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 2024-2025, please refer to our applicant pages for fee information
The fee bands and rates for new undergraduate students studying in 2024-2025 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.
| School/Department | Home fees | International fees |
|
East 15 |
£9,250 | £19,500 |
|
Essex Business School |
£9,250 | £20,500 |
|
Life Sciences |
£9,250 | £22,100 |
|
Computer Science and Electronic Engineering |
£9,250 | £22,750 |
| Oral Health Science | £9,250 | £28,850 |
| First registered year (including repeat year students) | Study Abroad year | Placement year |
| 2024-2025 | 15% of the standard fee for that year | 20% of the standard fee for that year |
| 2023-2024 | 15% of the standard fee for that year | 20% of the standard fee for that year |
| 2022-2023 | 15% of the standard fee for that year |
20% of the standard fee for that year |
| 2021-2022 | 15% of the standard fee for that year | 20% of the standard fee for that year |
| 2020-2021 | No fee | 20% of the standard fee for that year |
Students returning for a second or subsequent year of study will be notified of their tuition fees for the next year of study as part of the arrangements for Registration.
Any fee increases during your programme of study will be limited to the annual increase in the RPI-X index.
There are various organisations which might be able to help you with funding.