Pay your tuition fees if you have sponsorship or a scholarship

If you have an approved scholarship provider or sponsor, then it is their responsibility to pay either all or part of your tuition fees. If there are any leftover fees to pay, then you are responsible for making a payment.

What you need to do if you have full or partial external funding 

  1. If you are receiving funding from an approved scholarship provider or sponsor, you must send a proof of your funding to the Fees and Student Support soon as possible, and before you begin online student registration.  

    Delay in providing this information to us may result in you being charged the first instalment.

  2. Register as a student online and pay any outstanding fees in full, or set up an instalment plan.

Your funding must be confirmed before the start date of your programme. 

The University reserves the right to reject a sponsor. If this happens, then it is your responsibility to pay for your student academic fees.  

Step 1: Send us proof of your funding 

Students with external sponsorship funding must upload official sponsorship documentation confirming their financial support. This should be an official sponsor letter on headed paper and include: 

  • Details of who and where any invoice should be sent, including an email address. 
  • Confirmation of whether the sponsor has agreed to pay all or part of the tuition fees and any additional programme costs. 
  • The Purchase Order (PO) number, if required by the sponsor's finance department. 

If your sponsorship is renewed annually, updated sponsorship evidence will be required for future academic years. 

Students receiving funding through internal University scholarships are generally not required to upload supporting documentation, as this information is normally provided through university systems. However, if your funding information is not displayed during online registration, you must submit the relevant documentation before registration can be completed. 

Students receiving funding through SAAS, Student Finance or UK postgraduate loan providers are not required to upload funding documentation, as this information is provided directly to the University by the relevant funding body. If your loan is being paid directly to the University rather than to you, and the information is not displayed during online registration, please use the messaging function within the registration process to contact the Fees and Student Support (FSS) team for assistance. 

All required sponsorship documentation must be submitted before registration can be completed where evidence is required. 

Please refer to the Sponsorship website for full details of the documentation required for external sponsorship. 

Funding unconfirmed

If you have not submitted confirmation of your funding, or we have not been able to validate it before your registration, you will need to provide card details to continue with the registration process. These details will remain active until your funding evidence has been received and verified. Please refer to the Instalment plan dates 2026 - 2027 for details of payment dates and amounts.

Once you have completed registration and we have received and verified your funding evidence, we will invoice your scholarship provider or sponsor. If you have partial external funding, then it is your responsibility to pay for the rest of the student academic fees not covered by your funding. You can keep the instalment plan set up during the registration process, or pay the full amount through MyFinance channel once your invoice has been issued. 

Your scholarship provider or sponsor must pay the invoice we send them within 30 days of the invoice date. If not, then you will be sent an invoice and your instalment plan will be activated.

If you have provided proof of funding 

If you have provided proof of your external funding and if your award letter states the funding is for your whole programme, then you do not need to send us the evidence for future years of study.  

Step 2: Complete your student registration online  

As part of the student academic fees payment process, you will need to complete your student registration online for each academic year and pay your student academic fees, or set up an instalment plan. 

How to complete your student registration

Step 3: Pay for your fees (if partially funded or support is taken away)

If you are partially funded 

If you receive partial external funding, then you will need to pay the rest of your student academic fees yourself. In this case, you must pay your student academic fees during online registration by one of the following payment methods:  

  • one payment (by card, bank transfer or online payment platform)
  • set up an instalment plan

If you lose funding from your scholarship provider or sponsor 

If your sponsor takes away their support from you or they fail to pay the invoice, then you must pay the remaining fees. In this case, we will send you an invoice that states how much you owe. 

It is important that all your student academic fees are paid by the end of your programme otherwise you will not be able to graduate or enrol to the next academic year. 

Check My finance  

You will be able to see a record of your tuition fees payments by checking My finance by logging into MyEd.  

Log in to MyEd

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