Total cost of Uni over these days?

Shifty you looking at central St Martins by any chance? I can see how they are the best, they have the reputation for churning out the best fashion work and lots of top designers went there. It's like the Brunel of the fashion world. Probably would be worth coming down for that if you get an offer as it does give you quite a good head start.

Aside from the engineering universities (and the above) I can't see many advantages to studying in London as the courses are equally as good elsewhere and a lot cheaper.
 
You see I'm Scottish and go to a Scottish uni meaning I'm on the ball. I dont pay tuition fees. And I get a bursary that I never pay back of £2600 this year, and a loan (which I do pay back :mad: ) at £1600. I stay at home so dig money at £60 a month (heh) and thats it. Like I said, I'm on the ball, cant have debt, I have skydiving antics to pay for.
 
The "cost of uni" debate is kinda unfair...if we didn't go to uni, presumably we'd still have to work out a place to live and buy food and so forth....we might stay at home and pay a nominal amount to parents for a while, but you can't really compare that with going to uni since a) going to uni = living independently, and b) you can also stay home if you decide to go to uni locally.

So....if you look at it more fairly...the only cost differences I see are the rent (depending on your parents / housing situation, maybe you'd get a house & job for example, maybe your parents would want to charge you less rent, etc) and the tuition fees (were £1.2k/year, now £3k/year :eek: )....so it's not a huge difference I don't think.
 
$loth said:
Some of these figures make the hair on my back stand up, £30,000 debt? There's not a chance i'm going to uni!
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No interest and payable over a long time—it's bad, but not that bad, especially if you live sensibly and save money rather than drinking it all :)
 
hmmm I'm doing it for way cheaper it appears:

rent: 2400 a year
food: £15 a week = 780 a year
bills = £10 a week = 520 a year
extras per week = another 520 a year
tuition fees = 1250 a year

x that by 4 for a 4 year course =

£21880
 
GlasgowTitan said:
You see I'm Scottish and go to a Scottish uni meaning I'm on the ball. I dont pay tuition fees. And I get a bursary that I never pay back of £2600 this year, and a loan (which I do pay back :mad: ) at £1600. I stay at home so dig money at £60 a month (heh) and thats it. Like I said, I'm on the ball, cant have debt, I have skydiving antics to pay for.
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you pay back your tuition fees later. Everyone up here somehow thinks they dont. But you do. maybe not all of it. but proabably about 90% of it.
 
Jonny69 said:
Shifty you looking at central St Martins by any chance? I can see how they are the best, they have the reputation for churning out the best fashion work and lots of top designers went there. It's like the Brunel of the fashion world. Probably would be worth coming down for that if you get an offer as it does give you quite a good head start.
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Correct :)
 
Yes, uni is very expensive.

I earn about £3500 a year by working during the summer and doing OTC. My parents give me £5000 a year extra in spending money to cover food, parents pay £4200 a year rent, parents pay tuition fees £1185 per year.

Roughly 14k per year and because I switched course I am going to be here for 5 years ~ 70k. Ouch. To be fair I do live quite well for a student; I could probably manage easily on what my parents give me but the thing with having a job/OTC is that while you are working you aren't spending money, so you are saving while you earn.
 
im at 17-18k/year (11k tution fee, 3k5 for rent, the rest is for foods and whatever) and im at my 3rd Year now. sux for being a international student :S
 
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Mulder said:
Your profile says you're a student?
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I used to be a HND student. Im not anymore though.
Who looks at profiles anyway!...
...quickly updates profile. :p
 
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Last year I spent about £10-11k and that included rent, tuition, travel and lots and lots of shopping and dining out.
 
yer_averagejoe said:
hmmm I'm doing it for way cheaper it appears:

rent: 2400 a year
food: £15 a week = 780 a year
bills = £10 a week = 520 a year
extras per week = another 520 a year
tuition fees = 1250 a year

x that by 4 for a 4 year course =

£21880
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£10 a week going out? hmmmm, you must have lots of fun!
 
Tuition fees: £3000 per year
Sudent Loan: £3625 per year

So for a 4 year course, that gives me a total debt of £26500. Will be £28K if I take a placement year. I am quite lucky in that I am getting £250 a month from my parents and £1000 per year bursary from my uni because of my grades. Also, I am a lightweight so if I go anywhere that is even approaching cheap, I can get drunk for around a tenner. Generally its cheaper to buy some drinks from a supermarket and have a few before you go out. Also, you don't always need alcohol to have a good night :)

If all you want from uni is a qualification to make it easier to get a job then unless you are doing something like medicine or engineering then it maybe isn't worth the debt but the experience and the extra maturity you get from it is justas valuable to me.
 
$loth said:
Some of these figures make the hair on my back stand up, £30,000 debt? There's not a chance i'm going to uni!
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Spoke too soon :o

I've got these estimated costs (per week):

Food - £30
Accomadation - £80
Travel - £10
Clothing - £10
Social/drinking - £25
Washing - £5
Other - £15

Seem right?
 
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