Honours degree courses in most of the UK take just three years to complete, while, in the USA and Australia, they take four years. In Scotland, Honours degree courses last four years - equivalent to doing an access and degree course elsewhere in the UK.

Your main costs will be tuition fees and living expenses. Universities set their own fees. Some estimated examples of tuition costs per year are:

• Arts £7,000 to £7,650
• Science £7,500 to £9,700
• Clinical £7,500 to £18,000