Fees and funding for UK students
Undergraduate

The University of Reading will charge undergraduate home tuition fees (students from UK/Northern Ireland) at the upper limit as set by the UK Government for the relevant academic year.

Following the UK Government’s announcement published on Monday 4 November 2024, and subject to the passing of relevant secondary legislation, the University of Reading home tuition fees for 2025/26 entry will be:

• Bachelors Degree programmes - £9,535 per year for 2025/26 then fixed per year at this fee for the standard duration of your course.
• Integrated Foundation Degree programmes (lab-based subjects) - £9,535 per year for 2025/26 then fixed per year at this fee for the standard duration of your course.
• Integrated Foundation Degree programmes (non-lab-based subjects) - £5,760 for 2025/26 then rising to £9,535 per year for the standard duration of your Bachelors level study.

You can apply for a government tuition fee loan to cover the cost of your degree. If you’re eligible for funding through Student Finance authorities – which most UK students will be – you don’t have to pay any tuition fees upfront. Check your eligibility.

To find out when you will start repaying your student loan, visit the government website for the latest information.

Find out more about tuition fees and your financial obligations as a student by reading the University's Fees Policy.

The University of Reading offers a range of scholarships and bursaries to help you fund your time at university.

For information about any additional course-related costs, please visit our Additional Course Costs page.

UK students can get government loans to help towards their living costs, known as ‘maintenance loans’. If you choose to take out both a fees loan and a maintenance loan, these will be rolled together and repaid only after graduation through the tax system, as a proportion of your income over £25,000.

You may be eligible for other grants and bursaries, depending on your circumstances. For example, there is additional support for: 

• students with disabilities 
• students with children 
• students with other dependants (for example, an adult you care for) 
• students doing a course in speech and language therapy.

If you spend a full academic year studying abroad or working on a placement as part of your degree, you’ll only pay partial tuition during the year away from Reading. This is currently set at 15% of the normal tuition fee and applies to home and international students.

You’ll still need to budget for local living costs (such as accommodation, food, travel, visa fees and medical insurance), which may be more expensive if you spend the year abroad. Home-fee students can apply to be considered for a placement bursary to help with expenses. 

This applies only to situations where the full year is spent abroad or on placement. Where only a part of the year is spent abroad or on placement, the full tuition fee is payable to the University of Reading as normal.

The Reading Bursary is worth up to £1,500 and will be given in the form of a cash bursary or a partial fee reduction. It is available for enrolled, eligible full-time undergraduate students from England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland whose household income falls below £27,000.

Further information about the Reading Bursary for students in 2024-25.

Our Access and Participation Plan (APP) sets out how we’re improving equality of opportunity in higher education, and is approved by the Office for Students (OfS).

You’re covered by the most recent plan or agreement in place at the time you start your studies. That plan or agreement will then cover you throughout your studies, even if we introduce new plans or agreements in later years.

• View our current Access and Participation Plan (PDF).
• See our fee information for new students in 2025/26 (PDF), as provided by the OfS. 
• See our fee information for new students in 2023/24 (PDF), as provided by the OfS. 
• See our fee information for new students in 2022/23 (PDF), as provided by the OfS.
• See our fee information for new students in 2021/22 (PDF), as provided by the OfS.

If you would like to see our past plans, please visit our Access and Participation Plans page.