Find out more about tuition fees and your financial obligations as a student by reading the University's Fees Policy.

At Reading, you will not have to pay your fees up front. This information outlines how much you will need to pay, based on your starting date at the University of Reading.

Tuition fees for undergraduates at University of Reading are:

• £9,250 a year, for the full course duration, for UK/Republic of Ireland students, if you start your undergraduate course in September 2021. 
• £9,250 a year, for the full course duration, for UK and EU students, if you started your undergraduate course in September 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020*.
• £9,000 a year, for the full course duration, for UK and EU students, if you started your undergraduate course after 1 September 2012 and before August 2017*.

*The University of Reading will keep this fee capped for the full duration of your course.

Your fees will be fully covered by a loan from the Student Loan Company, in line with its published repayment terms and conditions.

UK students joining the standalone International Foundation Programme (IFP) are not eligible for a loan. 

Bursaries, scholarships and financial support programmes are also available for eligible students.

Changes to the law

Any decision on raising the tuition fees cap for new UK students would require the formal approval of both Houses of Parliament before it becomes law. At this time, we do not expect an increase in fees to occur but please check here for updates.

Information for EU students

With effect from 1 August 2021, new EU students will pay international tuition fees. For exceptions, please read the UK government's guidance for EU students.

EU students starting their studies on or before 31 July 2021 will pay the same fees and have the same eligibility for loans and grants as UK home students for the duration of their course.

This information was last updated: 9 December 2020.

UK students can get government loans to help towards their living costs, known as ‘maintenance loans’. If you choose to take out both a fees loan and a maintenance loan, these will be rolled together and repaid only after graduation through the tax system, as a proportion of your income over £25,000.

You may be eligible for other grants and bursaries, depending on your circumstances. For example, there is additional support for: 

• students with disabilities 
• students with children 
• students with other dependants (for example, an adult you care for) 
• students doing a course in speech and language therapy.

Our Access and Participation Plan (APP) sets out how we’re improving equality of opportunity in higher education, and is approved by the Office for Students (OfS).

You’re covered by the most recent plan or agreement in place at the time you start your studies. That plan or agreement will then cover you throughout your studies, even if we introduce new plans or agreements in later years.

• View our current Access and Participation Plan (PDF).
• See our fee information for new students in 2021/22 (PDF), as provided by the OfS.

If you would like to see our past plans, please visit our Access and Participation Plans page.

Year Abroad Fees

Some programmes include an optional or required year abroad studying at a host university, working abroad or undertaking a combination of the two. For students starting in 2021/22 and going on their year abroad in 2023/24, a discounted fee of 15% of the normal tuition fee (either at home or international level) is payable to the University of Reading for this year abroad and no fee is paid to the host University abroad.

This applies only to situations where the full year is spent abroad. Where only a part of the year is spent abroad the full tuition fee is payable to the University of Reading as normal and no fee is paid to the host university abroad.

Placement/Sandwich Year Fees

Some programmes include an optional or required placement year. A discounted fee of 15% of the normal tuition fee (either at home or international level) is payable to the University of Reading for this year (for example, 2023/24 if starting course in 2021/22). The discounted fee only applies to situations where the full year is spent on placement. Where only a part of the year is spent on placement the full tuition fee is payable to the University of Reading as normal.

The University of Reading offers a range of scholarships and bursaries to help you fund your time at university.

For 2021/22, this bursary will be worth up to £1,100 and will be given in the form of a cash bursary or a partial fee reduction. It is available for enrolled, eligible full-time undergraduate students from England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland whose household income falls below £27,000.

For information about home undergraduate fees for the 2021/22 academic year – including any additional course-related costs – please visit our Additional Course Costs page.

There are scholarships available to students commencing their undergraduate studies in the 2021/22 academic year.

Further details of undergraduate scholarships.