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Fees

2010-2011 Tuition Fees

Approved 30 November 2009, updated 30 June 2010

General Notes:

1. The amounts set out in this document for academic tuition are composite fees which include admission,

registration, examination and graduation fees as well as an obligatory contribution towards the cost of student societies, sports activities and other amenities. The fees identified in this document do not include residence or lodgings costs, or the cost of meals, or special or re-examination fees.

2. Discounts will be given to self-funded students (for instance, this does not include students applying

through Student Finance Direct) who pay their tuition fees in full (3 terms), on or before 20 September 2010 – (different dates apply to East 15 Acting School).

3. Late payment penalties are charged if tuition fee payments are late. Home and EU undergraduates are

charged ￡25 per term – all other students are charged interest at 12.5% pa.

4. If for any reason a student withdraws from their course before 31 October 2010, no tuition fees are

payable. A refund will be made if the fees have already been paid. After 31 October, the student is liable for the tuition fee for any term (whole or part) for which he/she has been registered.

5. Liability for payment of overseas fees is determined by reference to the Education (Fees and Awards)

Regulations. The Admissions Officer is responsible for determining the fee status of applicants to the University; following admission, an appeal by a student against an overseas classification is considered by Student Support. In the event of a disagreement between the Admissions Officer and Student Support, the matter will be referred to the Academic Registrar.

6. Students who are age 60 or above at the time of registration are eligible for the following discounts:

7.

Undergraduate Full Time Degrees:

Undergraduate Fee Notes and Exceptions

B RIDGING Y EAR:

E AST 15A CTING S CHOOL:

An additional sum of ￡300 is payable in respect of materials, services and other professional expenses such as helping to pay for enhanced production budgets, showcases, transport, London venue hire, theatre visits and other expenses related to the training of acting and stage professionals for the following programmes: Theatre Arts

Acting

Acting and Contemporary Theatre

Community Theatre

Acting and Stage Combat

Technical Theatre

Physical Theatre

World Performance

F OUNDATION Y EAR:

For any programme of study that has a preliminary foundation year, the first year will be charged at the lower rate of ￡1310. All subsequent years will be charged at the standard rate.

I NTERNATIONAL A CADEMY 4/3 ACCELERATED ROUTE:

Home/EU students on year zero of International Academy 4-year undergraduate programmes of study who are permitted to enter the accelerated fast track route on successful completion of assessment at the end of the spring term will be required to pay an additional tuition fee of ￡2000 to total the following amounts for the year:

L AW –E NGLISH AND F RENCH L AW (M AITRISE):

University of Essex standard fees will apply to year 1 and 2 of LLB English and French Law. For year 3 and 4, the University of Paris X – Nanterre fees will apply.

O PEN L ANGUAGE P ROGRAMME (OLP)

Registered students and University staff will receive a ￡100 discount per 30 credit module.

A spouse or civil partner of a full-time student paying overseas fees wishing to take a language module will be entitled to a ￡100 discount per 30 credit module. This fee discount applies only for the period in which his or her spouse or civil partner is liable for full-time fees.

P LACEMENT AND Y EAR A BROAD:

Home/EU students going to Europe under the Erasmus initiative pay nil fees. Home/EU students not eligible for the Erasmus initiative and all Overseas students will pay 50% of the normal fee for full year abroad and placement studies.

Students studying abroad for part of the year pay normal fees.

U NDERGRADUATE M ODULAR S TUDY:

Students registered to take a full-time course may take an additional undergraduate module subject to the agreement of the department concerned. External Home/EU students may also apply to take individual modules.

Fees for modules taken on an individual basis will be charged by students not concurrently studying for a degree will be charged by credit value pro rata to the relevant full-time fee, eg a 30 credit module will cost ? of the relevant full-time fee.

Fees for modules taken on an individual basis by students concurrently studying for a degree will be charged as follows:

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F ULL Y EAR A BROAD INCLUDIN

G P LACEMENTS:

Students studying abroad for part of the year pay normal fees.

T AVISTOCK AND P ORTMAN NHS F OUNDATION T RUST:

Programmes taught in association with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust include:

D Child, Community and Educational Psychology, D Educational Psychology and MA The Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Validation fees for these programmes are paid by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Postgraduate Taught Degrees:

Postgraduate Fee Notes and Exceptions

Exceptions:

Health and Human Sciences:

Pre-Registration Nursing – Fees are set and funded by EoESHA.

Masters – Credit Accumulation Study – Fees are set with the Commissioners

Law:

LLM European Business Law ‘PALLAS’ - Fees are set by PALLAS.

Essex Business School:

MBA (Executive) is most likely to be taken on a modular basis and charged at ￡1000 per 10 credit module.

Notes:

D ISCONTINUOUS S TUDY:

Students following a programme of study for the degree of MA (discontinuous study) pay the full-time fee pro rata for three terms spread over a maximum of three years, and no fees for the remaining terms.

