Why have I been charged international fees when I live in the UK?
Your fee status is determined when you first apply for your course.
Your fee status determines the level of tuition fees which you are required to pay, and may determine your eligibility for certain funding support.
If you think your fee status is wrong, please contact the Student Information Desk (via the SID tile on iExeter).
In order to qualify for ‘home’ fees under this category, you must meet all of the following criteria:
- You must be 'settled' in the UK on the 'first day of the first academic year of the course'.
- You must be ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK on the ‘first day of the first academic year of the course’.
- You must also have been 'ordinarily resident' in the UK and Islands (the Islands means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for the full three year period before the 'first day of the first academic year of the course'. For example, if your course begins in October 2010, you must have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands from 1st September 2007 to 31st August 2010.
- The main purpose for your residence in the UK and islands must not have been to receive full-time education during any part of that three-year period.
For more information please see the Overseas Student section on the Student Finance website.