Students must pay something towards the cost of their fees for university. For the academic year 2005/06 this amount is £1,150. You may be able to pay less if you or your family do not have much money.

From September 2006 full time undergraduate students will not have to pay fees upfront. Instead, if you want to, you will be able to delay payment of your tuition fees until after you leave higher education. You can do this by taking out a ‘fee loan’ from the Student Loan Company which you will repay once you have left university and are earning over £15,000 a year. The maximum fee loan available would be £3,000 a year for new students and around £1,200 for existing students.