Tuition fees and payments

Student loan funded applicants, please continue to read below.

The government-backed postgraduate loans are available for many courses through Student Finance England funding.

More information about courses that may be eligible for funding can be found on our Postgraduate loan scheme information page.

Once you have been approved by Student Finance England for a loan you should receive a schedule for when you can expect your instalment payments of your loan.

Unlike your undergraduate loan, your full loan amount will be paid directly to you, to a nominated account, but it is important to remember that you will be personally responsible for paying the university your course/tuition fee charges assisted by your loan instalments.

To help you spread the cost, our university has developed a payment scheme specifically for post graduate students, which coincides with the instalment payments that you will receive for your loan, and splits your tuition fee payments into three equal Direct Debit instalments across the year.

You can choose this payment method at enrolment, and once set up, your direct debit will automatically take your requirement payments on the dates outlined in this postgrad payment plan. All payments are built around the student already having receipt of their PG Loan.

Semester 1 starters 2025/26 - Example £9,900

• Instalment 1: 28/11/2025 - £3,300
• Instalment 2: 28/01/2026 - £3,300
• Instalment 3: 28/04/2026 - £3,300

Semester 2 starters 2025/26 - Example £9,900

• Instalment 1: 02/03/2026 - £3,300
• Instalment 2: 28/04/2026 - £3,300
• Instalment 3: 28/10/2026 - £3,300

If a student does not join a payment plan at the start of the academic year an invoice will be generated, and the full fee applicable to be paid by the due date.

We would encourage all postgrad students to join this payment plan to split the payments over the academic year.

Should the student not keep to the requirement instalment dates they would be removed from this scheme and the due date of the invoice become applicable.

If payments are not made by the due date you are in breach of the university payment terms and sanctions would be applied.

For further information on the general support available for international students living and studying in the UK, please visit our Information for international students webpages.

It is important that if some or all of your fees are to be met in this way both you and your sponsor are aware of their responsibilities.

By the term 'sponsor' we are referring to a third party such as an employer or government agency (we do not include in this category, assistance from friends or family, or support via Student Finance England/Student Loan Company).

Ideally sponsors should pay at the start of the academic year. However, we understand that many sponsors will require an invoice before making payment. As our university does not issue invoices until a student is enrolled, we therefore need you to supply certain information at the start of each academic year for which you will be funded.

What you need to supply

If your fees are to be met by a sponsor you need to supply our university with evidence of this sponsorship; you may be able to provide details in respect of your sponsor (including the opportunity to upload a copy letter or purchase order) via our university's Online Welcome and Registration facility, but in addition you can also provide a physical copy of your letter of sponsorship or purchase order to our Incomes team:

• Email: incomes@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• Tel: 0113 812 5950/International tel: +44 113 812 5950

This letter should be signed by an authorised person within your sponsoring organisation and should provide clear information as to the level of sponsorship, the address to which our university's invoice should be sent, any purchase order number which may need to be quoted on our invoice and clear contact information.

What will happen next

Shortly after you enrol, your sponsoring organisation will be issued with our invoice and will be required to pay within 28 days of the invoice date. We have a range of accepted methods of payment, details of which can be found below.

Please note: instalment schemes are not available to sponsors and late payment interest will be levied on a daily basis against invoices outstanding beyond their due dates.

Important Information

• Students from outside the EU who are claiming such financial sponsorship will need to be able to provide their sponsorship details as a pre-requisite to obtaining their CAS letter, and for returning students, for completing the reenrolment process
• The absence of proof of sponsorship will result in you being considered as self-financing
• If your sponsor is only funding a proportion of your fees for the year, you need to investigate what payment options may be available to you for your own proportion of the fees
• We recommend that you keep a copy of your sponsorship letter. This will assist in the event of any kind of dispute, or should the original go missing
• Ultimately, any fees not paid by your sponsor will become your responsibility

If you cancel your contract within the above specified time frames, you will be eligible for a refund of any related fees paid to the university up to the date of cancellation, therefore it is in your interest to ensure that recorded and dated information is submitted before the end of the cooling off period.

In order to cancel the contract, you must inform the university by email to registrationandawards@leedsbeckett.ac.uk. This form is provided as a template for you to use in order to provide your notification. Only when official notification has been received will the cancellation be processed.

Please complete the contract cancellation form and send to: registrationandawards@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.