Students attending Brandon University this year will have to pay more for tuition.

The increase is due to the University receiving less funding from the provincial government.

Tuition is increasing by 3.75 percent to make up for the lack of funding. Returning undergraduate international students will now pay 2.5 times more than what a Canadian student would pay and new international students will pay 3.7 times that amount.

The University received $39,546,372 in funding this year which is $380,000 less than last year.

The funding consists of an operating grant of $37,773,372, a Campus Manitoba amount of $955,000, a renovation budget of $488,000 and a $330,000 allowance for smaller repairs and equipment replacement.

The school says that although the money available to them is a little bit more than in previous years, expenses have gone up.

Five positions at the school have been left open for a year to help reduce costs. The positions are supposed to be filled again next year so that programs at the school are not permanently affected.

The university has added a couple of positions this year, including a biosafety officer, who will help with scientific research as well as another research position.