Pay your tuition fees with an NHS bursary | Finance

Once your NHS bursary is confirmed, you must send us proof of your funding. If your bursary does not cover all your tuition fees, then you must pay the remaining sum.

How we process NHS bursary funding

Funding from the NHS (National Health Service) may be available if you are studying a programme in medicine or dentistry. If you receive an NHS bursary, then we will send an invoice to the NHS.

If you are an undergraduate student, then an NHS bursary should cover all your tuition fees. But if you are a postgraduate student, then your NHS bursary may not cover all your tuition fees.

If your bursary does not cover all your tuition fees, then you will need to pay for the rest of your tuition fees.

Send us proof of your NHS bursary

After you receive confirmation of your funding, you will need to send evidence to the Fees team.

In your email, use the subject heading: ‘Evidence of NHS bursary’.

Email the Fees and Student Support team

If you have provided proof of funding

If you have provided proof of your NHS bursary 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.

Register online as a student and arrange payment of your student academic fees

As part of matriculation, you will need to complete online student registration for each academic year and pay your student academic fees. Payment of student academic fees is a required step in the registration process.

Complete your student registration online

As part of the tuition fees payment process, you will need to complete your student registration online for each academic year.

You are responsible for any student academic fees not covered by your funding.

Funding confirmed

If your NHS bursary has been confirmed before you begin the registration process but does not cover the full student academic fees, you can pay the remaining balance by card, bank transfer, online payment, or by instalments to complete registration.

Funding unconfirmed

If we have not received your NHS bursary award letter before you begin registration, you will need to provide your card details to continue with the registration process. These details will be used to set up an instalment plan for your student academic fees payments.

Once you have completed registration and we have received and verified the evidence of your NHS bursary, we will invoice the NHS. If your bursary does not cover the student academic fee amount, you can pay the remaining balance either by keeping the instalment plan set up during online registration or by paying the full amount through MyFinance channel once your invoice has been issued.

How to complete your student registration

You will receive an email to your University of Edinburgh email account to let you know when you can access the online registration form and pay your student academic fees.

Payment options

Pay in instalments

To pay in instalments you will need to provide card details and other information, including the cardholder’s address, so that we can set up an instalment plan. We will use the card details you provide to set up an instalment plan and take payment on scheduled dates.

Instalment dates will be displayed during annual registration for reference. These dates may change if your plan cannot be set up before the first payment is due. If this happens, we will email you send you an updated invoice, and the revised payment schedule will appear in MyFinance channel in MyEd.

Instalment dates will be displayed during annual registration for reference. These dates may change if your plan cannot be set up before the first payment is due. If this happens, we will email you and the revised payment schedule will appear in My Finance channel in MyEd.

Once you have registered and your invoice has been issued, your instalment plan will be set up and the payment dates and amounts will appear in My Finance, usually within one working day.

Do not make any other form of payment method against this instalment seven days prior to its due date to prevent being charged twice.

Pay in full

You can pay in full during online student registration using a credit or debit card, by Flywire bank transfer or an online payment platform.

If, after registering, you decide to pay your student academic fees in full instead of instalments, you can do so through My finance channel in MyEd.

Do not make any other form of payment method against an existing instalment seven days prior to its due date to prevent being charged twice.

Pay your tuition fees by instalment

Pay your tuition fees in one payment

Check My finance

You can find a record of your invoice and any fee payments in My finance. You can find My finance by logging into MyEd.

Do you need help?

If the card payment is refused

A card payment may be refused if:

there is not enough money in the cardholder’s account
the card limit is not high enough
the bank suspects the payment may be fraudulent and prevents it going out

University’s policy on collecting late fees

If you have other fees to pay

You may need to pay other fees for your programme (for example, module fees or dissertation fees).

You can find out if you need to pay extra fees for your programme on the University’s degree finder.

Undergraduate degree finder

Postgraduate degree finder

Our fee definitions

The amount you owe will appear in My finance after your invoice has been raised.

Module fees and individual course fees

Any module or individual course fees must be paid as soon as possible and before the start date of your course. You cannot pay these as instalments.

Dissertation fees and postgraduate research costs

Dissertation fees and postgraduate research costs can be paid as part of your instalment plan.

If you have paid a deposit

If you have paid a deposit towards your programme, this will be deducted from the total amount of fees you have to pay.

Your deposit will not appear on your invoice.

If you pay your deposit early in the year, there may be a delay before this shows on your student account.

If you pay your tuition fees in one payment, make sure you deduct the deposit from the total amount.

If you pay with RCP (Recurring Card Payment), the deposit will automatically be deducted from your 3 instalments.

If you have problems paying your fees

If you need an extension up to 10 days, please email finance.helpline@ed.ac.uk and confirm the date you are expecting to make this payment by and how it will be paid.

If you require a further extension please complete this form request more time to pay the University.

This article was published on 2024-07-01