In tertiary education in the United Kingdom, the term home student is used to refer to those who are eligible to pay university tuition fees at a lower rate than overseas students.
In general, British, and Irish citizens qualify for home student status only if they have been "ordinarily resident" in the UK for three years prior to the start of university.
From Autumn 2021, EU citizens lost their home student status and since have had to pay the higher international tuition fees.
On the first day of the first academic year of the course, to qualify as a home student, all of the following criteria must be fulfilled by the student: On the first day of the first academic year of the course, to qualify as a home student, all of the following criteria must be fulfilled by the student: Due to Irish citizens being free from any immigration restrictions and entitled to access all levels of education in the UK on terms no less favourable than those available to the citizens of the UK under the Common Travel Area agreement Irish citizens are treated the same as British citizens for education purposes.
On the first day of the first academic year of the course, to qualify as a home student, both of the following criteria must be fulfilled by Irish students: Until the British withdrawal from the EU, the following were the conditions that citizens of the European Union had to satisfy in order to be considered a “home student”: On the first day of the first academic year of the course, to qualify as a home student, all of the following criteria must be fulfilled by the student: On the first day of the first academic year of the course, to qualify as a home student, all of the following criteria must be fulfilled by the student: The following overseas territories are considered to be 'qualifying overseas territories' in terms of determining home student status: