Paying your fees

Fees and finance

Your tuition fee is calculated based on your study profile. Once a profile is created it will generate an associated fee. There are a range of options available for payment of fees.

Tuition fee loans

If you're a UK student, you can apply for a tuition fee loan to fund your university tuition fees, as several courses are available for support. It is your individual responsibility to apply for funding and in doing so find out if your course is eligible. You'll also need to find out if you're eligible for funding from student finance.

If you have previously had support from student finance or have a previous award, you may have your funding affected for new applications. If a student finance loan is not available, then you'll be expected to pay fees directly to UCLan whilst studying. Loans are available at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

View our tuition fee policy

Self funding study

If you're paying your own fees there are a range of payment options available to you. This will depend on the type of study you are undertaking and your nationality.

It's important that you keep your contact information such as address, phone number and email address current through MyUCLan.

Letters of sponsorship

If you have an employer/sponsor who is paying your tuition fees you will need to provide via email a letter from your employer/sponsor detailing where the invoice should go. This letter should include your university registration number, which typically starts with G.

Please ensure any purchase order number or other relevant reference is included. The sponsor will be expected to make payment upon receipt of invoice.

Sponsor letters should be emailed to the Student Fees and Funding Team. If a sponsor letter is not received before billing begins students will receive an invoice directly in the first instance.

Make a payment

Payments should be made to the University in the following ways:

  1. All UK bank transfers are to be made using the Flywire secure portal. Please select GBP as your currency.

    Flywire accepts: Alipay American Express Diners Club Flutterwave JCB Mastercard PayPal Trustly UnionPay VISA
  2. All UK card payments must be paid using the online payment facility

    When making a payment please quote your student registration number. This usually is an 8-digit number starting with the letter G. It can be found on your ID card, offer letter, or invoice.

  3. If you are an international student making a payment by bank transfer or card, please use the Flywire secure portal to make a payment.

    Flywire accepts: Alipay American Express Diners Club Flutterwave JCB Mastercard PayPal Trustly UnionPay VISA

Further information on making a payment

  1. On making a payment via Flywire or the Online Payment form you will automatically be provided with an email receipt within 5 minutes of making your payment. Please note the University does not provide any additional receipts so please ensure your retain the email receipt which you receive.

  2. Please note that tuition fees under £5,000 are not available to be paid via instalment. Should you require a payment arrangement then please contact the Accounts Receivable team by email caccounts@uclan.ac.uk to request this.

  3. The University no longer accepts student payments via direct bank transfers into a University bank account. Should you wish to pay via bank transfer then please use the Flywire payment portal

  4. Please note that any payment made to the University is liable to be checked to ensure it is compliant and in line with University payment policies as well as wider legislation around Anti Money Laundering. As a result of this you may be required to provide additional information about the customer and payer in order for your payment(s) to be processed and accepted by the University. Please ensure you have all information available and ready for review. Any payment(s) which cannot be verified and checked maybe returned to source by the University Finance team.

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