Your tuition fee status will determine how much you pay in fees. We determine your tuition fee status based on information you supply during the application process. The different fee status categories The fees you have to pay will depend on: your nationality or visa status andthe country or region where you are ordinarily resident We call this your tuition fee status. What ordinarily resident means Most students on an online learning programmes pay the same fee rate with the exception of EFI and PhD online degree programmes. Students on these programmes will pay the fee rate (home or international) based on their assigned fee status. For postgraduate degrees, fee status is divided into: Scotland fee rateScotland fee rateEU-EEA Pre/Settled Scotland fee rateRest of UK (RUK) fee rateEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland fee rate (Rest of the UK)Republic of Ireland fee rate (ROI)International/EU fee rateEU-EEA Overseas fee rateOverseas fee rateOnline learning fee rate How we know your fee status We will determine your tuition fee status based on information you supply about yourself during the application process. If we cannot determine your fee status automatically, we will ask you to complete an online fee status questionnaire and supply more information. In this case you will see a query fee status (‘Q’) until you have submitted the fee status questionnaire and we have been able to decide your fee status. Once you start your programme, your fee status cannot be changed. Work out your fee status Our Fees and Student Support team provide guidance to help work out what your fee status is likely to be. Work out your fee status Tuition fee rates Once you know your fee status, you can work out how much you will have to pay in tuition fees. Tuition fee rates This article was published on 2025-10-07