If you or your immediate family are from the UK but live in Europe, you may be entitled to a 'home' fee status. Work out your fee statusWe use guidance from the Scottish Government, which shows which fee status you are likely to be assigned based on your circumstances.The Education (Fees and Student Support) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (legislation.gov.uk)Select the section that most closely reflects your circumstances to find out what your fee status is likely to be.Please note that the status given here is not guaranteed. We consider every application individually, based on the answers you give in your fee status questionnaire after you apply for your degree programme.If you are a UK NationalAnd you live in the EU/EEA or Switzerland and moved there from ScotlandThis applies to UK nationals living in the EU, EEA or Switzerland on 31 December 2020, who lived in Scotland for at least three years before moving there, and who have lived in the EU, EEA or Switzerland for the last three years prior to the relevant date. Study levelUndergraduatePostgraduatePredicted fee statusScotland fee rate First Year Undergraduate FeesHome fee rate Postgraduate Taught FeesPostgraduate Research FeesAnd you live in the EU/EEA or Switzerland and moved there from England, Wales or Northern Ireland This applies to UK nationals living in the EU, EEA or Switzerland on 31 December 2020, who lived in another part of the UK before moving there, and who have lived in the EU, EEA or Switzerland for the last three years prior to the relevant date. You must be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date. Study levelUndergraduatePostgraduatePredicted fee statusEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland fee rate First Year Undergraduate FeesHome fee rate Postgraduate Taught FeesPostgraduate Research FeesAnd you live in the EU/EEA or Switzerland and have never lived in the UKThis applies to UK nationals living in the EU, EEA or Switzerland for at least three years prior to the relevant date and who lived there between 31 December 2020 and the relevant date, but who did not live in the UK before moving there. You must be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date. Study levelUndergraduatePostgraduatePredicted fee statusEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland fee rateFirst Year Undergraduate FeesHome fee ratePostgraduate Taught FeesPostgraduate Research FeesAnd you are the family member of a UK national living in the EEA or SwitzerlandThis applies to non-UK national family members of UK nationals living in the EEA or Switzerland for at least 3 years prior to the relevant date, whether or not they lived in the UK before moving there. You must be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date. Study levelUndergraduatePostgraduatePredicted fee statusEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland fee rateFirst Year Undergraduate FeesHome fee ratePostgraduate Taught FeesPostgraduate Research Fees Tuition fee ratesOnce you know your fees status, you can check the current fee rates on our tuition fees pages.Find your tuition feesDefinitionsFor definitions of some of the key terms on this page, check our guide to fee status definitions.Definitions of fee status termsStudent Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) guidance and government informationEach University within Scotland is responsible for making their own fee status assessments within their legislative frameworks. The regulations by which SAAS defines a 'home' student for funding, may differ form how the University of Edinburgh chooses to define a home student for tuition fee purposes. Brexit guidance on the Student Awards Agency Scotland websiteFee Status Guidance on the UKCISA website This article was published on 2024-07-29
