Tuition Fee Status

Students who normally live in Scotland will have a fee status of Scottish.

EU nationals and their family members living in the UK before the end of 2020, who have settled status through the EU Settlement Scheme, who remain ordinarily resident in the UK at the start of the course, and who meet the residency conditions of 3 years in the UK, EEA or Switzerland may be granted Scottish fee status.

Students who normally live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland will have a fee status of Rest of UK – England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Students who normally live in the Republic of Ireland will have a fee status of Republic of Ireland.

Irish nationals who moved to the UK after 31 December 2020, who have been resident in the UK/Islands or the ROI for three years and who are now ordinarily resident in Scotland prior to the start of the course may be granted Scottish fee status. Ordinarily Resident typically means that you are living in Scotland for reasons other than just your studies. If you are relocating to Scotland for the primary purpose of your education, it is unlikely you meet this criteria.

Irish nationals who are not ordinarily resident in Scotland prior to the start of the course, but who have been resident in the UK/Islands or the ROI for three years and who may be granted Republic of Ireland fee status.

Students who normally live in a country outside the UK will have a fee status of International.

EU, EEA and Swiss nationals moving to live in the UK after 31st December 2020 without any form of settled immigration status may be granted International fee status. 

UK nationals who are now settled in the UK, but have not been for 3 years, as they have been living in the EU/EEA or Switzerland, who were previously resident in Scotland for at least 3 years before relocating to the EU/EEA or Switzerland, may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. A family member of a UK national may also meet these criteria if joining their UK returner family member in the UK. 

UK nationals who are now settled in the UK, but have not been for 3 years, as they have been living in the EU/EEA or Switzerland, who were previously resident in a part of the UK other than Scotland for at least 3 years before relocating to the EU/EEA or Switzerland, may be granted REST OF UK fee status. 

An asylum seeker is an individual who has fled their home country and has applied to the UK government for protection (asylum) but is still waiting for a final decision on their claim. Asylum Seeker applicants will be granted INTERNATIONAL fee status, but can uniquely request that UWS apply discretion, and grant SCOTTISH fee status. This can be done by emailing fundingadvice@uws.ac.uk who will consider the case.

As an exception to this general rule, if you are a young asylum seeker who is the child of an asylum seeker or a young asylum seeker, you were under the age of 18 on the date when the application for asylum was made and you are living in Scotland on the relevant date, you may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. Uniquely, if this applies to you, you can apply to Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) for tuition fee support.

The financial support available changes significantly once the Home Office has made a decision on your asylum application and granted you refugee status, Discretionary Leave or Humanitarian Protection in the UK. Until then, there is no student focused financial support available to asylum seekers. We would therefore recommend that any asylum seeker think carefully about how they will meet the cost of their studies without financial support. For many, it may be beneficial to delay studies until you are granted refugee status, that leads to a package of student financial support.  

If you have been granted refugee status, Humanitarian Protection or Discretionary Leave in the UK, and normally live in Scotland, you will have a fee status of SCOTTISH. You will have to provide copies of your Home Office decision as part of the admissions process. 

If you are the child or husband, wife or civil partner of a person with a grant of asylum in the UK (refugee status, Humanitarian Protection or Discretionary Leave), and are ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date, you don’t need a grant of asylum in the UK and may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. 

Ukrainian Nationals who are resident in the UK through either the Ukraine Family Scheme, the Homes for Ukraine Scheme or the Ukraine Extension Scheme, and are ordinarily resident in Scotland, may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. 

Ukrainian Nationals who are resident in the UK through either the Ukraine Family Scheme, the Homes for Ukraine Scheme or the Ukraine Extension Scheme, and are ordinarily resident in a different part of the UK, may be granted REST OF UK fee status. 

This may also apply where Ukrainian Nationals have been granted leave outside of the immigration rules, have lived in Ukraine before 1 January, 2022 and left Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country on 24 February, 2022. 

Those who have been granted Humanitarian Protection under the Syrian Vulnerable Person Relocation Scheme (SVPRS), have been resident in the UK since being granted this status, and normally live in Scotland, may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. You will have to provide copies of your Home Office decision as part of the admissions process. 

If you are the child or husband, wife or civil partner of a person with this status, and are ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date, you don’t need this status yourself and may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. 

Those who have entered the UK with Indefinite Leave to Enter under the Locally Engaged Staff Assistance Scheme (LESAS), and normally live in Scotland, may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. You will have to provide copies of your Home Office decision as part of the admissions process.

Those granted Leave to Enter under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy or Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, have been living in the UK since the UKBA granted this status, and are ordinarily residence in Scotland on the relevant date, may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. You will have to provide copies of your Home Office decision as part of the admissions process. 

If you are the child or husband, wife or civil partner of a person with this status, and are ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date, you don’t need this status yourself and may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. 

Those who have been granted Leave to Enter under the Locally Employed Staff (LES) scheme, have been living in the UK since the UKBA granted them this status, and are ordinarily residence in Scotland on the relevant date, may be granted SCOTTISH fee status. You will have to provide copies of your Home Office decision as part of the admissions process.