Tuition fee payment schedule
You must pay your tuition fees before the start of the academic year, or you won’t be able to register.
What you need to do depends on whether you are an undergraduate, taught postgraduate or research postgraduate student. If you are sponsored by an organisation, read the information for sponsored students.
If you're registering for less than one academic year you must pay 100% of your fees before or on the day of registration.
If you are a new international taught postgraduate student and need information about Tuition Fee deposits this is provided by the admissions team.
Please note that instalment plans are discretionary and may not be available to an individual student if you have failed to pay a previous instalment on time. The dates shown below are for the current session and may differ in future years.
How to arrange payment of your tuition fees
How you pay for your tuition fees depends on whether you’re an undergraduate, taught postgraduate or a postgraduate research student.
UK/Home or Channel Island undergraduates with a tuition fee loan
You must complete a tuition fee loan application.
If you’re from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, seek guidance from your island education offices.
If you are self-funding, you must either pay in full before registration with a simple online payment, or set up an instalment plan to pay:
- in full before registration
- or in two instalments by direct debit, or a recurring card payment: 50% in November and 50% in February.
Details of your card or current account must be provided when you set up your instalment plan, we will not take an immediate payment.
There are no additional charges for automatic payment by debit or credit cards. Direct debits cannot be made from savings accounts.
International undergraduate and taught postgraduate students
If you're self-funding, you must either pay in full before or on the day of registration, or set up an instalment plan.
The tuition fees are payable in two instalments:
- 50% before or on the day of registration.
- 50% in February by direct debit or manual payment.
If you have a UK current account, details can be provided when you set up your instalment plan. We won't take an immediate payment using these details.
If you are an International student and do not already have a UK current account you can pay your first instalment using a different method and set up a UK bank account after you arrive in Leeds. You can still set up an instalment plan and select to pay the second instalment manually by online card payment or international bank transfer through Flywire.
If you need help please contact the Student fees team.
Fee rates
International fees differ for each course, to find out how much your course costs please check your offer letter or the relevant information using Course search. How much you'll pay each year will depend on whether you're doing a full time or part time degree course.
If you'd like a fee assessment to determine if you're a home or international student, contact your admissions team.
Payment methods for international undergraduate students
If you're self-funding, you must either pay in full before or on the day of registration, or set up an instalment plan.
The tuition fees are payable in two instalments:
- 50% before or on the day of registration.
- 50% in February by direct debit or manual payment.
If you have a UK current account, details can be provided when you set up your instalment plan. We won't take an immediate payment using these details.
If you are an International student and do not already have a UK current account you can pay your first instalment using a different method. Then, when you arrive in Leeds, set up a UK current account.
You can still set up an instalment plan and select to pay the second instalment manually by online card payment or international bank transfer through Flywire. If you need help please contact the Student fees team.
If you need help, email the undergraduate student fees team at UGfees@leeds.ac.uk or email the postgraduate student fees team at PGfees@leeds.ac.uk.
Paying for overtime fees as a postgraduate researcher
If you’re a funded student, check the terms of your scholarship to establish if this fee is included in your funding.
Overtime (writing up) fees cannot be paid in instalments. They are typically applied at the start of the fourth year for full-time students and the sixth or seventh year for part-time students.
Find out more about postgraduate research fees.
Contact your Graduate School team if you have any questions.
Using a scholarship to pay
If your tuition fees are being paid by the University this is called a tuition fee scholarship and should show on the registration system.
University schools and faculties can make partial contributions or pay your tuition fees in full. You can see whether the fee scholarship paperwork has been processed in step 6 of your online registration.
You'll receive confirmation from your school or faculty that they'll make a payment towards your tuition fees. This does not update on the registration system until a scholarship form is sent to the Fees team.
If no tuition fee scholarship information is showing on step 6 of your registration you must ask the school or faculty providing the fee scholarship to complete a scholarship form.
Language pre-sessional students
If you are studying a content based pre-sessional programme with the Language Centre you won't be issued with an invoice, unless you're a sponsored student and have provided a valid sponsor letter.
If you're a self funded student you must use the amount quoted on your offer letter to make a payment. You must pay 100% of your fees before or on the day of registration.
If you've already paid a tuition fee deposit this should be deducted from the amount you pay.
Find out what fee rates apply to you
Fee rates vary by course, whether you’re doing a full or part-time degree and whether you’re a home or international student.
You can check course costs on Course search or in your offer letter. You can also speak to your Admissions team.
If you’re a postgraduate research student, read our postgraduate research fees page.
You could also request a fee assessment by emailing the postgraduate research operations team at operationsrp_applications@adm.leeds.ac.uk.
Get advice about fees
If you’re an undergraduate email Fees team at UGfees@leeds.ac.uk.
If you’re a postgraduate, email the Postgraduate Fees team at PGfees@leeds.ac.uk.
If a sponsored student, find out how to pay your fees.