Tuition fee liability
The University’s academic year dates are published on our website. If you withdraw or commence a temporary leave of absence from your studies before the end of the academic year, your tuition fee for the year may be adjusted. The date of your withdrawal or start date of your temporary leave of absence (as reported to Registry and recorded on the Student Record System) and the type of programme on which you are registered will determine the amount of tuition fee that you will be charged for the year. The information on this page explains how your tuition fee for the year will be determined.
Important note regarding student loans
If you withdraw from your studies and you are in receipt of a student loan, the University will notify Student Finance of your revised fee liability so that your loan will be adjusted accordingly.
Important note regarding temporary leaves of absence
If you take a temporary leave of absence from your studies, your tuition fees will be prorated so that you are charged only for the period that you have attended in each academic year. If you are in receipt of a student loan, the University will notify Student Finance of your revised fee liability so that your loan will be adjusted accordingly.
Student loans (both tuition fee and maintenance loans) and grants, scholarships and bursaries are not normally payable during a temporary leave of absence from your studies.
Undergraduate (full-time), Postgraduate Taught and Continued Professional Development programmes
Confirmed withdrawal date/start date of temporary leave of absence - Fee Liability
- Up to one week after Autumn Term commences (excluding Welcome Week) - 0%
- On or after one week from the first day of Autumn Term (excluding Welcome Week) - 25%
- On or after the first Monday following the Winter vacation - 50%
- On or after the first Monday following the Spring vacation - 100%
Please note:
- The above policy applies if you are studying on a full-time undergraduate or full-time postgraduate programme; where the tuition fee charge is for the whole programme rather than individual modules and the programme has a ‘standard’ start date (i.e. at the beginning of the academic year). If you start at a different time of year, equivalent dates will be applied in the event that you withdraw/start a leave of absence from your studies.
- For most, but not all, programmes the dates given above will be the same as the published academic year dates.
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught programmes (part-time)
Confirmed withdrawal date/start date of temporary leave of absence - Fee Liability
- Up to two weeks after Autumn Term commences (excluding Welcome Week) - 0%
- On or after two weeks from the first day of Autumn Term (excluding Welcome Week) - 25%
- On or after the first day following the Winter vacation - 50%
- On or after the first day following the Spring vacation - 100%
Postgraduate Research (PGR) programmes
Tuition fees are charged per academic year (12 months) on the basis of the academic year 1 October to 30 September. Each fee is broken down to give a monthly fee. If you withdraw or start a temporary leave of absence from a PGR programme during the year, the tuition fee liability is reviewed and you will be charged as follows:
Confirmed withdrawal date/start date of leave of absence - Fee liability (months charged)
On or before the 14th day of the month - From October to the end of the month before the withdrawal date (i.e. no fees charged for the month of withdrawal)
On or after the 15th day of the month - From October to the end of the month of withdrawal (i.e. fees charged for the month of withdrawal)
Programmes advertised as Bill-by-Module
If you are charged per module and you decide to withdraw from the module, you will be charged as follows:
Confirmed withdrawal date - Fee liability (modules charged)
- On or before the7th day after the module commences - *0%
- On or after the 8th day of the module - 100%
*Please note for modules longer than 8 weeks in duration, the 0% liability period will be increased to 14 days, so 100% liability will apply from the 15th day onwards.
Where taught modules on a programme of study are all 8 weeks or less, the 7-day 0% liability period will also apply to the dissertation module.
Additionally, the 7-day 0% liability period applies to all modules on the LLM Environmental and Energy Law programme.
This does not affect your statutory cancellation rights.
Exceptions
The above policies are not applicable if you pay your tuition fees via a Federal loan; the University must remain compliant with Federal regulations, please review the Return of Title IV funds policy.