D OCTOR OF P HILOSOPHY:

1. Students following a programme of study and research for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

who, under the provisions of Regulation 4.28 are permitted to study away from the University for part of their course will pay full fees for the whole of their period of study whether in or away from the University.

2. Students from government and industrial research establishments accepted under Regulation

4.78 as candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy will be required to pay the appropriate

part-time fee.

3. Overseas students accepted under the provisions of Regulation

4.77 as candidates for the degree

of Doctor of Philosophy on the basis of joint supervision with their overseas institution will pay the appropriate full fee for periods of study at the University of Essex and a fee to be determined specially from time to time for periods of study at the overseas institution (normally 10%).

4. The fees payable under the provisions of Regulation 4.4 by part-time candidates for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy who are not normally resident in the UK are half the equivalent full-time fee for the whole of the minimum period of study.

5. If a spouse or civil partner of a full-time PhD student paying overseas fees wishes to undertake

part-time study, normally a Masters or Diploma course, he or she will be charged the standard part-time home fee for that course (￡1875 for postgraduate course with standard fees, or half the higher rate fee for Fee Band B - E courses.) This special fee will only apply for the period in which his or her spouse or civil partner is liable for full-time fees. This fee concession is only available at the point of admission and will not be approved once the spouse or civil partner is a registered student.

E AST 15A CTING S CHOOL:

An additional sum of ￡300 is payable in respect of materials, services and other professional expenses such as helping to pay for enhanced production budgets, showcases, transport, London venue hire, theatre visits and other expenses related to the training of acting and stage professionals for the following programmes:

Acting

Acting for TV, Film and Radio

Theatre Directing (MA and both years of the MFA)

Acting (International) (MA and both years of the MFA)

P OSTGRADUATE R ESEARCH (PGR) FEES:

Applied to the following full and part-time awards: PhD, MPhil, MA/MSc by dissertation.

PGR fees will apply to Home/EU students on a taught postgraduate course in receipt of a Research Council 1 + 3 award.

Postgraduate research students may be required to pay ‘bench fees’ dependent on the nature of the research undertaken. The fee varies according to equipment and materials used and is paid annually. Bench fees will be stated in the offer of admission.

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust:

Programmes taught in association with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust include:

D Child, Community and Educational Psychology, D Educational Psychology and MA The Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Validation fees for these programmes are paid by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Postgraduate Occasional Research Study Notes and Exceptions:

The University has a tariff for occasional students seeking research attachments to departments

and/or individual members of academic staff. This is based on the relevant annual fee for full-time research students and is intended to reflect the cost of providing a research attachment for an occasional student, while also providing the student with information about what s/he can expect during the period of registration.

1. Charges are based on current standard fee for Home/EU or overseas research students, except

that the higher cost of lab-based work is reflected in the Home/EU lab-based fee in the same way as it is in the overseas fees:

N ON-L ABORATORY:

L ABORATORY1:

1Home/EU Laboratory rate fees apply to the departments of Biological Sciences, Computer Science and Electronic Engineering and Psychology. Overseas Laboratory rate fees apply to the departments of Biological Sciences and Psychology.

2. The notional flat rate charge for the use of the Library and computing services is 10 per cent of

the relevant fee above, pro rata to the length of study. This charge represents the minimum cost occasional research students will incur. Charging by the term gives rates as follows:

The summer vacation is charged as a single term unless the student is here for a full calendar year, in which case the three-term rate applies.

3. Supervision is charged at a notational cost of ￡50 per hour. ‘Supervision’ includes not just face-to-

face contact, but any time spent on reading/commenting on work or any related duties.

4. Departments themselves will assess whether they are going to provide desk space and computer

(hardware, not facilities, charged for above) in discussion with the applicant to determine an appropriate charge if available.

5. A charge for any modules followed may be made in addition. These fees vary and are available

on request from Graduate Admissions or the relevant department.

6. In no case will the proposed charge to an occasional student exceed the regular fee for a full-time

research student.

Postgraduate Occasional Research

Postgraduate Modular Fee Notes and Exceptions

Modular fees are shown for Home/EU students only. Fees for international students, who would normally be unable to study part-time because of their immigration status, would be determined on an individual basis by the Head of Graduate Admissions, using the relevant overseas fee.

Students declaring at the outset that they will not undertake assessments are entitled to 10% reduction, rounded to the nearest ￡5. There are no refunds for intended assessments which are not completed.

Fees for Health and Human Sciences are determined by the Department in consultation with NHS funding bodies.

LT932- Film and Video Production Workshop has a fee of ￡890 due to external tuition.

A discount of 30% will be given to students taking individual modules on modular study mode who are over 60 years of age at the time of registration.

E AST 15A CTING S CHOOL:

The Postgraduate modular programme in Theatre Directing has an additional ￡75 per module payable in respect of materials, services and other professional expenses such as helping to pay for enhanced production budgets, showcases, transport, London venue hire, theatre visits and other expenses related to the training of acting and stage professionals.