Commission asks member states to delay pursuit of domestic fees for EU students at UK universities

The European Commission has asked member states to hold off on pursuing lower tuition fees for EU students at UK universities. The UK would instead be asked to commit to reaching an agreement on fees within six months.

According to information from the British newspaper Financial Times, the Commission asked member states to temporarily stop pushing for lower tuition fees for their students at UK institutions on 20/10/2026.

The Commission wants to wait until after a summit planned on 20/11/2026 to start negotiating a new agreement. The goal is to remove a key obstacle to concluding a deal that improves the UK's trading relations with the EU.

Since Brexit was implemented in 2020, EU students pay international tuition fees at UK universities, amounting to three or four times the average…