2012 fees and funding

Undergraduate fees and funding for students starting in 2012

St George’s will be charging UK and EU/EEA students £9,000 per year for all undergraduate degree-level courses and £6,000 per year for foundation-level courses starting in 2012. You will not have to pay this cost upfront, and there are generous bursaries available to help students from lower-income families.

To cover the costs of studying, if you are an English resident and studying for your first degree can apply for:

• A tuition fee loan to cover the full cost of your tuition fees
• A cost of living loan to help with the cost of living
• A means-tested government maintenance grant of between £50- £3,250 if your household income is less than £42,600
• Up to £3,000 towards fees, accommodation and living costs through the National Scholarship Programme if your household income is less than £25,000
• An additional £1,000 bursary if you are a care leaver
• Extra financial help if you have a disability or children or adult dependants you need to support while you study

You will not have to pay back your loans until you complete your course and start earning more than £21,000. Repayment is based on what you earn and not what you owe - all outstanding debt will be written off after 30 years.

You do not have to pay back grants, scholarships or bursaries.  

Funding for students on NHS-funded courses starting in 2012

A number of our courses are funded by the NHS. Students on these courses will be able to apply for a non-repayable NHS bursary for either all or selected years of your course. The NHS bursary will differ according to your programme of study and will affect your eligibility to apply for government loans and bursaries. Visit our NHS bursary page to find out how this will affect each course at St George's and the NHS Business Services Website for more detailed information.

Who is affected by the new fees?

The new system will only affect UK and EU/EEA students entering English Universities in 2012.

The changes will not affect students who are already at university – or those who enter in September 2011. For these students the fee rate will only rise with inflation as per the current system.

Students who defer entry from 2011 to 2012 will be subject to the new system of university funding and finance proposed by the Government.

If you are living outside the UK, please visit our international student pages for information about overseas student fees. Information about postgraduate fees and funding can be found in our postgraduate fees page.

Find out more about the new fees and funding:

Watch Martin Lewis, the money saving expert, explain more about the new student finance arrangements in the below video:

You can download You can afford to go to university (PDF), written by Martin Lewis, which aims to help explain the cost of going to university.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has issued a frequently asked questions document regarding student finance from September 2012.

• Download the detailed frequently asked questions for full-time students document from the BIS website (PDF)
• Download the summary frequently asked questions for full-time students document from the BIS website (PDF)

An easy-to-understand explanation is also available on the Money Saving Expert website.

More useful links

• Directgov, the UK government's digital service have created the Future Students website for students in England.
• Independent Taskforce on Student Finance Information has been set up to help students and parents in England understanding the recent changes to student finance.