The plan encompasses a number of important initiatives that are designed to ensure the further enhancement of the already excellent student experience at Aberystwyth University and enable all those who can benefit from Higher Education to do so.

Aberystwyth University is committed to widening opportunities for all students, to contribute to social justice, and offer robust packages of support that ensure that our students will be supported at all levels of their study through to graduation.

The University’s aim is to produce students who have the required range of skills for employment, to offer them excellent facilities for learning and teaching, and for their studies to be guided by staff who engage in world class research.

Student Fee Plan 2012-13

FAQ for Prospective Students

Bursaries and Scholarships

Aberystwyth offers a comprehensive range of bursaries and scholarships, which have been recognised as the most valuable in the UK.  These could significantly reduce the financial pressure on you obtaining a first class education at Aberystwyth.

Information on bursaries offered by Aberystwyth.

The decision on fees

The Council of Aberystwyth University met on May 9th, 2011 to consider the appropriate level of fee, and the detail of the fee plan to be submitted to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), setting out how revenues will be allocated consistent with the guidance issued by the Funding Council.

The Council needed to ensure that future revenues substituted for any phased reduction in government support, were invested in capital and teaching infrastructure to maintain a competitive position, covered the expected effects of inflation, and in particular were aligned with the priorities of the Welsh Assembly Government and the Funding Council.