Undergraduate fees and funding for 2012 entry

Our undergraduate tuition fees for 2012 entry are £9,000 per academic year for home and EU students. You can choose to pay your tuition fees up-front, or to take out a tuition fee loan from the Student Loans Company.

Download the 2012-13 undergraduate tuition fees.

Key facts:

• You won’t need to pay cash up front: the government will loan you money for fees and, in most cases, living costs
• You won’t need to repay the loan until you’re earning at least £21,000 per year
• If for any reason your income is reduced or stops altogether, your repayments will stop until you're earning at least £21,000 per year
• Goldsmiths has introduced bursaries, fee waivers and awards worth more than £1.6 million to continue attracting the most promising academic talent from a wide range of backgrounds

This information applies to students living in England. If you are a resident in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, please see the 'find out more' section, below.

• Tuition fee loans
  –They cover the full tuition fee and are paid directly to your university by the government
  –Home and EU students can apply
  –You don’t need to repay the loan until you’re earning at least £21,000

• Living cost loans/maintenance loans
  –Available to full-time students to help pay for living costs
  –Home students can apply; EU students may be able to apply if they meet established residency criteria
  –You don’t need to repay the loan until you’re earning at least £21,000

• Maintenance grants
  –Grants don’t have to be paid back
  –Home students can apply; EU students may be able to apply if they meet established residency criteria
  –Not everyone is eligible for a grant; the amount you receive depends on your household income (a maximum grant of £3,250 a year if your household income is £25,000 or less; a partial grant if your household income is between £25,001 and £42,600)

You can find out more on the Directgov website.

Advice about student finance from Directgov:

We've introduced financial support worth more than £1.6 million to widen access to Goldsmiths and help our undergraduate students reach their full potential. It's one of the most generous packages of financial support of any London university.

The following scholarships and bursaries are available for undergraduates starting in 2012; they don’t have to be paid back.

Scholarships (by application)

For full-time undergraduates starting in 2012, we're offering:

• 65 x £6,000
  To bright students from low income households. Find out more about the National Scholarship Programme.
• 10 x free places
  For students from Lewisham (covering tuition fees for three years; the scholarships are worth £27,000 each). Find out more about these Lewisham Fee Waivers.
• 10 x £3,000
  For students over the age of 25 who come from non-traditional academic backgrounds and show great academic potential. Find out more about Mature Students' Scholarships.
• 4 x £4,500
  To students with a disability. Find out more about Disabled Students' Scholarships.
• 5 x £4,000
  To students who are care leavers. Find out more about our Care Leavers' Scholarships.
• 10 x £500
  To exceptionally bright students. Find out more sbout the Goldsmiths Undergraduate Excellence Scholarships.
• 5 x £7,000
  For students on computing- or design-based degrees. Find out more about the Lord Mayor's Sir John Cass Foundation Scholarships.
• 33 x £1,000
  For students on selected computing degrees. Find out more abut the Eliahou Dangoor Scholarships.
• 1 x £12,000
  For a BMus Popular Music student. Find out more about the Rob Stringer Music Scholarship 2012.

To be considered for these scholarships you'll need to apply for an undergraduate degree and then submit a scholarships application. Find out more about Goldsmiths undergraduate scholarships, including how to apply.

If you’re eligible for more than one scholarship, you’ll receive the highest of those awards.

Bursaries (allocated automatically)

For full-time undergraduates starting in 2012, we're offering:

• £1,000 for any student from a UK low-participation neighbourhood and with a household income below £50,000
• £750 for any student from Lewisham, Southwark, Greenwich, Lambeth, Hackney, Tower Hamlets or Newham with a household income below £50,000
• £500 for any student from England (outside the London Boroughs listed above) who receives the full maintenance grant

Bursaries are allocated automatically based on the information you provide in your application to the Student Loans Company. They're offered as either a fee waiver or a cash bursary, and they're paid in two instalments (in January and April).

If you're eligible for more than one bursary, you'll receive the highest of those awards.

Managing your money

• Estimate your maintenance grant and calculate your loan repayments
• Download Martin Lewis' Student Finance Guide for 2012
• Start budgeting

Finance

• Student Finance England
• Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• Student Finance Wales
• Student Finance Northern Ireland
• Finance for students from other EU countries
• Paying your tuition fees

Funding

• Discretionary funding sources
• Travel and study abroad awards
• Disability allowances
• External funding sources

Fees

Please note that tuition fees are quoted for the current academic year only. They're subject to annual review, and generally increase by between 3% and 5% each year. To qualify to pay the lower ‘home’ rate of tuition you must meet the conditions set out by the Department for Education.

Equivalent or lower qualifications (ELQs)
If you're applying for an undergraduate programme that's equivalent to or at a lower level than your existing qualifications this may affect the fee rate you have to pay. It also means you won't be eligible for any government funding. Find out more about equivalent or lower qualifications.

Questions about fees

Fees Office
+44 (0)20 7078 5311
fees@gold.ac.uk

Questions about home/EU bursaries and scholarships

Home/EU Marketing and Student Recruitment
+44 (0)20 7919 7020
bursary-sship@gold.ac.uk