It is important to budget sensibly while you are a student to ensure that you have enough money to live on and to complete your studies.
The British Council provides helpful information on living and working in the UK, and they have an on-line budget planner which will help you to ensure you have the finances to study in the UK: http://www.educationuk.org/budgetplanner/.
Estimated costs
The table below is a breakdown of the essential living costs of an average student for one academic year. We usually recommend that you allow at least £6,500 for a 12 month period. The exact amount you require will of course depend on your lifestyle.
The estimates are based on average annual expenditure of an undergraduate or postgraduate single student on a full-time course at the University of Gloucestershire.
|
Estimated living costs 2008/09 |
UG 38 weeks (£) |
PG 51 weeks (£) |
|
Accommodation
(average cost for self-catering halls) |
2546-3496 |
3417-4692 |
|
Meals |
1200 |
1600 |
|
Clothes
(including provision of warm clothing and footwear) |
50 |
350 |
|
Local transport |
100 |
100 |
|
Other general living expenses
(eg. photocopying & printing, books, laundry, phone calls, consumables, entertainment, luxuries, sports, cooking equipment etc) |
1200 |
1600 |
|
Total |
5396-6346 |
7067-8342 |
If you require a visa to come to the UK, you are granted it on condition that you can pay the tuition fees and living expenses (for you and your family) without having to depend on finding work in the UK.