For 2021/22, fees for UK students will be £9.250 per year for new students. However, owing to Brexit, new EU students starting on or after 1 August 2021 are classified as Overseas and will be subject to international rather than Home student fees, as set out below. New students from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man meeting the criteria for classification as Home students will be charged Home fees, as will new students from Ireland who live in Ireland or the UK.

For 2021/22, fees for our BA (Hons) degrees for international students will be £15,500 per year and subject to annual review. We do not offer part-time study for international students.

The financial help on offer and the fees you will have to pay will vary depending on the level of course you are studying and your own personal circumstances. For a useful myth-busting guide to fees and finance, take a look at this Money Saving Expert article on student loans.

Postgraduate tuition fees for 2021 entry for Home students will be £8,000 for MA awards, and £15,500 for EU and international students.

Tuition fees for the MFA programme are £5,330 for Home students, and £10,330 for international students.

Tuition fees for postgraduate part time study for Home students starting in autumn 2021 will be £4,500.

Further discounts and scholarships may apply and an alumni discount of 15% applies across all postgraduate fees for PCA graduates.

Costs for any pre-sessional language courses and/or in-programme language support for international students are not included in tuition fees.

Student Loans for tuition fees and maintenance costs are available to eligible full-time undergraduate students in the UK. Part-time students can apply for the tuition fee loan but not the maintenance loan. You don’t need to pay for your tuition in advance, providing you’re eligible for a student loan. You will be able to get a loan from the Student Loans Company and this will cover the full amount of your tuition fees, which are paid directly to the College each year.

If you are an undergraduate student who began your programme before 2016/17 and are already receiving maintenance grants you will continue to have access to this service. You should apply for student finance as early as possible. Eligible UK full-time students can also get help from the government to cover living costs through a maintenance loan. The Student Loans Company will assess your household income and tell you how much financial help you can expect to receive towards your living expenses.

For more information visit the Student Finance England website or call their helpline on 0300 100 0607. Please ensure you thoroughly read the guidance in relation to loan repayments which only start when you earn more than £25,000 (from 6 April 2018). This was increased from the previous threshold of £21,000.

You will need to consider two types of costs:

• • tuition fees

  • living expenses (accommodation, food, transport, studying expenses e.g. books and materials)

Postgraduate students may be eligible for a loan from Student Finance (England) that can be used to pay tuition fees; this loan is paid directly to the student so postgraduate students in these circumstances are effectively paying tuition fees themselves.

Details of tuition fees are found in the specific terms and conditions pertaining to the year that you enrolled - found in the HE Student Documents section of the Student Portal. Advice and guidance about any aspect of student funding – tuition fees or financial support - for all students is available from our Student Finance team in the Student Hub – please drop in, telephone (01752 203423) or email studentsupport@pca.ac.uk.

Additional course costs can consist of equipment, materials and trips

Additional costs throughout your degree will vary depending on the course you are doing and the materials you use, or the trips you go on. Below we have put together some typical costs for a three year Undergraduate degree.

Printing & Photocopying

Rates/average costs:

• • Black & white A4 - 2p

  • Black & white A3 - 3p

  • Colour A4- 5p

  • Colour A3 - 10p

Not subsidised but provided at cost. Range of annual student spend is £0.02p to £125 (min/max), with average spend per student of £11 per annum.

Bursaries will be paid at intervals throughout the year. Payment will be in accordance with the terms and conditions you received upon enrolling and is dependent on the following:

• • At least 80% attendance recorded on SoMIS

The College makes a significant amount of funds available to all programme areas to ensure essential material needs are provided for students.

Additionally, for Home undergraduate students starting in 2020/21, and subject to eligibility based on household income the College will provide a bursary of £300 in the third and final year to help towards the additional costs associated with final project work and transition to a professional career.

(When applying for financial support (maintenance loan) from Student Finance, please ensure you provide your consentfor them to share your household income with us).

If you have any question please email registry@pca.ac.uk

If you're a care leaver entering higher education on or after 1 September 2008, and you're starting a course before your 25th birthday, you may be entitled to a non-taxable £2,000 bursary from your local authority.

In England, local authorities have a duty to pay the bursary if you're a care leaver pursuing a course of higher education according to your pathway plan. The study can be either full or part-time.

You're entitled to this support if you're a care leaver up to the age of 21. If you're over 21 but under 25 you could also be entitled, if on reaching the age of 21, you're still being helped by your local authority with an agreed programme of education or training.

This is not part of the student finance package provided by Student Finance England and it's disregarded when calculating entitlement to student grants and loans. Any care leaver bursaries available from universities are in addition to local authority support.

To apply, you should contact your pathway planner at your local authority. Or we can ask on your behalf. You should ask about the bursary and also whether there is any additional support for care leavers from your local authority. If you're eligible, make sure you have this agreed in writing as soon as possible. We can help if you need support with this.

For more information on what each Local Authority provides to care leavers progressing to higher education take a look at our local authority support information and this flowchart from the National Care Leavers Association is useful to check whether you are eligible.