Please note: per annum means fees are payable each year of the degree. Total means this is the entire cost of the degree. The amount is not payable each year unless specified.

* £1,400 per annum payable for the provision of placement.
**If a pre-sessional course is required, the fee is payable in full for the pre-sessional plus 65% of published tuition fees. E.g. £1,000 (100% of pre-sessional fee) + £10,010 (65% of MBA fee) = £11,010

In the first year only on either undergraduate, or postgraduate degree courses, international students will receive a £1,000 VC Scholarship. An international student progressing to a higher level degree* will receive, in the first year only of the new course, both a £1,000 VC Scholarship and a £500 alumni discount.

* Including undergraduate to postgraduate, and postgraduate to MBA.

A discount of £500 is available for prompt payment of the first year fees in full, before or at registration (undergraduate and postgraduate).

The UK Government confirmed that, after August 2021, new EU students beginning their course would no longer be eligible to pay ‘home’ rate fees for undergraduate and postgraduate courses or receive financial support through Student Finance England (SFE). This meant that some students who would previously have been charged Home fees would now be classed as Overseas fee-paying students.

At the University of Bedfordshire, we recognise that this transition may be difficult for many, and we wanted to mitigate against this in a way that was fair and equitable. With this in mind, we have now introduced our new Undergraduate EU qualifications bursary

From our September 2023 intake, students who are accepted onto their Undergraduate programme solely on the basis of an eligible EU qualification that will receive a tuition fee reduction in the form of a bursary of £4,500 per academic year.

Eligibility for this bursary is not based on nationality – all students who meet the criteria will receive the award, regardless of nationality – and so, for example, students undertaking an EU qualification in a school outside of Europe may be eligible. The scheme exists to support as many eligible undergraduate students as possible and there are no limits to the number of awards available.

To receive the bursary, the below criteria must be met. Applicants must be:

• Classed as International/Overseas fee-payer status. Home fee paying students are not eligible.
• Applying for the first year of an undergraduate course at level 3 (foundation) or level 4 (first year) commencing from September 2023 onwards (Applicants looking to enter at level 5 or 6 are not eligible as they would not be entering on the basis of an eligible EU qualification)
• Applying based solely on an eligible EU qualification. See our full list of accepted qualifications. Admissions based on a mix of non-EU and EU qualifications are not eligible.

Students who are successful in being awarded the bursary will not be eligible for any other scholarships or bursaries, such as the VC Scholarship, but may be eligible for the prompt payment discounts on tuition fees.

Application process

Eligible students will have the bursary automatically applied to their account at confirmation when they send us their final results, and do not need to make a formal application. The bursary will not be reflected in an offer letter, but will be outlined in a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS).

For more information, or to check if you may be eligible, please contact our International team via international@beds.ac.uk

Undergraduate international students who pay their second/third year fees in full before or at registration will receive an additional £500 Prompt Payment Discount for each year 2 and 3.

See information on how to pay your fees

Postgraduate research students who pay their full tuition fee before or at registration, will receive a £1,000 discount. This is available for every year of study.

An international student progressing to a higher level degree* will receive, in the first year only of the new course, both a £1,000 VC Scholarship and a £500 alumni discount. An additional discount of £500 is available for prompt payment of the first year fees in full, before or at registration (undergraduate and postgraduate) .

* Including undergraduate to postgraduate, and postgraduate to MBA.