Unit Cost Exercise
Subject groupings
- There are particular subject groupings (identified by the HEA for use in this model) which are used by all universities in the system. Courses are grouped into the following subject groupings:
- Arts/Law
- Commerce/Business
- Science
- Engineering
- Medicine
- Each subject grouping is broken down into the following categories of students:
- Full-time undergraduate
- Postgraduate research
- Postgraduate taught
- In addition, there are two further groupings: undergraduate part-time courses in (a) Arts/ Business and (b) Science/ Engineering/ Medicine.
Student numbers included in unit cost returnStudent numbers in the unit cost return are reconciled against the final student numbers for the relevant year (which will have already been returned to the HEA). Final student numbers are submitted by the universities to the HEA in June/July of the relevant academic year.
Unit cost returns are submitted on 1st June of the following academic year. All students on all courses, including self-financing courses, are included in the unit cost return with the exception of certain courses which fall outside the system for reasons of their particular funding arrangements.