Fees

How much will my fees be?

You pay fees in each year of your courses. The fees you pay may increase each year.

*Regulated fees

• Tuition fees for UK/home students on undergraduate courses and some postgraduate courses are set by the UK government. These are known as regulated fees.
• The regulated fee for the current academic year, 2025–26, is £9,535.
• *The government has announced that regulated tuition fees will increase each year in line with forecast inflation from academic year 2026–27 onwards (subject to parliamentary approval).
• The regulated fee for UK / Home full-time students taking this course in academic year 2026–27 will be published here when it is confirmed by the government.

Student Finance England loans for tuition fees and maintenance will also rise in line with inflation.

**The £5,760 fee applies to the integrated foundation year only – the tuition fee for subsequent years of the course will be the regulated fee applicable to undergraduate honours degrees.

Many of our courses include the option of a salaried placement year. Tuition fees for a placement year are charged at a lower rate.

Read our student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf) for more on University of Brighton tuition fees.

What's included in my fee?

Essential aspects of your course are included in your tuition fee including teaching, learning materials, uniforms and protective clothing, use of specialist software, access to industry-standard facilities, as well as any compulsory study trips and field work.

Your tuition fee also gives you access to support services, facilities and resources.

Learn more about what your tuition fees include.

Student loans

UK undergraduate students studying their first degree can apply for two types of loan:

• a loan to pay for tuition fees
• and a maintenance loan to help with living costs.

You don’t need to start paying back the student loans until after you have graduated and are earning more than the repayment threshold, which is currently £25,000 per year. The amount you repay each month depends on how much you are earning – if you earn more, you repay more each month. Repayments are deducted from your salary at source.

Tuition fee loan

You can borrow the money from Student Finance England to pay your annual tuition fees. Student Finance England will pay the fees directly to the university. Students in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can apply to their student funding body.

Maintenance loan for living costs

Your maintenance loan helps with living costs such as accommodation, food and travel. The amount of maintenance loan you get depends on your household income.

Student loans for academic year 2026-27

The UK government has announced that the amount of money you can borrow for you maintenance and tuition fee loans will increase each year in line with forecast inflation. That means the money you receive will go up as prices rise.

Students from the lowest-income households will see the biggest increases in cash support.

As a guide, in academic year 2025, the maximum that students could borrow for living costs was:

• £10,544 yearly, if living away from home and studying outside London (full-time student)
• £8,877 yearly, of living at home.

Learn more about student loans.

University of Brighton bursaries

We offer additional funding through our cash bursaries. You do not need to repay the bursary.

Learn more about our bursaries and eligibility.

Brighton Boost

The Brighton Boost provides additional help with funding and support for the cost of living. Students can get help with hall costs, travel, parking, laptop loans and flexible part-time work. Depending on your circumstances you could get support with to help with your first-year accommodation or travel costs plus access to other support such as our Jobs Hub.

Learn more about the Brighton Boost.

Scholarships

Funding for nursing and allied health courses 

If you are studying a pre-registration nursing, midwifery, paramedic science, physiotherapy, podiatry, occupational therapy or diagnostic radiography degree, in addition to the student loan, you can apply for the NHS Learning Support Fund. This fund includes an additional training grant of £5,000 per academic year for eligible courses, alongside other funding.

The NHS Learning Support Fund is non-means-tested, and you do not have to repay these funds.

Additional funding

• If you have a disability or long-term health condition you can apply to Student Finance England for disabled students' allowance (DSA). You do not have to repay the DSA funding.
• Students with children or dependent adults can apply to Student Finance England for the childcare grant, parents’ learning allowance or the adult dependents’ allowance.