New international students are required to pay a non-refundable deposit in advance of 50% of your tuition fees for the year to secure your place at UWE, unless you are progressing from a UWE partner institution or are listed in other exceptions. A Certificate of Acceptance will only be sent to you on receipt of this deposit. Any fee outstanding after the payment of the mandatory deposit can be paid by direct debit instalments.
If you are a full-time student and are liable to pay the full international tuition fee for your programme and pay your tuition fees in full by 31 August 2007 you will receive a loyalty scholarship of £1,000. If you are required to pay a tuition fee deposit and do so by 31 August and then pay the remaining fee in full at registration you will receive a loyalty scholarship of £500.
International applicants in the following categories of students are not required to pay the 50% deposit but are required to pay one third of the total tuition fee before or at registration:
- legal practice course
- graduate diploma in law
- bar vocational course
- 8 week pre-sessional English course
- applicants to programmes offered at Hartpury College, where a different deposit scheme exists
- if you are progressing to UWE from a recognised UWE partner institutions you will not be required to pay the tuition fee deposit. This is confirmed on your University Offer Letter
- where faculty bursaries for the full tuition fee apply, applicants are not required to pay the deposit.
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The balance of the fees due can be paid in instalments. The University encourages you to pay in advance, as doing so may reduce your queuing time at enrolment.
You may pay your contribution to your fees (less any required deposit) in full, or in part, before or at enrolment by any of the following methods:
- credit card (credit card payments will be processed as soon as they are received, which includes those made before enrolment)
- debit card (debit card payments will be processed as soon as they are received, which includes those made before enrolment)
- cheque, made payable to 'UWE, Bristol'. (Eurocheques cannot be accepted.)
- banker's draft in sterling, drawn on a UK bank, made payable to 'UWE, Bristol'
- cash: but only if you are unable to pay by another method. We strongly urge you not to pay by cash or to carry large sums of money around. If you pay by cash you must obtain a receipt and keep it. Cash must not be sent through the post
- direct debit: this is the only form of instalment arrangement available.
Direct debit details
Dates of the direct debit instalments are:
- three consecutive monthly instalments, due on the first day of each month,
OR - six consecutive monthly instalments, due on the first day of each month,
OR - three termly instalments.
The three termly payment dates for 2007/2008 are:
- 1 November 2007
- 11 January 2008
- 11 April 2008
Monthly direct debits will normally start on 1st November for programmes commencing in the autumn term.
You will receive written confirmation from the University of the instalment dates at least ten days before the first payment is due. Reminders for subsequent debits will not be sent.
In order to pay by direct debit (DD):
- you must have a UK bank account capable of processing direct debits (usually a current account, not a deposit account)
- the amount of tuition fee that you wish to pay by direct debit must be £100 or more
In signing a direct debit mandate you are entering into a commitment to ensure that there are enough funds in your bank account to meet each instalment on the due date. Instalments may not be equal if there are non-tuition fee elements included, such as residential costs or registration fees.
If you withdraw from your programme part way through you are still liable for some or all of the fees. If you withdraw whilst still having direct debits due to be deducted from your account you should not cancel your direct debit instalments. Your direct debit instalments will be adjusted, if necessary, to take into account any reduction in fees for which you are eligible.
If you know in advance that a direct debit instalment will fail you must immediately contact the Finance Office, Room 2D23, Frenchay Campus (tel: 0117 32 82228, fax: 0117 32 83548, e-mail: cash.office@uwe.ac.uk). A minimum of five working days' notice before a due date is required to stop a direct debit instalment. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, stopping a direct debit will normally constitute failure to pay, the consequences of which are described in the paragraph below.
In the event of a failed or stopped direct debit you will be required to pay the University all the outstanding fees immediately, together with an administrative charge of £50. Your bank may also charge you a fee in the event of a failed direct debit.
For further information about the payment of fees, please contact your faculty office or Student and Resource Information, Frenchay Campus (tel 0117 32 82234). This web link is only available via the intranet.
Please note that this information applies only to the 2007/2008 academic year.