Late Macbook Pro getting hot and the fan is getting louder

My Macbook is getting very hot and the fan gets louder the longer I have my Macbook on.
It happens whenever and wherever I use it, I don't play games often as I use my Macbook for my Uni work.
Does anyone have any advice?

It would help if you indicated the EXACT model MBP that you have.
Perform a SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
If no success, open Activity Monitor to ALL PROCESSES and set %CPU to display values from high to low.
Download from the Internet a temperature monitoring app like Bresink:
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
Post images of both for inspection.
Open the MBP and look for dust an debris inside it, especially in the fans. Clean it out if necessary.
Ciao.

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