Undergraduate AdmissionsFees
- What will studying at Bath cost?
- Will there be help with living costs?
- Is the University of Bath is offering any additional help?
- How do I know the investment is worth it?
What will studying at Bath cost?
A new home/EU student taking a degree or Foundation Degree at Bath in 2008 will pay £3,145 per year (plus inflation). Exceptions will be made for those defined by the Government as deferred entry candidates and for those taking the Foundation Year or an HND programme. Fees in these cases will be around £1200.
There will be lower fees during placement years. Most thick sandwich placement years will cost around £600. Some, with enhanced support and assessment, will cost around £1000. If a degree involves two separate placements, fees will be reduced for each of the years in which a placement falls.
You do not have to pay any fees at all up front when you start your degree. Home and EU students can take out a fee loan. Loan repayments start when you graduate and earn over £15,000 a year. You will pay around £5.00 a week for your fee loan if you earn around £18,000.
Fees for overseas students are not affected by these changes. For further information please see the The International Office web pages, Money Matters for international students.
Will there be any help with living costs from 2007?
Student loans for living expenses will be available to all Home students. They are not currently available to EU students unless you have lived in the UK for 3 years before the start of the course. How much you can borrow will depend on family income.
Government grants of up to £2,765 will be available to students from families on low incomes. The level of grant will reduce as the family income increases. Students from families with an income of around £17,910 are likely to receive the full grant. Partial grants will be available for those with family incomes between £17,910 and around £38,330. For full details please see the DfES website.
Is the University of Bath offering any additional help?
We are delighted to be offering University of Bath bursaries to all those receiving a Government grant. The table below shows roughly what you might get:
| Household Income | University of Bath Bursary |
| £17,910 and below | £1,500 |
| £17,911 - £20,300 | £1,200 |
| £20,301 - £28,000 | £900 |
| £28.001 - £33,000 | £600 |
| £33,001 - £38,330 | £300 |
These bursaries are unlimited: we will provide them to any student assessed as eligible for Government support.
Bursaries will be paid directly in to your bank account, in instalments and will normally be available for each year of full-time study. Students who receive a Government grant will be eligible for a bursary of at least £300 during a placement year. Higher awards may be available.
Scholarships
UK Students
Alumni Merit Scholarships
£1000 to selected high achieving undergraduate entrants studying Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Modern Languages & European Studies.
RB & SE Whorrod Bursary
Up to £6000 (£1500pa) for exceptional Mechanical Engineering or Electronic & Electrical Engineering students with limited financial resources. For further information please visit Faculty of Engineering and Design's webpages.
Sports Scholarships
Support costs worth up to £3000 under the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (www.tass.gov.uk).
Free coaching and support facilities worth up to £2000 through TeamBath Performance Membership. For further information please contact: team@bath.ac.uk.
Institute of Physics Undergraduate Bursary
£1000 for undergraduates recommended by the department to The Institute of Physics (merit and needs assessed). Apply to ugphys.admissions@bath.ac.uk.
Choral Scholarships
Up to £1800 per annum to sing in Bath Abbey choir. Contact: music@bathabbey.org for more information.
The Jeremy Fry Memorial Scholarship
Funded by the James Dyson Foundation. £5000 over the four years to support a talented south West region undergraduate engineering student.
Overseas Students
International Student Scholarships
The International Office is offering 40 scholarships each year to new international students. The scholarships are worth £3000 each and are awarded purely on the basis of academic merit. They are open to applicants who are paying the ‘Overseas’ tuition fee and all eligible applicants are automatically considered for the scholarship.
What happens in a placement year?
UK & EU Students
The fee will depend on the length of your placement and what it involved. Students on a standard full-year work or study placement (thick sandwich programmes) will pay fees of £600. Students on a full-year placement which includes a significant amount of assessed work and at least one visit from a member of University staff will pay £1000. If your programme includes two separate placements in different academic years (thin sandwich degrees) you will pay 75% of the full fee for each of the two years in which the placements occur.
Students on work-based learning programmes such as Foundation Degrees or the Social Work Degree will pay fees of £3070 (plus inflation) for each year of study; the work-based learning will not be regarded as a specific placement away from the University.
Your study placement may be covered by the Socrates-Erasmus scheme in which case fees will be paid for you.
Overseas Students
Overseas students on placement pay reduced fees for the duration of the time away from the University. Further information is available from the Student Finance Office.
How do I know the investment is worth it?
University of Bath students have excellent graduate employment rates. In 2005 we were 5th in the Sunday Times League table "Best for Graduate Level Jobs". The starting salaries our graduates secure mean that you should be well placed to meet the costs of loan repayments in the future. Bath programmes add particular value to your education through their emphasis on professional and applied learning. Those who do placements do particularly well in securing professional/management jobs.