All Scottish Universities have now announced their proposed fee levels for students from the rest of the UK. The figures give an estimated average fee of £6,841.

Education Secretary Michael Russell said:

“Scottish students and their parents have long had the reassurance of knowing that undergraduate education in Scotland will remain free. To maintain opportunities for our students, and to protect our world leading universities’ reputation and competitiveness, we had no choice but to respond to the increase in tuition fees to £9,000 south of the border.

I am pleased that the majority of our universities have shown restraint and we estimate that the proposed average fee of £6,841 will be further decreased by packages of bursaries and fee waivers to around £6,375, one of the scenarios which the Joint Technical Working Group envisaged earlier this year.

“Of course, the Scottish Government has provided a generous settlement for our universities  – which has been universally welcomed. I am confident that our universities are now on the best possible footing to continue to compete with the best in the world.”

The total English annual average is estimated as  £8,509, which reduces to £7,881 after packages of bursaries and fee waivers etc.

Source Office of Fair Access

On September 12 the Northern Ireland Executive decided to allow Higher Education institutions in Northern Ireland to raise fees for students from rest of the UK, with no upper cap.