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Veterinary science is the most expensive subject to teach, with costs reaching almost ?20,000 per full-time student, according to the Financial Sustainability Strategy Group¡¯s report The Sustainability of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education in England.

Clinical medicine and dentistry cost about ?15,000 and ?16,000 respectively. Meanwhile, laboratory-based subjects including physics, engineering and chemistry are around the ?10,000 mark.

Social studies, humanities and language-based studies, education, and business and management are among the cheapest subjects to teach, with an average annual cost to universities for each full-time student of about ?6,000 to ?7,000.

The average fee for a bachelor¡¯s degree, after all financial support from universities is included, was just under ?8,000 in 2013-14.

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