,000 per year.

Interest will be charged on the loan as soon as you take it out. The amount of interest is on a sliding scale from the rate of inflation, up to inflation plus 3%. This means graduates on lower salaries will be charged less interest than those on higher salaries.

Thirty years after course completion, all outstanding debt will be written off and repayments will stop.

Part-time and mature students

Part-time students are also entitled to take out a loan. If you have studied in higher education before you may not be entitled to funding for all or part of your course. Contact a Student Finance Adviser for advice: welfare@le.ac.uk.

Year in industry or abroad

Year in Industry

If you take a year in industry, we propose that you pay £1,000. You will not be entitled to a scholarship for this year.

Erasmus/Year Abroad

If you are planning to do an Erasmus year as part of your degree (European exchange) or study abroad for a year that is not part of the Erasmus exchange scheme, we will charge £1,250 for this year.

You will not be entitled to a University of Leicester scholarship for this year.

Erasmus Grants

The Erasmus grant is non-means tested and is in addition to any standard student loans or grants that you may be entitled to from the Government. The grant rates are set on a yearly basis by the British Council and are administered by the University of Leicester. In 2010/11 the final total grant rate was €378 a month.

In addition to the standard Erasmus grants, there are a number of one-off grant payments for eligible students:

• Erasmus disability funding
• Erasmus widening participation funding
• Target country funding

These supplementary grants are designed to encourage a wider participation of students within Erasmus to a larger number of European countries.

For further information on participating in the Erasmus programme at Leicester please see: www.le.ac.uk/offices/international/overseasexchange/outgoing.