Payment Options

For UK students, we offer flexible modes of payment if you do not wish to pay the full amount in one go. EU and International Students should refer to the International Students' payment methods.

Self-funding students

If you are self-funding, you will be invoiced following your enrolment.  On receipt of your invoice, you will be offered the choice of payment plans through the University finance system.

Please note if you are in receipt of postgraduate funding this is paid to yourself, and it is the students responsibility to pay the University.

There are three options for paying your fees:

1. Payment in full at the start of the course/academic year
2. Payment in equal termly instalments to be completed by then end of the academic year
3. Payment in equal monthly instalments to be completed by then end of the academic year

Your fee invoice will be sent through the University finance system and will include a direct link for you to make payment or arrange payment plans.  All fees should be paid through the finance system.

Sponsored students

If you are being sponsored, you MUST send a letter of authorisation or a purchase order from your sponsor to the Finance Department finance.tuitionfees@chester.ac.uk. We will then invoice your sponsor directly. A letter or purchase order is required for each academic year of study. The sponsor will be invoiced for the full amount of their sponsorship for the academic year, and this is payable in full on receipt of invoice. If we do not receive confirmation of your sponsorship, you will be held personally liable for the fees.

Important 

Failure to make prompt payment may mean you are denied access to library and computing facilities and could result in suspension from studies until such time as the outstanding amount is paid. A student who attends more than one session of a taught module will be liable for the full fees for that module. Please note if you are in receipt of postgraduate funding this is paid to yourself and it is the students responsibility to pay the University.

Withdrawal and Refund Policy

Full-time Student

Tuition Fees remain due if a student is in attendance on the first day of each term as follows:

Date	% of course fees due	% of course fees due
	Undergraduate	Postgraduate
First Term *	25%	34%
Second Term	50%	67%
Third Term	100%	100%

No charge is due from a student who withdraws within two weeks of the start of their course.

Part time students 

Full fees are due once a student has attended three or more sessions of a module. No fees are due for modules that have not been started. Part time students need to withdraw from any module not started.

WBIS/ Distance Learning

Full fees are due once the student has either accessed e-learning materials or attended at least one session of a module.

International Students

The withdrawal fees above include the non-refundable deposit that International students have to pay in advance to secure their place. Any fees paid for but not due which exceed the deposit that International students have to pay in advance to secure their place will be reimbursed.

Courses not starting in September/October

Different rules may apply to programmes which do not commence in September/October. Students should contact the Finance Office in the first instance for further information.

Refunds

Any requests for a refund of tuition fees should be made in writing to the Finance Office. (fees@chester.ac.uk)

Fee Discounts

Any student in receipt of a discount to their fees will only receive the discount in proportion to the fees paid.

Contact Details

If you have any queries regarding your invoiced fees or payment arrangements, please raise a query through the University finance system directly using the button in the invoice/fee communication. 

If you have any other type of tuition fee related query, please contact the Finance Department on 01244 512810, or email finance.tuitionfees@chester.ac.uk.