Tuition fees and maintenance loan increase for 2025/26

The UK government has confirmed that these changes will take effect from 1 August 2025, in time for the beginning of the 2025/26 academic year.

Yes – if you originally applied for a different academic year but you have deferred entry until 2025, then you will need to pay the increased fees for the 2025/26 academic year.

The government has confirmed that full time UK undergraduate tuition fees will increase by £285 for the 2025/26 academic year. They will increase from £9,250 to £9,535.

The Government has also announced an increase in the fee for foundation years in some subjects, for the academic year 2025/26. This applies to UK students studying a classroom-based foundation year in business, social science or humanities, at a higher education provider in England.

At Nottingham, this only applies to Arts and Humanities With Foundation Year (Y14F). Students studying this course will pay £5,760 for the first (foundation) year of the four-year degree. Then from your second year onwards, you will pay the latest fee applicable to UK undergraduates studying in England, which is subject to confirmation.

The increase would not affect your monthly student loan repayments after finishing university. For a student loan, the amount you repay depends on how much you earn over the repayment threshold, not how much you borrowed.

Please contact our student enquiries team.