Part-time finance information

Part-time courses – an affordable alternative to full-time study

Birmingham Newman University offers a range of part-time degree courses which offer a cost effective alternative to full-time study. Designed to be studied over 2.5 days per week they enable students to combine work with study and have significantly lower fees than full-time courses.

Part-time students study alongside full-time students and have access to the same facilities, services and staff expertise.

Birmingham Newman also offers a range of part-time work-based foundation degrees, studied alongside work typically on one day per week.

Part-time fees for 2025/26

A 4.5 year part-time BA/BSc undergraduate degree costs £5,300 per year*.

This equates to an estimated £7,405 saving over the duration of the course compared with the full-time equivalent.

A part-time foundation degree costs £4,850 per year*.

*Fees shown are for 2025/26 academic year. The University will review tuition fees and increase fees in line with any inflationary uplift as determined by the UK Government, if permitted by law or government policy, in subsequent years of your course. It is anticipated that such increases would be linked to RPI (the Retail Price Index excluding mortgage interest payments).

Financial support for part-time students

It is important to note that no UK first degree student will have to pay fees up front. Part-time students can access tuition fee loans to cover the full cost of tuition fees. Part-time students in receipt of benefits may be able to continue to receive some benefits whilst studying part-time.

The information provided on this page is applicable to students resident in England. The student support will vary for students from other parts of the UK. If you are resident in either, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland please refer to the information sources below:

Students who are residents in Scotland can get information from the Student Awards Agency for Scotland.
Students who are resident in Wales can find details at Student Finance Wales.
Students who are resident in Northern Ireland should contact Student Finance Northern Ireland.

Additionally, students from another EU country may be entitled to a tuition fee loan to cover fees, however, generally speaking support for living costs would not be available. If you are a student from the EU for more information regarding what support is available please visit the Direct Gov website.

Maintenance Loans

Maintenance loans are loans which help pay for students’ living costs, eg, food, books, accommodation and travel. Students can apply for student finance via the GOV.UK website.

Please note that maintenance support is not available for students studying part-time Foundation courses.

Further information

The Government’s student finance website has information on the funding available to students and a useful student finance calculator.

Finance links

Contact Student Finance

Email: finance@newman.ac.uk