With over 40 universities now starting to disclose their stance on the proposed increase in 2012, when they will be allowed to charge up to £9,000 per year in tuition fees, we wanted to show you the real costs. Many people forget that you don’t just have to find money for tuition fees you have also got to cover your living expenses whilst you are at university too.
For a student living away from home and on campus for a 39 week academic year you will need in the region of another £8,000 to cover annual living expenses in addition to your tuition fees.
Living cost based on 39 weeks
Cost per week
Cost per year
Accommodation (Single Campus Room)
100
£3,900
Food
35
£1,365
Books/study equipment
12
£468
Leisure
22
£858
Clothes
12
£468
Local Travel
8
£312
Miscellaneous
9
£351
Total
198
£7,722
And then there’s more!!
If you enrol on some degree courses you will also be required to pay for specific items, such as materials or activities such as field courses, which are not covered in the tuition fees.
Also, we often hear at notgoingtouni that the social aspect of student life is a large part of the reason for choosing university over other routes. Well if you like to go out clubbing don’t forget that you have also got to add the cost of paying to get into a club, drinks etc on top of everything else.
Here is a table that shows the universities who have so far released details of the new fees they will be charging.
University
Tuition Fees
Living Costs
Cost of degree
Anglia Ruskin
£24,000
£24,000
£48,000
Aston
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Bath
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Birmingham
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Bishop Grosseteste Lincoln
£22,500
£24,000
£46,500
Cambridge
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Coventry
£20,400
£24,000
£44,400
Derby
£22,485
£24,000
£46,485
Durham
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Essex
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Exeter
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Hertfordshire
£23,850
£24,000
£47,850
Imperial
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Kent
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Keele
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Lancaster
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Leeds
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Leeds Met
£25,500
£24,000
£49,500
Leicester
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Liverpool
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Liverpool John Moores
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
London City University
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
London Met
£21,000
£24,000
£45,000
London South Bank
£25,170
£24,000
£49,170
Loughborough
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Manchester
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Nottingham
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Oxford
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Oxford Brookes
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Portsmouth
£25,500
£24,000
£49,500
Reading
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Royal Agricultural College
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Southampton Solent
£23,400
£24,000
£47,400
Surrey
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Sussex
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
St Mary's University College Twickenham
£24,000
£24,000
£48,000
UCL
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
University Campus Suffolk
£23,250
£24,000
£47,250
University of Central Lancashire
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
University College Falmouth
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Warwick
£27,000
£24,000
£51,000
Think you can go to the Bank of Mum and Dad? Might have to think again, according to Natwest Student Living Index 2010 more than one in four (28%) students are receiving less financial support from their parents with nearly half (46%) not receiving any parental funding.
