Pay your fees in instalments

You can pay your fees in instalments, either:

Home and European Home students only:

  • two equal instalments: 50% on enrolment and 50% by 31 December (31 May if you begin your course in January/February)
  • nine equal instalments: The first payable at enrolment, then eight equal payments by direct debit on the last working day of the month, starting in October (March for February starters), or via automatic payments from your credit or debit card.

In addition, postgraduate students only:

  • if you are in receipt of a Postgraduate Loan from the Student Loans Company: if you are able to provide evidence of being in receipt of a Postgraduate Loan from Student Finance England you will be permitted to pay in three equal instalments in line with your loan payment schedule.

International and European Overseas students:

  • For students applying for a Student visa we require 50% deposit payment before we will issue a CAS.
  • The deposit amount is 50% of the first year's tuition fees.  The remaining 50% can be paid in three equal instalments, with full payment required three months after the course start date.  Further details can be found in your deposit request email.  

International sponsorships accepted

  1. US Financial Aid and Veterans Aid recipients
  2. Norwegian Lanekassen loan recipients
  3. Chevening scholars
  4. Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) awardees
  5. London Met scholarship awardees, and
  6. other scholarships or sponsorships (government or corporate) which meet the requirements of the Student visa rules and have been reviewed and approved
For category 6, the UKVI requirement is stated in section FIN 8.3.(b) of the Immigration Rules Appendix Finance:

FIN 8.3.(b) funds provided by an official financial sponsor, which must be His Majesty’s Government, the applicant’s national government, the British Council or any international organisation, international company, university or Independent School

Eligibility, restrictions and exemptions

  • Please note the paying in instalments option is not applicable to Study Abroad and Study in London Programme students.

How to pay in instalments

If you would like to pay your fees in instalments you should contact Income Collection:

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Further information

Please ensure you've read the fee payment information in our General Student Regulations, which also includes information about current economic sanctions in place that mean the University is unable to accept payments originating from countries sanctioned by either the UK or the US.