Course Fees

For Home Students

The following fees apply to students who are paying their own fees. They also apply to students who are being sponsored by their employer outside of Apprenticeship schemes. Employers seeking to support students through the Apprenticeship levy should contact the National Centre for Food Manufacturing.

BSc (Hons)/BEng Programmes

  September 2024 January 2025
  Credits Fee Credits Fee
Year 1 90

£6,570

75

£5,475

Year 2 90

£6,570

75

£5,475

Year 3 80

£5,840

90

£6,570

Year 4 100

£7,300

80

£5,840

Year 5  -

-

40

£2,920

Total 360

£26,280

360

£26,280

Individual Modules Students wishing to access individual modules in any year of the programme will be charged £73 per credit point.

Level 3 Direct Entry from Foundation Degree

  July 2024
  Credits Fee
Year 1 80

£5,840

Year 2 40

£2,920

Total 120

£8,760

Individual Modules Students wishing to access individual modules in any year of the programme will be charged £73 per credit point.

Level 3 Direct Entry from CertHE

  July 2024
  Credits Fee
Year 1 90

£6,570

Year 2 90

£6,570

Year 3 60

£4,380

Total 240

£17,520

Individual Modules Students wishing to access individual modules in any year of the programme will be charged £73 per credit point.


Apprenticeship Charges for Employers Accessing Open Provision

Levy Paying Employers

Apprenticeship frameworks and standards are assigned to a funding band by the Government. Charges are listed below for Apprenticeships underpinned by standards. These are subject to any changes made by the Government to published funding rates as defined in the following link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-funding-bands.

For further information on NCFM’s charges for Apprenticeship provision please contact Sharon Green on shgreen@lincoln.ac.uk or call 01406 493000.  

Level Duration Programme Band Maximum /charge
6 4 years Degree Apprenticeship - underpinned by BSc (Hons) £27,000
6 18-24 months Degree Apprenticeship – ‘top up’ from Foundation Degree Charge - £14,000
5 3 years Higher Apprenticeships £27,000


Non-Levy Paying Employers

Non-Levy Paying Employers should contact the National Centre for Food Manufacturing directly to check the availability of Education and Skills Funding Agency funded Apprenticeship places for smaller employers. Where funded places are available, eligible businesses are required to contribute to 5% of the above charge. There is an exception for businesses employing fewer than 50 people where Apprentices aged 16 to 18 at the start of their programme can be fully funded.