Tuition Fees

At Aberystwyth, our tuition fee for Home undergraduate students is the same as the Welsh Government maximum regulated fee. This fee can change annually as approved by Welsh Government and as a Home undergraduate student, this could mean a different tuition fee in each year of study. Any changes to the tuition fee will be communicated by the end of June before the academic year to which the change applies.

Home fee status applies to students from the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

The undergraduate fee also applies to Integrated Master’s programmes.

The current tuition fee for undergraduate Home students is £9,790/year. This could change for 2027 entry and current students and applicants will be informed as above.

Please note Irish nationals will continue to be eligible for Home fee status and support by the Welsh Government under the Common Travel Area arrangement.

Most international students are eligible to apply for the International Accommodation Award, which means accommodation costs can be included in your tuition fees.

For international undergraduate students, fee levels are frozen at the level of entry for subsequent study years. This means you know exactly what your fee levels will be for the duration of your studies with Aberystwyth University. The below is the fee for each year of study.

The distance learning tuition fees for the 2027-28 academic year are shown below. Please note that tuition fees are subject to an annual increase. Any increase will be notified to you as early as possible and in any event by the end of June in the academic year before the one in which we intend to increase Tuition Fees.

The tuition fee for the Foundation year of classroom-based courses for the 2026/27 academic year is £5,760. The fee for 2027/28 Foundation year classroom-based courses will remain the same unless the UK and Welsh Governments permit universities to increase the fee. Should this be the case, this webpage will be updated and the fee increase will be communicated to applicants before June 2027.

Progression on to undergraduate courses following completion of the foundation year will be charged at the standard undergraduate fee level. Please see a list of relevant schemes below:

• Accounting And Finance (N40F)
• Business And Management (N12F)
• Business Economics (L11F)
• Business Finance (N31F)
• Criminology (M90F)
• Economics (L10F)
• Education (X30F)
• English Literature and Creative Writing (QW3F)
• History (V10F)
• International Relations (F42L)
• International Relations and Military History (F2VL)
• Law (M10F)
• Marketing (N50F)
• Sociology (L30F).

Fee for the Foundation Year on all other schemes

The fee for the Foundation Year on all other schemes will be charged at the standard undergraduate rate, which is currently £9,790 per year. Should UK and Welsh Governments permit universities to increase the fee, we will communicate our intention to raise the fee level on this webpage and directly to applicants as soon as possible and before June 2027.

Please note, Aberystwyth University reserves the right to increase fees in subsequent years in line with UK and Welsh Government approval. Any intention to increase the fee level will be communicated with students and applicants as soon as possible and before June of the relevant year.

We offer the 12 and 6-week Pre sessional English courses in-person or online.

For more information, including start and end dates please take a look at our Pre-sessional English webpage.

*All self-funded international fee-paying students are eligible for the International Accommodation Award, which gives students the option of free accommodation in specified on-campus halls of residence for the duration of their Pre-Sessional in-person course.

The UK and Welsh Governments recently announced universities could charge a maximum of £9,790 for the 2026/27 academic year. As a result we will charge £9,790 per year for courses beginning in the 2026/27 academic year. Please note, Aberystwyth reserves the right to increase fees in future years in line with UK and Welsh Government approval. We have put together an FAQ page that you can find here.

Please note Irish nationals will continue to be eligible for home fee status and support by the Welsh Government under the Common Travel Area arrangement.

Most international students are eligible to apply for the International Accommodation Award, which means accommodation costs can be included in your tuition fees.

For international undergraduate students, fee levels are frozen at the level of entry for subsequent study years. This means you know exactly what your fee levels will be for the duration of your studies with Aberystwyth University.

The distance learning tuition fees for the 2026-27 academic year are shown below. Please note that tuition fees are subject to an annual increase.

The tuition fee for the Foundation year of classroom-based courses for the 2026/27 academic year is £5,760. All other years on these programmes will be charged at the standard undergraduate fee. Please see a list of relevant schemes below:

• Accounting And Finance (N40F)
• Business And Management (N12F)
• Business Economics (L11F)
• Business Finance (N31F)
• Criminology (M90F)
• Economics (L10F)
• Education (X30F)
• English Literature and Creative Writing (QW3F)
• History (V10F)
• International Relations (F42L)
• International Relations and Military History (F2VL)
• Law (M10F)
• Marketing (N50F)
• Sociology (L30F).

Fee for the Foundation Year on all other schemes

The UK and Welsh Governments recently announced universities could charge a maximum of £9,790 for the 2026/27 academic year. As a result we will charge £9,790 per year for courses beginning in the 2026/27 academic year. Please note, Aberystwyth reserves the right to increase fees in future years in line with UK and Welsh Government approval.

We offer the 12 and 6-week Pre sessional English courses in-person or online.

*All self-funded international fee-paying students are eligible for the International Accommodation Award, which gives students the option of free accommodation in specified on-campus halls of residence for the duration of their Pre-Sessional in-person course.

Following Welsh Government confirmation of the increase in the maximum fee that can be charged to UK and Irish full-time undergraduate students from £9,250 to £9,535, we will implement this change to fees for applicable students for the 2025/26 academic year.

Please note Irish nationals will continue to be eligible for home fee status and support by the Welsh Government under the Common Travel Area arrangement.

Most international students are eligible to apply for the International Accommodation Award, which means accommodation costs can be included in your tuition fees.

For international undergraduate students, fee levels are frozen at the level of entry for subsequent study years. This means you know exactly what your fee levels will be for the duration of your studies with Aberystwyth University.

Please note that fees are subject to an annual increase effective from 1^st August. The fees above are valid for students purchasing their modules in September 2025 (academic year 2025-26).

Following the UK Government decision to lower the maximum fee level for Foundation Years for UK and Irish students following classroom-based subjects, the fee for the Foundation Year on the following schemes will be £5,760 from Academic Year 2025/26:

Accounting And Finance (N40F)

Business And Management (N12F)

Business Economics (L11F)

Business Finance (N31F)

Criminology (M90F)

Economics (L10F)

Education (X30F)

English Literature and Creative Writing (QW3F)

History (V10F)

International Relations (F42L)

International Relations and Military History (F2VL)

Law (M10F)

Marketing (N50F)

Sociology (L30F)

The fee level for the Foundation Year on all other schemes will be at the maximum Government fee level for Bachelor's degrees.