Which universities are raising tuition fees in 2012?

This article takes a look at the planned increase in university tuition fees in the UK in 2012. For information on what specific universities are planning to charge take a look at our, regularly updated, student fees table below.

In December 2010 MP's voted to give universities the option to raise their tuition fees to up to £9000 a year from 2012 onwards. By early March the universities of Exeter, Cambridge and Imperial College London had already stated they intend to charge the full amount for student fees in 2012 whilst Oxford announced they will charge at least £8000.

The announcement that universities will be able to charge £5650 more than is currently being charged, has led to worries that prospective students from lower income households will not apply to the universities charging the full £9000. This has led to the Office for Fair Access (Offa) advising that these universities double their efforts to widen access to students by spending an annual average of £900 per student grants, that's up from the current £400.

It was announced on 20th April that all of England's 123 universities and university colleges, are raising their tuition fees to at least £6000 a year in 2012, with some intending to charge the full £9000 for certain courses. Universities of Bristol, Bradford, Hull, Oxford Brooks and East London, have all recently announced they intend to charge the full £9000.

This leaves the Treasury with the issue of funding the huge initial student loan payments that the government provides for every student, only to be repaid once the student has graduated and is earning over £21000 a year (for more information on paying back student loans take a look at our Student loan repayment calculator). To tackle this Ed Miliband, Labour leader, has warned that at least a 10% cut will have to be made to places available for undergraduates.

According to The Guardian the number of applicants for universities has already decreased, and The Times states that the number of students working abroad or taking a gap year before university has gone down by half.

Offa will fully announce in July which universities' requests to raise their tuition fees have been accepted, and will commence from autumn 2012.

There are many issues raised by the increase in tuition fees that we at Save The Student have thought about. To begin with, many universities feel that if they do not charge the full £9,000 then they may end up looking like a 'cheap' university and therefore gain less applicants. All of the universities will set their charges based on what they feel is their own worth. If a university was to charge £6,000 then they may feel as though they are undervaluing themselves to prospective applicants.

However, with this in mind, just because a university may charge £9,000 as opposed to the £6,000 minimum it does not mean that they could be worse for studying at. Many universities specialise in certain subjects and if the subject that you want to study is well established at a university that charges the lower amount then it may best to go there. It's all about weighing up your options.

Below you can see a table of the Universities that have announced how much they will charge for university tuition fees in 2012. It is useful to keep in mind that the fees may be different in each individual circumstance and bursaries may be available for certain students as stated above. Also, many universities are planning on differing the prices of certain courses compared to others.

University	Planned Tuition Fees 2012 (£)
Anglia Ruskin	8,300
Aston	9,000
Bath	9,000
Bath Spa	9,000
Bedfordshire	9,000
Birkbeck	6,000-9,000
Birmingham	9,000
Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln	7,500
Blackburn College (University Centre)	7,000
Bolton	6,300-8,400
Bournemouth	8,200-9,000
Bradford	9,000
Brighton	9,000
Brighton and Sussex Medical School	9,000
Bristol	9,000
Brunel University	9,000
Bucks New	6,000-8000
Cambridge	9,000
Canterbury Christ Church	8,500
Chester	9,000
Chichester	8,500
City University, London	9,000
College of Law	9,000
Coventry	4,600-9,000
Cumbria	8,400
De Montfort	9,000
Derby	6,995-7995
Durham	9,000
East Anglia	9,000
East London	9,000
Edge Hill	9,000
Essex	9,000
Exeter	9,000
Falmouth	9,000
Gloucestershire	8,250
Goldsmiths	9,000
Harper Adams University College	9,000
Hertfordshire	7,400-8500
Huddersfield	7,950
Hull	9,000
Imperial College	9,000
Keele	9,000
Kent	9,000
King's College London	9,000
Kingston	8,500
Lancaster	9,000
Leeds	9,000
Leeds Met	8,500
Leeds Trinity	8,000
Leicester	9,000
Lincoln	9,000
Liverpool	9,000
Liverpool John Moores	9,000
London Met	4,500-9,000
London School of Economics	8,500
London South Bank	5,950-8,450
Loughborough	9,000
Manchester	9,000
Manchester Metropolitan	8,000-9,000
Middlesex	9,000
Newcastle	9,000
Newman University College	8,500
Northumbria	8,500
Norwich University College	8,500
Nottingham	9,000
Nottingham Trent	8,500
Open University	5,500
Oxford	9,000
Oxford Brookes	9,000
Plymouth	9,000
Portsmouth	8,500
Queen Mary, University of London	9,000
Reading	9,000
Roehampton	7,500-8,250
Royal Agricultural College	9,000
Royal Holloway	9,000
Royal Veterinary College	7,500-9,000
Salford	8,000-9,000
Sheffield	9,000
Sheffield Hallam	8,500
SOAS	9,000
Southampton	9,000
Southampton Solent	7,800
St Mary's University College	8,000
St. Georges	9,000
Staffordshire University	7,500-8,500
Sunderland	8,500
Surrey	9,000
Sussex	9,000
Teesside	8,500
University of the Arts London	9,000
University Campus Suffolk	7,500-8,000
University College London	9,000
University College Plymouth Marjon	7,800
University of East Anglia	9,000
University of Central Lancashire	9,000
University of East London	9,000
University of the West of England	9,000
University of West London	7,500-8,200
Warwick	9,000
Westminster	9,000
Winchester	8,500
Wolverhampton	8,500
Worcester	8,100
Writtle College	8,000
York	9,000
York St. John	8,500

Search for your University and if it is not on here check back for the updated version in July when the 2012 tuition fees are fully released.