Tuition fees for graduates on 5 yr course

[TRADER]

The Medicine FAQ says that tuition fees for graduates on a 5yr course for 2006 will be £3000 a year.

I am worried it will be more than this - The BMA website 'becoming a doctor' states that

'Graduates gaining admission to the standard five-year courses will be entitled to receive student loans for their maintenance. If they have previously taken a publicly funded higher education course lasting two years or more, they will not be entitled to receive funding from their local authorities for tuition fees, and universities may charge them the full cost of their tuition. (Fees payable to medical schools by graduate students vary widely and details are available from the schools themselves)

http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content...gDoctorFunding

To me this suggests that graduates will have to pay more than the £3000 that undergraduates pay (for which the LEA pays the rest) and closer to the actual costs/fees charged to overseas students, which must be £10000+ per year

Anyone know how much a mature/graduate applicant WILL be charged if starting in 2006????

Thanks

[spk76]

Graduates are not entitled to receive funding from their local authorities for tuition fees (but some do), and universities may charge them the full cost of their tuition (but none do).

[MikeLaurie]

Anyone know how much a mature/graduate applicant WILL be charged if starting in 2006????

I would ask the individual medical schools what they will charge, but as I understand it you will not pay the full overseas rate - only whatever proportion of the fees the government doesn't autmatically pick up for educating home students.

After receiving an offer, I went through a moment of complete panic when I thought that I would have to pay the entire overseas rate for my course.

I called the Dundee Medical School office and spoke to the admissions tutor to confirm what the fees were for my situation. He confirmed that I would have to pay "the full amount". I asked him what "The full amount" was. He said "This year I think it was ... eleven ... um ... and seventy-five. I think."

Of course, I panicked because I thought he meant £11,075! All that effort to get a place, and then I find out I won't be able to afford it!!

Turns out he meant £1,175!

Worth finding out in details though, because I didn't get the info for any English schools, and as you say the amount's changing next year. I'm pretty sure it won't be the full overseas fee, though, as long as you are a home student.

[auden]

Graduates are not entitled to receive funding from their local authorities for tuition fees (but some do), and universities may charge them the full cost of their tuition (but none do).

The first point intrigued me - I'm in Sussex and have just had my 'provisional assessment' from my local authority. They say they are paying my fees for next year even though I'm a graduate - which I thought wasn't done. Obviously I need to wait for the full assessment from them which may change things, but does anyone else know whether East Sussex are just unusually generous?

Libs

[Tangliss]

Wow, did you get public funding for your first degree, auden?

[spk76]

The first point intrigued me - I'm in Sussex and have just had my 'provisional assessment' from my local authority. They say they are paying my fees for next year even though I'm a graduate - which I thought wasn't done. Obviously I need to wait for the full assessment from them which may change things, but does anyone else know whether East Sussex are just unusually generous?

I've always suspected that those lucky grads who get help with their fees from their local authority are just benefiting from an administrative cock-up. I just can't bring myself to believe that any local authority would be unusually generous. So don't question it, just take the money and run.

[Tangliss]

I would.

[DH2005]

So, by that reckoning, is it worth me asking for tuition fee support? I was expecting to take the £3k per year on the chin...

[Tangliss]

You might as well, DH2005. But if you don't get help, at least you wont have to pay the fees up front, so that's something I suppose.

[Makey]

Funnly enough, if you're an EU student going to Scotland your fees are paid for you by the SAAS. It doesn't matter if you've received funding for any previous courses that you may have attended, they'll still pay!