The president of the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan) has called on the government to reconsider its policy on university funding.
The Preston university has announced it will charge £9,000 a year - the maximum allowed by the government - from 2012.
The government has said it wants to replace direct government funding of courses with increased fees.
Union president Michael Palmer said he believed the plans would not be affordable.
"The government is trying to implement a scheme which it believes is cheaper on the Treasury and on the tax payer.
"It is simply not. It therefore cannot afford to run it. It is going to be forced to re-think its policy.
"As the Student Union here has always said, we are trying to say to the government, 're-think your strategy'."
Uclan vice chancellor Malcolm McVicar said it could only continue to provide a "superlative education" if it replaced lost state funding through fees.
The university is due to announce ways for students from all backgrounds to be able to afford the fees.
In total, 30 universities have declared their fee levels for next year, with the majority planning to charge £9,000.
They include the universities of Oxford, Imperial College, Durham, Exeter, Essex, Leicester, Surrey, Manchester, Warwick, Aston and UCL.
Ministers have warned universities that if the majority set fees at or close to the maximum £9,000 then more funding for teaching could be lost.
The Preston university has announced it will charge £9,000 a year - the maximum allowed by the government - from 2012.
The government has said it wants to replace direct government funding of courses with increased fees.
Union president Michael Palmer said he believed the plans would not be affordable.
"The government is trying to implement a scheme which it believes is cheaper on the Treasury and on the tax payer.
"It is simply not. It therefore cannot afford to run it. It is going to be forced to re-think its policy.
"As the Student Union here has always said, we are trying to say to the government, 're-think your strategy'."
Uclan vice chancellor Malcolm McVicar said it could only continue to provide a "superlative education" if it replaced lost state funding through fees.
The university is due to announce ways for students from all backgrounds to be able to afford the fees.
In total, 30 universities have declared their fee levels for next year, with the majority planning to charge £9,000.
They include the universities of Oxford, Imperial College, Durham, Exeter, Essex, Leicester, Surrey, Manchester, Warwick, Aston and UCL.
Ministers have warned universities that if the majority set fees at or close to the maximum £9,000 then more funding for teaching could be lost.
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