Fees, loans and financial support

Our fees are set at an affordable level: studying a part-time university-level course could be as little as £4,125 per year!

Course Fees for 2025/26

Full-time fees for the 2025/26 academic year are:

• £8,250 per year

Part-time fees for the 2025/26 academic year are:

• Two-year BA (Hons) top-up programmes: £4,125 per year
• Five-year BA (Hons) programmes: £4,950 per year
• Six-year BA (Hons) programmes: £4,125 per year
• HNC and HND programmes: £4,125 per year
• Foundation degrees: £5,500 per year

Students returning on a programme with a duration of greater than one year will continue to pay the original annual fee.

Financial Support

The financial aspect of studying a university level course is very important. 

The amount of support available and tuition fees will depend on the programme you choose to study and whether you study full or part-time. It may also depend on personal factors, such as your household income.

Special Support Bursary 

This offers up to £1,000 per year (depending on household income) and will be based on an individual’s Student Finance England assessment. To be eligible, students must be paying the full tuition fee; receiving their maximum maintenance entitlement; and have an assessed annual household income of £40,000 or less.

In order to apply for the bursary, students must also meet the following criteria:

• have been offered a place to study on a full-time university level course at Nottingham College
• be assessed as a ‘Home’ student - subject to the standard tuition fee of £8,250.
• provide evidence of their student finance assessment, showing the Maintenance Loan amount
• not be in receipt of a bursary or scholarship from any other source (such as the NHS)

Evidence of your student finance assessment showing your eligibility for a maintenance loan must be included with the bursary application.  Applications cannot be processed without this.  

Acceptance on the scheme for the first year of study will automatically qualify the student for the bursary in their second or subsequent year of study, providing their financial situation has not altered.  A new application form must be completed for each year of study.

Care Leaver Bursary

Students who are Care Leavers will be eligible for a further £2,000 bursary in each year of study.  Students will need to provide evidence in the form of a letter on headed paper from their Leaving Care Worker, Social Worker, Personal Adviser, local authority or another professional person such as their Head Teacher. 
To qualify, students must be:

• studying a full-time undergraduate course;
• a UK student under the age of 25 at the start of their course;

Definition of a Care Leaver: Using advice from the national organisation ‘Become’ – we define a care leaver as being: “a young person who has been looked after for more than 13 weeks since they were 14, including some time at age 16 or 17.”

Student Carer Bursary

Student Carers can apply for a further £1,000 bursary in each year of study.  This helps to support members of our university level student community, who are also Primary Carers. This is defined as anyone who is an unpaid Primary Carer for a family member who, due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or addiction, cannot cope without their support.  Students will need to provide ONE piece of evidence from the following list:

• supporting letter/email from an appropriate medical professional or manager of a Carers' Centre/Young Carers’ Project (or similar Carers’ support organisation).
• document from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirming receipt of Carer’s Allowance.

Important Note:

Payment of all university level bursaries is conditional on satisfactory academic progress, academic conduct and satisfactory attendance (above 85%) on the course. 

How do I apply?

There will be an application form for the Bursary schemes in the Welcome Pack you will receive before your course starts.  In order to be considered, applications must be received by the deadline shown on the application form.

For further information on the Bursary schemes, or if you have any questions, please contact the university level office, and our friendly team will be on hand to help!