Tuition fees and student loans

Undergraduate tuition fees

Tuition fees cover the cost of teaching, assessments, and access to facilities like the library, IT equipment, and student support services. Many UK students opt for a student loan, repaying only after graduation and earning a salary.

Fees are payable for each year you’re at university. At Norwich we review our tuition fees every year and they are likely increase in line with inflation. UK tuition fees follow government-set caps, and as such are subject to changes made to the agreed cap in a specific year.

The level of tuition fee will depend upon whether you’re classed as either a UK or International student. Your fee status will be assessed during your application and confirmed upon receiving an offer.

Visit our page to see what tuition fees fund at Norwich. For more information on extra costs associated with your course such as specialist equipment or field trips, check the fees and funding section of your course.

Inflation in subsequent years

The rules for inflation on fees in subsequent years depend on the type of fee status and level.

• For Home undergraduate entrants starting in 2025, the University’s policy is to charge the maximum regulated fee. To reflect increased costs of delivery and to ensure that we maintain a high-quality student experience, the University will therefore increase fees in line with any uplift determined by the UK Government by law or government policy in the second and subsequent years of your course. Such increases are usually linked to inflation and determined using RPI-X (the Retail Price Index excluding mortgage interest payments). We will notify you of any fee increase by no later than the end of July before the start of the next academic year.
• For Overseas undergraduate students starting in 2025, inflation will be applied to your fees in later years. We will confirm this in advance to you of each academic year, and we will limit the increase to no more than the Office for Students’ recommended inflationary measure, which is RPI-X. RPI-X is calculated by the Office for Budget Responsibility. In setting fees for the following year, we will use the Office for Budget Responsibility’s RPI-X forecast for quarter 3 of the relevant year.

Fee Status

Norwich University of the Arts will assess students’ tuition fee status using the guidance provided by the UK Council for International Student Affairs. Students from the UK or Ireland and EU students with ‘Settled’ or ‘Pre-Settled’ status will be charged ‘Home’ fees if they meet the relevant residency requirements.  They will usually be eligible for a tuition fee loan from the UK government, meaning that they won’t have to pay Norwich University of the Arts’ tuition fees upfront.

Students who do not meet the necessary residency requirements will usually be charged ‘Overseas’ fees and will not be eligible for the UK government tuition fee loan. Since 2021/22, this includes new entrants from the EU, EEA, and Switzerland who do not have ‘Settled’ or ‘Pre-Settled’ status, because the UK has now formally left the EU.

Financial support for UK students in 2025

Tuition fee loans and loans for living costs are usually available to UK and some EU students, as well as non-repayable Norwich University of the Arts bursaries based on family income. Apply for financial support and funding as soon as possible to ensure that your application is processed by the start of the academic year.

Tuition Fees Loan for undergraduate study

Tuition fees loans are available for most UK and some EU students. This is subject to meeting certain eligibility rules. You can apply through your national student finance provider. You won’t start paying it back until you’ve left university, and you’re earning more than the repayment threshold.

• Available to cover the full cost of your tuition
• You don’t have to pay for your course upfront yourself
• Only start paying back when you are earning over £25000 per year

Maintenance Loan for undergraduate study

Student Maintenance Loans are available from Student Finance England for most UK and some EU students to help with living costs such as accommodation, food, clothes, travel and course expenses. The amount students receive is dependent on household income and any maintenance grant received.

• A loan of up to £10,544 may be available if you live away from home.
• A loan of up to £8,877 may be available if you live with your parents.

Different figures may apply if you are currently based in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Do the loans gain interest?

From the date you take out loan(s) you will be charged interest at the rate of inflation (RPI). For further information about interest rates on student loans, please visit the repayment web pages on the gov.uk website.

Apply for a student loan

UK Government loans are administered by regional funding bodies – each of which has their own rules and offer different types and amounts of funding to students.

Eligible students will receive funding from their regional funding body, based on their ordinary country of residence (not where they are planning to study). For detailed information about funding from each body, please follow the links:

• Student Finance England (SFE)
• Student Finance Wales (SFW)
• Student Finance Northern Ireland (SFNI)
• Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS)

Isle of Man and Channel Islands

Find out what living cost and tuition fee support is available from the relevant island government website:

• Isle of Man
• Island of Jersey
• States of Guernsey