As an international student, you will have two main costs to meet – tuition fees and living expenses.
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International student fees and financial support differs considerably from that for students defined as Home or EU. To determine your likely status, read the guidance provided by the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA).
A final decision regarding your status will be made by the University when you enrol and present your immigration paperwork, passport and identification documents.
Additional information and advice about fees and funding for refugees and asylum seekers who are academics is provided by CARA the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics.
| Programme of study | Fees |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Classroom-based | From £8,760 |
| Undergraduate Laboratory-based | From £9,040 |
| Sandwich Year | From £640 |
| MSc, MA, PgDip | From £9,300 (including dissertation) |
| MBA | From £11,595 (including dissertation and residential) |
| MPhil, PhD | £9,135 |
For further enquiries regarding fees, contact Fees and Bursary Office.
Some courses include compulsory field trips or residentials, the cost of which is added to your total tuition fee. In addition some optional units include field trips or residentials for which you will be asked to pay separately.
Your course may require you to attend other teaching sessions outside the University for which you may be required to pay an additional fee. Some courses require registration with an external body for which a fee is also payable.
As a guideline, it is estimated that a single student living in London will need around £9,000 per year to meet basic living expenses such as accommodation, heating, food, local travel, books, equipment, clothes and other necessities. This does not include tuition fees. The University's Student Gateway provides useful information about general living costs, health costs and Council Tax in its money matters section.
British Council Scholarships
The British Council offers a number of awards for international students studying in the UK. For further information about scholarships available for international students please go to the British Council’s Quality Unit web page and click on the scholarships database.
One of them is the British Chevening Scholarship, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID), which enables international students to study in the UK.
Offered in more than 150 countries for study in any subject field, the scholarships are for those pursuing a full-time postgraduate, or second degree course, or full-time research at a UK Higher Education Institution. The scholarships cover all or part of the cost of the period of study. For further information, visit www.chevening.com.
Charitable Fund
International Students can apply to LSBU’s Charitable Fund.
We offer our international students considerable financial assistance in the form of scholarships and charitable funds. Find out more about our international scholarships
