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The coronavirus crisis has led to a complete upheaval in the higher education world, with both classes and assessment shifting online for the remainder of the academic year in most cases. There have been calls for tuition fees to be reduced (or even cancelled), which has caused significant debate among both students and faculty. Some universities are, however, responding to these calls by making changes to their tuition fees.
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Universities Changing Tuition Fees in Response to Coronavirus
By Julia G
Updated March 21, 2021 Updated March 21, 2021The coronavirus crisis has led to a complete upheaval in the higher education world, with both classes and assessment shifting online for the remainder of the academic year in most cases. There have been calls for tuition fees to be reduced (or even cancelled), which has caused significant debate among both students and faculty. Some universities are, however, responding to these calls by making changes to their tuition fees.
At TopUniversities, we are constantly adding to our dedicated student coronavirus hub, so you can keep up-to-date with all the news that might affect your studies, from the UK government’s official policy on tuition fees to tips on how to stay happy and healthy when studying from home.
You can find out which 85 universities around the world who have made tuition fee changes in the table below:
Universities with Tuition Fee Changes
QS World University Ranking 2020
Institution
Location
6
ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Switzerland
50
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Netherlands
114
University of Groningen
Netherlands
146
Newcastle University
United Kingdom
170
University of Rochester
United States
183
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
189=
Texas A&M University - Commerce
United States
223
University of Antwerp
Belgium
314=
University of East Anglia
United Kingdom
314=
Heriot-Watt University
United Kingdom
326
University of Hawaii at Manoa
United States
327
Virginia Tech
United States
328
Birkbeck, University of London
United Kingdom
340=
University at Buffalo
United States
359=
Stony Brook University
United States
398=
Wake Forest University
United States
424=
Flinders University
Australia
454=
University of California, Riverside
United States
460
University of Maryland Baltimore
United States
468=
Brandeis University
United States
477
Singapore Management University
Singapore
501-510
University of Texas at Dallas
United States
511-520
Iowa State University
United States
561-570
Drexel University
United States
581-590
University of Pavia
Italy
591-600
Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull
Spain
601-650
University of Oregon
United States
601-650
University of Bradford
United Kingdom
651-700
University of Denver
United States
651-700
University of Houston
United States
651-700
Louisiana State University
United States
651-700
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
United States
651-700
Stevens Institute of Technology
United States
651-700
University of Plymouth
United Kingdom
651-700
Samara University
Russia
651-700
Charles Darwin University
Australia
701-750
University of Wyoming
United States
701-750
Georgia State University
United States
751-800
Loyola University Chicago
United States
801-1000
University of New Hampshire
United States
801-1000
University of Salford
United Kingdom
801-1000
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Poland
801-1000
University of New England (Armidale)
Australia
--
Portland State University
United States
--
Loma Linda University
United States
--
National University (San Diego)
United States
--
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
United States
--
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
United States
--
Emporia State University
United States
--
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
United States
--
Concordia University, St. Paul
United States
--
Saint Louis University (Missouri)
United States
--
Southeast Missouri State University
United States
--
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
United States
--
Saginaw Valley State University
United States
--
Le Moyne College
United States
--
SUNY Maritime College
United States
--
Assumption College
United States
--
Royal Roads University
Canada
--
Seneca College
Canada
--
University of Suffolk
United Kingdom
--
University of Sunderland
United Kingdom
--
Waterford University of Technology
Ireland
--
IGS - RH Institut de Gestion Sociale
France
--
Ecole Centrale de Lyon
France
--
University of Madeira
Portugal
--
Thomas More (Mechelen)
Belgium
--
Utrecht Summer School
Netherlands
--
VU Amsterdam Summer School
Netherlands
--
University of Iceland
Iceland
--
Bauhaus University Weimar
Germany
--
CODE University of Applied Sciences (Berlin)
Germany
--
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Italy
--
The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art & Design in Wroclaw
Poland
--
University of South Bohemia (USB) in Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic
--
BOKU University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Austria
--
Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences
Hungary
--
American College of Greece
Greece
--
Cyprus Science University
Cyprus
--
European University Cyprus
Cyprus
--
Mykolas Romeris University
Lithuania
--
Turiba University
Latvia
--
Dalarna University
Sweden
--
Nazarbayev University
Kazakhstan
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