Fees and funding for international students

University of Southampton scholarships for Foundation and Undergraduate students

Funding opportunities are available to international (non-EU) students, from the University or from external sources.

Southampton International Merit Scholarships

The University of Southampton is proud to offer the Southampton International Merit Scholarships for 2016/17 entrants. These scholarships of up to £5,000 per student seek to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to attracting bright, ambitious students from all backgrounds onto our courses.

There may also be external funding opportunities available from our international partners or from funders in your country.

University of Southampton funding for postgraduate research students

There are a number of different funding opportunities available for international postgraduate research students. These opportunities include the Postgraduate Research Scholarship fund, which awards successful applicants £7,000 per year for three years.

Our funding by subject area page lists all of the academic department funding opportunities available.

There may also be external funding opportunities available from our international partners or from funders in your country.

Fees

Fixed tuition fees

International students starting at the University from the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years will pay the same fixed fee for each year of their course up to a maximum of four years.

Tuition fee discounts

You will receive a one per cent discount if you pay in full by 3 October 2016. If you have studied with us before, you could also receive 10 per cent off postgraduate course fees.

Find out more about paying tuition fees.

International fees

We generally charge two levels of fee. A ‘home’ fee applies for United Kingdom and European Union (EU) students. A higher ‘overseas’ fee applies for students from countries outside the EU.

For full details and to check which fee applies to you, check your fee status.

If you are a student from the European Union (EU) please see our tuition fees information for UK and EU undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Fees for all courses starting in September 2016

This information is for the 2016/17 academic year. If you are looking for information about fees and funding for previous years, please visit the Student Services Centre website.

Standard and non-standard fees

Some courses have non-standard fees, which are set by the individual academic unit. Please contact your academic unit directly for details of non-standard fees.

What is included in the fee?

Our fees for full-time study for international students from outside the EU include the full cost of tuition, examinations, Students' Union membership and research support expenses (where applicable).

Undergraduate fees for the 2017/18 academic year

• All courses (including Foundation Year) in Arts, Humanities, Law, Social Sciences and Mathematics (excluding Geography and Psychology): £16,054 per year
• All courses (excluding Foundation Year) in Engineering, Science, first- and second-year Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Geography and Psychology: £19,725 per year
• Third-, fourth- and fifth-year Medicine: £40,230 per year
• Engineering and Science Foundation Year: £16,800 per year

Postgraduate fees for the 2017/18 academic year

All postgraduate fees for the 2017/18 academic year will be updated on our postgraduate fees page in summer 2016.