TUITION FEES 

HOME FEES – 2025/26

For Home students registering for 2025/26 the tuition fees are £9,000 per year for both the First and Second Year.

Tuition fees are due and payable at registration for each year, and you have three payment options:

1. Self-Financing Students to pay in full. You are entitled to a five per cent discount if full payment of that year’s fees is made prior to or at registration.
2. By three instalments. The annual fee can be split evenly between the three terms, at the latest on 15 September 2025, 15 January 2026 and 15 April 2026.
3. Through Student Loan Company (SLC) application for tuition fee loan and/or maintenance loan (see further advice below).

You are required to ensure that you have secured funds to pay your tuition fees at the point of enrolment. Students who anticipate difficulty in making tuition fee payments as outlined above should contact the school as soon as possible to discuss their financial position and options.

• EU/EEA students who have been living in the UK for 3 years or more and have pre-settled or settled status: will be eligible for Home Fees of  £9,000 and will be able to apply for the full amount from the SLC.
• International students who have lived in the UK for more than 3 years, have a visa (allowing you to live and study in the UK) or the duration of the course will be eligible for Home Fees of £9,000 but not be eligible for SLC funding.

We will send you a fee assessment to establish if you are eligible for Home Fees if you are offered a place.

NON-HOME TUITION FEES – 2025/26

For students who are not eligible for Home Fees (for example, EU/EEA/international students who have been living in the UK for less than 3 years) tuition fees will be £15,000 – these students will not be eligible for SLC funding.

STUDENT LOAN COMPANY ADVICE

The London School of Architecture’s MArch Designing Architecture is Part 2 of your 5 year architectural education and as such is eligible for Undergraduate funding as together Part 1 and Part 2 are considered a single course as long as:

• You have not withdrawn from your Part 1 course before starting your Part 2
• You have studied full-time throughout your Part 1.
• You have not undertaken another MA programme before starting Part 2
• There has been no longer than 3 years between completing Part 1 and starting Part 2. (where the gap exceeds 3 years the SLC has discretion to assess whether a connection with architecture has been maintained)

You can apply for your undergraduate funding via the SLC. 

If you are not eligible for UG funding, you may be eligible for the postgraduate loan that is £12,167 for 2025/26.  This loan is paid directly to you and you can use it to pay for your tuition fees and/or living expenses. 

Please note when making your application:

• Your university is The London School of Architecture
• The programme is the MArch in Designing Architecture 
• You will be studying full time and in university (not on a placement year)
• The programme code for undergraduates loan is 896946
• The programme code for Northern Ireland is 906223
• The programme code for postgraduate loans is 96959 
• Please make sure that you apply for funding as soon as you can so that you have arrangements in place for when you are due to start your studies in September.
• Ensure that you can manage all your study related costs and living expenses.  Some useful information and budgeting tools can be found on these websites: 
  • Advice and information from the National Union of Students (NUS)
  • Information for students from the National Association of Student Money Advisors (NASMA)
  • Advice from Money Saving Expert
  • Budgeting and debt management advice from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

Students whose domicile is Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are required to apply directly to the Wales and Northern Ireland educational authorities.

For any further enquiries please email admissions@the-lsa.org.

BURSARIES AND HARDSHIP FUNDING

A per-annum bursary in the range of £1000 per year will be available to selected students.

The following processes are also in place:

• If demand exceeds the number of bursaries available, students will be prioritised on your home postcode given in your application, AND a household income of under £16 000. ( to enquire as to whether you meet the adult quintile postcode criteria, please contact admisisons@the-lsa.org)

• We may also decide to utilise available money from the Hardship Fund (see below) to award additional bursaries, where deemed necessary.

• Should demand be less than the number of bursaries available, any unallocated bursary funds can be reallocated into the Hardship Fund (see below).
• We will provide significant additional funding as part of our Hardship Fund, to which students can apply for support (whether or not they have received a bursary). Hardship Fund allocations will be made on an individual basis, based on demonstrated financial need. These funds can supplement bursary allocations or provide financial support to students who do not meet the bursary criteria. Funds can be used to cover additional costs associated with an architecture course, such as model making and printing, to ensure successful participation in learning.

Students who have been allocated bursaries will be notified Term 1 and funds will be disbursed over Terms 1, 2 and 3.

OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING

Please review the following external resources:

• RIBA – various opportunities
• Bursary Beyond Price – £5000
• Prospects – search for bursaries, scholarships and charitable funding
• Find A Masters Postgraduate Funding Guide
• Snowdon Trust Master’s Scholarships to support Disabled students
• The Scholarship Hub
• The Vegetarian Charity Grants
• Wellcome Grant Scheme Finder
• The Royal Society Grants
• European Research Council Grants
• The Black Heart Foundation Scholarship Programme

REFUNDS AND COMPENSATION POLICY

This regulation does not apply should a student exercise their statutory right to cancel their enrolment within 14 days of accepting their offer, in which case no fees or charges will apply and any monies paid will be refunded.

By the act of registering with The LSA, a student accepts liability to pay the full tuition fee for the year of study. By signing the Terms & Conditions they are agreeing to abide by the current LSA General Regulations and University of Liverpool Programme Terms & Conditions which includes acting in accordance with the LSA Tuition Fee Policy.

Programme/tuition fees are charged for the educational services and facilities provided in the delivery of a programme of study, subject to the Programme Terms and Conditions relevant to the year of entry (‘the student contract’). The fee is an annual, consolidated charge for the provision of tuition, registration, learning resources, infrastructure, examination, assessment and graduation.

The School will re-calculate the amount of tuition fee to be charged in circumstances where a student withdraws or interrupts their programme during the academic session. In such an event, a student will have no claim to a refund of fees charged for any period they were registered during that session.

No tuition fees will be charged to any applicant who fails to register on their programme of study having previously firmly accepted an offer to do so.

Fees charged to registered students will be calculated based upon the date the University is formally informed of any change in registration. Students should therefore follow the University’s formal procedures for withdrawal or interruption outlined at www.liverpool.ac.uk/studentadministration/managing-my-studies/.

A student who is deemed withdrawn at the UoL final board of examiners may appeal the decision. Information on how to do this can be found on the University of Liverpool website.

For further information about funding, refunds and deposit, see the LSA Tuition Fee Policy.