2012 Student Tuition Fees

Nazbit

Nazbit

Nazbit

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Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone knows what will be happening with tuition fees for taught masters courses in 2012?

I know that universities will be charging up to £9,000 a year for undergraduate degrees, but I can't see any mention of how this will affect post graduate courses. There is some speculation in newspapers that these will be even higher again.

The obvious answer to this question is contact the university, and I have done but obviously I won't get a reply until sometime next week now, so I was just wondering if anyone can shed any light in the mean time.

I have a BSc in Computer Science and I am currently working full time as a software developer. I am ideally looking to do a masters partly for career prospects and partly out of interest. I'm looking to study part time, maybe even via distance learning.

I was planning on starting in September 2012 but if there is going to be a significant rise in fees, I might try and enroll on the January intake and save some money. September would be more convenient though.

Thanks
 
I want to do an MA at the Institute of Education. £4000 full-time, or £8000 part-time (distance learning).

I'd love to move back to London and study full-time, but I just can't justify spunking >£10k on living costs, on top of a £4k degree.
 
robfosters said:
I dont think they are changing. Postgraduate courses have never been government subsidised have they?
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Not according to peliminary thoughts by my old course supervisor (a couple of months ago). They increased their fees for this year a couple of thousand to keep similar to the competition and were seriously considering raising then a couple of thousand again to make them more expensive than an undergrad year as it didn't make sense for a full year masters course to be cheaper than a 8ish month undergrad year.

NathanE said:
I researched this the other week... you can do a MSc CompSci at Cambridge no less, for... ~£5k.
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For 2012? I assume it's probably like the undergrad fees, depend on course and uni. Raising my old fees a couple of thousand to price them above an undergrad year, fine, not much of a change but the £3-4k courses rising to £9k+ would be a big step.
 
That's pretty much in line with what I've seen at a couple of universities, the one I'm looking at is £50 off £5000 for the whole masters and it can be spread over 2 - 4 years part time. If it doesn't go up (apart from the usual inflation rises) then I'll hopefully sign up for that in September.

I can see the argument that they should be more expensive than under graduate courses but if they were to go up to that level I would have to abandon the plan, as I won't be able to afford that and I probably won't make it back in added value to my career for a long time.

Plus it's as much about interest and enjoyment as it is about job prospects really.
 
When I was organising my masters, they said they will increasing the price next year. I don't know if they were just saying that to encourage people though. I went to the local highly ranked university, and moved in with parents for the course to save some money on living costs.
 
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robfosters said:
I dont think they are changing. Postgraduate courses have never been government subsidised have they?
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Oh I didn't know that.

The fees are different for UK and foreign students though, so I just assumed that was because there was some sort of subsidy for home students.

What would the reason for the price difference be then? It's £4,950 for UK students and £10,800 for international students.
 
Hitman_Leon said:
These prices make me consider a masters, I never really did before.
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In what area? Masters fees are massively different normally depending on the uni and course. £3-5k seems to be the standard but there are plenty of courses that are £7k+ and MBAs that are in the tens. I'm pretty certain a few of the £7K+ courses will go up next year as well, they know people will pay as they are worth so much career wise.
 
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