Financial
Information - Budgets / Living Costs
Living Costs
All International students are recommended to have available about £4900-7300 (excluding Tuition and Accommodation) per year to cover other costs - meals, books, laundry and other personal costs. This sum does not include travel between your own country and Keele and may also need to be increased if you intend to live at Keele all year round i.e. not returning home for vacations.
Student Calculator and Top Tips!
Please follow this link to the International Student Calculator to help you plan and manage your finances whilst studying in the UK: http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/pmi/student_calculator.php
Here are some top tips for saving money
Keele Living Costs (Estimate)
Per Week |
£ |
Food |
35.00 |
Clothes |
10.00 |
Books (depends on the subjects) |
10.00 |
Photocopying and stationery |
5.00 |
Personal belongings insurance |
1.00 |
Telephone |
3.00+ |
Local travel fares |
8.00 |
Launderette |
4.00 |
Medicines, toiletries, etc |
6.00 |
TOTAL PER WEEK |
82.00 |
This is obviously a minimum cost - International calls will cost more and it doesn't include socialising! |
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Local Travel |
£ |
Bus fare Keele/Newcastle |
Single 1.50 |
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Return 2.90 |
Bus fare Keele/Hanley |
Single 1.70 |
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Return 3.00 |
Bus passes |
1st days 3.70 |
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1st Week 15.00 |
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1st Month 51.00 |
All teaching takes place on campus, so travel to Newcastle or Hanley is mainly for shopping or entertainment. |
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Socialising |
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On Campus |
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Vite & Eat
Take-away sandwich and coffee (with KeeleCard) |
2.85 |
Comus Restaurant
Baked potato and filling (with KeeleCard)
Hot meal (with KeeleCard) |
2.10
4.00 |
Students' Union
Pint of beer before 10 pm
Pint of beer after 10 pm
Evening events |
1.50
1.80
3.50/4.50 |
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Off Campus |
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Staffordshire has reasonably cheap living costs and Newcastle-under-Lyme and the surrounding area have a number of excellent cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars. |
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