Course Fees

UK course fees vary depending on what you are going to study and for how long.

Immigration procedures before you leave Uganda for the UK:

Before beginning your studies in the UK, you may first need to apply for a visa. The regulations for entry into the UK are constantly changing and it is vital that you check the UK visas website at www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en and the Home Office Border Agency (UKBA) website at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk on a regular basis. You should also liaise with the British Council office in Kampala and British High Commission, Kampala so that you are aware of how UK immigration procedures will affect you.

There are two categories of visa for international students:

– Adult student (also known as ‘general student’)

– Child student (for children aged four to 17 years old coming to study at independent fee paying schools or studying at further education colleges).

Applying for a general student visa

From the end of March 2009 if you are coming to study in the UK for more than six months (or are already in the UK and want to apply to extend your permission to stay) you must pass a points-based assessment and score 40 points before you are able to travel to the United Kingdom. These 40 points will include:

– 30 points for a visa letter from a licensed sponsor, and

– 10 points for maintenance (you will need to show you have enough money to cover course fees and monthly living costs for up to 9 months; your bank statements must confirm you have held the money for at least 28 days).

The visa letter will include information about you, your sponsor (education provider), your course, and your finances. From autumn 2009 (if you are applying from inside the UK to switch or extend your stay and from February 2010 if you are applying from outside the UK) the visa letter will be replaced by a CAS (confirmation of acceptance for studies) when the new IT system for education providers goes live.

You will be allowed to study only with a licensed sponsor and as a condition of being a sponsor the education provider will be responsible for you while you are in the UK. They must tell the UK Border Agency if you do not arrive for the start of the course, if you leave the course, defer or suspend your studies, or if you are absent for significant periods of time.

It is important that you choose the right course and place of study because you will have to obtain written permission to change once in the UK. It will cost £357 if you want to take up a new course of study either with an existing education provider or a new education provider and the length of the new course goes over your current permission to stay.