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Irish students will not have to pay international fees to study in UK institutions post-Brexit. The common travel area allows students to pay “home fees” rather than the more expensive fee for international students.
“After Brexit, Irish students will continue to be able to study in the UK, and British students will be able to study in Ireland. This is one of the features of the common travel area that the UK and Ireland enjoy,” a spokesperson for the Department of Education and Skills confirmed.
“Irish students will be eligible for the same rate of fees as home students in the UK. British students will still be eligible for the same fee structures as EU students in Ireland.”
International fees
The UK’s Universities Minister recently announced that EU students attending English universities will be classed as international fee payers as of 2021 entry.
“Following our decision to leave the EU, EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals will no longer be eligible for home fee status, undergraduate, postgraduate and advanced learner financial support from Student Finance England for courses starting in academic year 2021/22,” UK Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said.
“It will not affect students starting courses in academic year 2020/21, nor those EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals benefitting from Citizens’ Rights under the EU Withdrawal Agreement, EEA EFTA Separation Agreement or Swiss Citizens’ Rights Agreement respectively. It will also not apply to Irish nationals living in the UK and Ireland.”
This means that non-UK resident EU students will be paying significantly higher fees to attend UK universities than they would have in 2020.
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