Living costs

you're coming to the UK

Study

Firstly, you’ll need to make sure you are able to pay your tuition fees – whether that’s through a Postgraduate Loan, sponsorship from your organisation, savings, or another source. However, there is more to coming to university than your tuition. Some of the other things you need to consider include:

• Rent

• Bills (gas, electricity, water, sewerage and internet)

• Transport

• Food, toiletries and household items

• Laundry

• Insurance

• Things you’ll need for your course

• Going out, eating out and takeaways.

Supporting yourself and any dependants

When you are budgeting to come to BU, remember that there may be extra costs associated with living here. As well as your rent, there will be bills, transport, food, laundry, insurance and much more to consider – especially if you have dependants. To help ensure everything is being considered, visit www.bournemouth.ac.uk/budget where you’ll find calculators and resources to help you make sure you have everything covered!

Start-up costs

If you’re moving to Bournemouth, you may need to buy some things to get started – bedding, cutlery and crockery for example.

Planning

The key to managing all this is to plan ahead. You need to have your finances straight so that you can concentrate on your studies instead of worrying about money, so it pays to do some research and have things organised and accounted for ahead of arriving at university.

For some indicative costs and links to useful budgeting tools and online calculators, visit www.bournemouth.ac.uk/student-living-expenses

For more information about funding your studies visit: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/pg-funding