Undergraduate fees for current students

This page outlines fees and fee rules for current year students, including those continuing on a course of study in a subsequent year. If you'll be starting a new undergraduate course at Essex for the first time in 2026-27, please refer to our applicant pages for fee information

For Academic Year 2026-27, the UK Government have increased the tuition fees for Home fee-paying students, you can find more info under Returning year fees below.

Current year fees

The fee bands and rates for new undergraduate students studying in 2025-2026 academic year are listed below.

Please be aware that these are the general fee bands covering the majority of courses however there are some exceptions in Health and Social Care and for Accelerated degrees. Check out full list of tuition fees for the relevant academic year for more information.

Courses with an integrated Study Abroad or Placement year

Home/EU and International students

Returning/continuing year study fees 

Following a UK Government announcement to increase fees for academic year 2026-27, the Home tuition fees for students continuing on their existing programme of study in academic year 2026-27 are outlined below:

• Standard undergraduate degree fees will increase from £9,535 to £9,790 per year.
• Accelerated undergraduate degree fees will increase from £11,440 to £11,750 per year.
• Study Abroad Year (SA) and Placement Year (PY) fees will increase in line with the Government’s percentage restrictions:
  • Study Abroad Year: 15% of the new standard fee
  • Placement Year: 20% of the new standard fee

International fee paying students

The international tuition fees for students continuing on their existing programme of study in academic year 2026-27 will be outlined at Registration.

Annual fee changes

Any fee increases during your programme of study will be limited to the annual increase in the RPI-X index.

• Increases in fees for full-time undergraduate students with a Home fee status remain subject to UK Government approval each year.
• For continuing international undergraduate students who started in 2017-18 or earlier, your fees will increase by 3% for each academic year of study.
• For continuing international undergraduate students who started in 2018-19 or later, your fees will increase by 5% for each academic year of study.

Tuition fee policies and how to pay

• How to pay your fees and our fee payment policies.
• We publish a full list of our tuition fees.

Funding your studies

There are various organisations which might be able to help you with funding.

• Undergraduate funding sources.