Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 40
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According to NUS Scotland, some international students are paying £20,000 a year to study at...
Conclusion
According to NUS Scotland, some international students are paying £20,000 a year to study at Scottish universities.98 Audit Scotland found that in 2016–17, on average, Scottish universities recovered 138.2% of the full cost of non-publicly-funded teaching, mainly by teaching non-EU students.99 Income from international (non-EU) student tuition fees made up 16% of total income across the entire university sector in 2017–18100 and the Scottish Funding Council expects that to increase to 18% in 2019–20.101