International fees

Students who normally live outside the UK usually pay international tuition fees.

The tuition fee you pay is based on your fee status and the course you study. Your fee status is assessed using criteria set by the UK government.

Tuition fees for 2025–26 academic year

Undergraduate courses

Standard tuition fees for full-time international students in academic year 2025–26
Course type	Fees for 2025–26
Classroom-based courses	£17,250
Laboratory or studio-based courses	£17,250
Placement year	£1,850
BSMS undergraduate medicine	£46,700

Postgraduate courses

Standard tuition fees for full-time international students
Course type	Fees for courses with January 2025 start date	Fees for courses with September 2025 start date
Postgraduate taught (classroom-based)	From £14,900	From £16,900
Postgraduate taught (lab-based)	From £15,900	From £16,900
PhD (classroom-based)	£14,500	£14,950
PhD (lab-based)	£15,900	£16,390
Medicine	See BSMS website	From £22,050

The cost of your fees depends on your course. Details of tuition fees are listed on each course page.

The tuition fees listed above are for full-time courses during the academic year 2025-26. Further tuition fees are payable in each year of study. Non-regulated tuition fees, which usually apply to international students and UK postgraduate students* are subject to an annual increase of a maximum of 5% or the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), whichever is higher.
*Some designated postgraduate courses are regulated by the UK government – the annual fee increase for eligible UK / Home students on these designated courses will not exceed the UK government’s regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year.

Tuition fee deposit

International applicants are required to pay a tuition fee deposit (apart from those included in the 'deposit exemptions' list at the bottom of this page.)

The deposit you pay will be based on the start date of your course.

Deposit
Student start date	Deposit
January 2025	£5,000
September 2025	£5,000

The deposit is subject to review, but the minimum amount of £5,000 will apply from January 2025.

How to pay your deposit

Please log into your Student View account to pay your deposit and follow the steps below:

Log into your Student View account
Select ‘Your offer’ in the left-hand menu
Then select ‘Information on your offer’ from the drop-down list which appears
Click on the button ‘Pay your deposit’.

Pay your tuition fee deposit

Sanctioned countries:

The university has a legal obligation to follow financial sanctions imposed by the UK government. Financial sanctions are restrictions placed upon individuals or entire countries, which limit what sorts of business relationship the university can have with them.

In accordance with the UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act, the university is unable to accept payments originating from sanctioned countries. As at May 2024 these are Iran, North Korea, Cuba, the Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk Provinces of Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Russia and Belarus. This list will be kept under review in accordance with the latest advice from the UK government.

Tuition fee deposit refund policy

Conditional offers

Applicants holding a conditional offer who subsequently fail to meet the conditions of their offer to obtain an unconditional offer - shall be refunded (unless they obtain an unconditional offer for another course).

The refund will be subject to a £100 administration fee.

Unconditional offers: students requiring a Student Visa

Before Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies (CAS) assigned

If the university is unable to issue a CAS then the deposit will be refunded. If an option to defer is offered we will hold the deposit to use for following year’s course of study. Any refund will be subject to a £100 fee to cover the university’s administration and processing costs.

After CAS assigned and before application for visa (or application for visa is withdrawn before being decided)

The university will grant a refund where extenuating personal circumstances justify not taking up offer – please contact us if you are seeking a refund and outline details of your extenuating circumstances. A member of the international team will then contact you directly to request documentation. If there is the option to defer the student's place, the university will hold the deposit to use for the following year’s course of study. Any refund will be subject to a £1,500 fee to cover the university’s administration and processing costs.

After CAS assigned and Student visa obtained

The university will grant a refund where extenuating personal circumstances justify not taking up offer – please contact us if you are seeking a refund and outline details of your extenuating circumstances. A member of the international team will then contact you directly to request documentation. If the student does not use the visa to travel to the UK and defers their place, the university will hold the deposit to use for the following year’s course of study. Any refund will be subject to a £2,500 fee to cover the university’s administration and processing costs.

After CAS assigned and Student visa refused

Refusals on the grounds of credibility will only be eligible for a deposit refund if the refusal is subsequently overturned as incorrect through a successful UKVI Administrative Review. The International Student Advice and Support team will be able to advise a student on submitting an Administrative Review if it appears that the refusal is incorrect. In exceptional cases where an Administrative Review is unsuccessful, deposit refunds will be considered on a case-by-case basis following a review by the International Student Advice and Support team and Visa Compliance team. Student must provide clear and complete copy of the UKVI Refusal Notice which can be considered on the advice of University of Brighton immigration advisers and University of Brighton Visa Compliance team. Any refund will be subject to a £1,500 fee to cover the university’s administration and processing costs.

Applicants are required to contact the International Student Advice and Support team if they are called for a credibility interview as part of the visa application process and the team will advise the applicant on whether they should pursue the application.

Where an applicant has deferred their offer to the next intake for the course and they qualify for a refund for one of the reasons above, their refund will be retained for the purpose of the deferred admission rather than refunded before the applicant will need to pay the deposit again.

After CAS assigned – visa application delay

Deposit is refunded upon receipt of evidence that the visa application was made by the relevant deadline for the type of application made (standard service or priority service). Any refund will be subject to a £1,500 fee to cover the university’s administration and processing costs.

After CAS assigned and student visa obtained – failure to enrol by published enrolment deadline

Deposit will be refunded if evidence is provided that the failure to enrol was a direct result of a visa processing delay by UKVI. In this case, evidence is required that the visa application was made by the relevant deadline for the type of application made (standard service or priority service). Any refund will be subject to a £3,000 fee to cover the university’s administration and processing costs.

Paying your fees

Students starting their course in 2025

September 2025 entry

If you are starting your course with us in September 2025 a deposit of £5,000 is required to be paid for the university to issue a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number.

You will need to pay your remaining tuition fees either in full at the start of your course, or in two instalments, by the deadlines below:

50% of fee by 31 October 2025
Remaining balance to be paid by 31 January 2026.

January 2026 entry

If you are starting your course with us in January 2026 a deposit of £5,000* is required to be paid for the university to issue a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number.

You will need to pay your remaining tuition fees either in full at the start of your course, or in two instalments, by the deadlines below:

50% of fee by 28 February 2026
Remaining balance to be paid by 31 May 2026.

*The deposit is subject to review but the minimum amount of £5,000 will still apply from January 2026.

Fully or partially officially sponsored international students

If a third party sponsor is paying your fees, you should provide their invoicing details via Student View. A scanned copy of a financial guarantee will be acceptable.

Sponsors should ensure that student fees are paid in full by 1 November of the relevant academic year, or within four weeks of the student’s course start date if this is later than 1 November.

As a student you remain ultimately responsible for the payment of your tuition fees, including where a sponsorship agreement has been approved (see the Student Contract).

Deposit exemptions

You don't need to pay the tuition fee deposit if:

you are fully sponsored by the UK government, your home government, the British Council or any international organisation, international company or university
you are in receipt of the Norwegian Lånekassen funding
you are in receipt of Swedish CSN funding
you do not require Student visa sponsorship ie a CAS to study in the UK
you hold a full scholarship such as a Chevening or University of Brighton full fee scholarship
you are in receipt of a US Federal loan
you are a progressing University of Brighton International College student
you are an alumni of the University of Brighton.

What is included in the fees

Mandatory requirements for your course are covered by the tuition fees. These include things such as health or criminal record checks, specialist materials and mandatory field trips.

Optional field trips, accommodation and course materials are not included in the tuition fees and you will need to pay for these yourself. Please contact the school that delivers your course about possible extra costs before you apply.

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