Student Academic Fees

You need to confirm your funding or arrange payment of your tuition fees and any additional programme costs when you complete your online student registration. Registration is the first step towards matriculating. We refer to tuition fees and any additional programme costs as your ‘student academic fees’.

As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select from the following options:

• pay your student academic fees in full
• set up an instalment plan instruction
• confirm that any pre-submitted sponsorship, grant or loan details are correct
• confirm that any pre-submitted government funding details are correct;
• provide new details of international educational loan, sponsorship, grant, or government funding
• confirm that the student academic fee amount displayed is correct at the time of registration

If you are in receipt of funding, but your funding does not cover the full student academic fees, you will need to pay the remaining balance as part of registration, either in full or in instalments.

Before registration: documents you may need to submit

If you have a sponsorship, grant or government funding, you may need to submit documents as evidence of your funding type before registering.

See what documents you need if you have a sponsorship, grant or government funding 

The payment options available to you will depend on how your studies are funded.

You may be considered to be:

• an externally-funded student if you are receiving financial support from your government, being funded by a sponsor or have arranged a tuition fees student loan
• a self-funded student if you are funding your own studies, getting financial help from family or friends, or are receiving financial assistance direct from an external funder
• an internally-funded student if you are receiving a scholarship, award or other funding from the University which is not paid directly to you

Student Fee Collection Policy

Individual payment guidance - Contact Details

• View frequently asked questions on paying student academic fees at EdHelp.  Edhelp can answer queries about paying fees and other costs via our online enquiry form and also offer a live chat service between 9.15 am and 16.30 pm.
• The university also offers AI support using askedhelp.ed.ac.uk
• If you prefer to speak to someone by phone please call 0131 651 5151 (Option 1 for "Student Fees and Finance Queries", then Option 1 for "any questions or issues about Fee payments").  Our phone lines will be open Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. 

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