Fees

How much will my fees be?

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

The fees listed in the table above are for full-time UK undergraduate students in academic year 2025-26. You will pay further fees in each year of your course. UK undergraduate and certain postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government. The annual fee is reviewed each year and may be subject to increase. The annual fee increase will not exceed the UK government's maximum regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year.

* Tuition fees for classroom-based foundation years are subject to Parliamentary approval.

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 (currently £9,535).

The government has announced that maintenance loans and tuition fees in England are changing in line with inflation from September 2025. You can read more about changes to maintenance loans and tuition fees from 2025–26 here.

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. The maximum you can borrow for living costs if you are living away from home and studying outside of London, is £10,544 yearly. If you are living at home the maximum maintenance loan is £8,877 yearly.

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 up to £1,250 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.