Transfer or downgrade from a Masters qualification to a Diploma or Certificate qualification where:
- the transfer or downgrade is the result of a failure to progress on the higher qualification;
- academic services (teaching/supervision) for the higher award have been received. Please contact your department for advice.
How refunds are calculated
The following tables set out how the University calculates refunds. Please note that:
- refunds are calculated based on the programme start date; not on the day when a student completes registration. Registering late in the academic year does not negate the need to pay tuition fees from the start of the programme;
- the cut-off dates for the Student Loans Company (SLC) funded students mirror the SLC payment dates;
- SLC-funded and sponsored students should be aware that the University will notify instances of leave of absence and course withdrawal, alongside with changes in fees to Student Finance England or the equivalent funding body;
- SLC-funded students who change their course part-way through an academic year should contact the Student Fees team for advice on how this will affect their fees.
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught Students
Tuition fee refund calculator
The tuition fee refund calculator is intended to help you calculate how a leave of absence or withdrawal could affect your tuition fee.
Percentage of Annual Tuition Fees Due 2
(UG/PG Self- Funded/Sponsored)
- These dates relate to students whose registration start date is 30 September 2024, attending a full academic year. The dates should be adjusted for cross-sessional students according to the ‘start of registration’ date. If your full registration period is for one semester only, or you are on a Continued Professional Development Programme, contact the Student Fees team. The above dates will be adjusted accordingly, for students with a Registration Start Date earlier than 30 September 2024 e.g.
- • PGDE "Self funded" students with a Registration Start Date of 2 September 2024 (exception of SLC funded students - table above applies).
- Fee deposits are non-refundable.
- Distance Learning courses: 10% of the annual tuition fee is retained for Residential Weekends. (unless charged separately by the department eg Orthoptics).
- Languages for All: Students withdrawing from Languages for All modules should seek this guidance about refunds
Postgraduate Research Students
(Self-funded and Sponsored)
Week of withdrawal or start date of Leave of Absence | Corresponding Dates in 2024-2025 1 | Percentage of Annual Tuition Fees Due |
Intro Week - Week 4 | 23 Sept 2024 - 27 Oct 2024 | 0% 2,3 |
Week 5 - Week 12 | 28 Oct 2024 - 22 Dec 2024 | 25% |
Week 13 - Week 25 | 23 Dec 2024 - 23 Mar 2025 | 50% |
Week 26 - Week 38 | 24 Mar 2025 - 22 Jun 2025 | 75% |
Week 39 onwards | 23 June 2025 onwards | 100% |
- These dates relate to students whose registration start date is 30 September 2024. The dates should be adjusted for cross-sessional students according to the ‘start of registration’ date. If your full registration period is for one semester only, contact the Student Fees team.
- Distance Learning courses: 10% of the annual tuition fee is retained for Residential Weekends.
- Languages for All: Students withdrawing from Languages for All modules should seek this guidance about refunds
How refunds are applied
If fees were paid by Debit or Credit Card or a Direct Bank Transfer, the refund will be made to the same account. The method of refund will be determined by the amount of tuition fees paid and owed up to the point of application. Therefore, subject to individual circumstances, a refund can be:
- a direct refund of tuition fees already paid
- a reduction in the tuition fees due
- a tuition fee debt reduction.
If you change your degree course, you submit your thesis earlier than anticipated or if there is any other kind of interruption to your studies, and you need to know how this Policy will affect you, contact the Student Fees team.
Tuition fee refund policies from previous academic years
- Tuition fee refund policy 2023-34
- Tuition fee refund policy 2022-23
- Tuition fee refund policy 2021-22
- Tuition fee refund policy 2020-21
- Tuition fee refund policy 2019-20
- Tuition fee refund policy 2018-19
- Tuition fee refund policy 2017-18
- Tuition fee refund policy 2016-17
- Tuition fee refund policy 2015-16
Related information
- Taking a leave of absence (student login needed)
- Withdrawing from the University (student login needed)
- Tuition fee information for current students (student login needed)