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Cardiff University for Nigerian students
Cardiff, United Kingdom
A Russell Group university, which is the group of research-intensive UK universities, and the most academically selective institution on this list. It also runs the most intake dates, which matters when a student has missed September.
We can apply to Cardiff University for you, free to your family.
We prepare and submit the application, check your documents and follow up with the university. You pay us nothing; the university pays us when a student enrols. We never promise admission or a visa.
What it costs, in naira
Converted at today's rate (£1 = ₦1,762), which updates through the day.
Tuition a year, across every course open to us
₦5,848,479 to ₦82,706,651
£3,320 to £46,950 a year
This is the spread across all 459courses, not a quote. The top of the range is usually a specialist subject. Your course has one fee, we confirm it in writing before you commit, and the university's own fees page is the number that counts.
Courses we can apply to
459
Postgraduate-heavy: taught master's first, then bachelor's, and over a hundred doctoral programmes.
Application fee
None
None.
Intakes open to us
January 2027
January 2027 · April 2027 · July 2027 · September 2027 · October 2027
Worth knowing before you apply
The top of the fee range is medicine and dentistry, which are far more expensive and far harder to enter than the rest of the catalogue. Judge the fee by the course, not by the range.
A UK application needs your passport, WAEC or NECO with the scratch-card result, or your transcript and certificate for a master's, two references on letterhead, a personal statement, and proof that you can fund the course. Start with the references and the bank statements; they take longest. The visa application itself is your family's own, prepared with our checklist.
How Pathways is paid, and what we never promise
Placement is free to families. Universities pay SchoolRegistry a fee when a student we place enrols. It never changes your fee and it never changes which programme we recommend: the shortlist is ordered by fit, then refusal risk, then cost to you, and that rule is printed with every list. We do not promise admission or a visa, to anyone. Pathways is operated by Academic Support Services NG Ltd (RC 9416237), Ikeja, Lagos; write to pathway@schoolregistry.ng.
Questions families ask about Cardiff University
How much is Cardiff University for a Nigerian student?
Across the 459 courses currently open to us, tuition runs £3,320 to £46,950 a year, which is ₦5,848,479 to ₦82,706,651 at today's rate. That is the spread across the whole catalogue, not a quote for any one course, and the top of the range is usually a specialist subject. Confirm the exact fee for your course on the university's own fees page, and we will confirm it in writing before you commit.
Does Cardiff University charge an application fee?
None.
What can I study at Cardiff University?
Postgraduate-heavy: taught master's first, then bachelor's, and over a hundred doctoral programmes. We can currently apply to 459 courses there on your behalf.
When are the intakes at Cardiff University?
The intakes currently open to us are January 2027, April 2027, July 2027, September 2027, October 2027. UK applications usually need to be in several months ahead, so the practical question is which intake you can still reach, not which one you want.
Can SchoolRegistry Pathways apply to Cardiff University for me?
Yes. Cardiff University is one of the universities we place students into directly. We prepare and submit the application, check your documents and follow up with the university. Your family pays us nothing; the university pays us when a student enrols. We do not promise admission or a visa.
What does it cost my family to use SchoolRegistry Pathways?
Nothing. Universities pay us a recruitment fee when a student we place enrols, and it never changes which course we recommend. What you pay goes to third parties: tuition, an English test if you need one, the visa fee and the funds the Home Office asks you to show.
Talk to someone before you spend money
Thirty minutes with a counsellor, free. Bring your results and what your family can realistically fund, and you will leave knowing whether Cardiff University is reachable and what the alternatives are.
Where these figures come from
Course counts, fees and intakes read from our partner application platform on 5 October 2026, and converted at the live exchange rate shown above. Universities change fees at least once a year and catalogue entries can lag an intake behind, so the university's own page is the authority: Cardiff University fees and funding. Tell us if you find a figure here that has moved.