Deposits
Some programmes require students to pay a deposit to secure their place.
Deposits are normally only requested from international students. If you are an international student then we will only issue a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) once the deposit has been paid.
Your offer letter will state:
- how to pay the deposit payment
- the deadline for paying the deposit.
How to pay your deposit
Deposit payments can be made through your Applicant Self Service account.
- Log into your Application and select the Applicant Self Service button.
- Select the Applications tile. If you have multiple offers, choose the programme for which you wish to make your deposit payment.
- Select the 'Accept or Decline' button to accept your offer. Once accepted, you will see the 'Make a Payment' button.
- Select the ‘Make a Payment’ button and you will be taken to the 'Make a Payment' screen.
- On the 'Make a Payment' screen you will see the name of the programme(s) you have an offer for.
- Enter the amount you wish to pay towards your deposit in the ‘Payment Amount’ column. Payment of the full amount is required to secure your offer of a place.
- Select 'Next' and then 'Continue to make my payment' and complete your credit/debit card details.
If you are making your deposit payment on Applicant Self-Service and it is only showing the year before your intended start, please ignore this and proceed with your deposit payment following the instructions on your deposit letter.
Confirmation of deposit payment and securing your place
Once the payment has been made you can click on the "View Payment" link to view and print a receipt under the "Posted Cashier Payment" section.
If you pay your deposit by the deadline date then, once your deposit payment has been received, you will have secured an offer of a place on the programme. We will send you an email to acknowledge this within 3 working days of receipt of payment.
If you pay your deposit after the deadline, we may not be able to secure your place.
If you are funded through an official sponsor
If you are applying to, or have been awarded, a scholarship from your home country or an external funder that covers all tuition fees and you are therefore unable to make the deposit payment, then you should upload a copy of your scholarship application or award letter to your application by the deadline date.
If you are applying to a scholarship that is not open for applications yet and are therefore unable to upload a copy of your scholarship application or award letter, then you should upload your written confirmation that you intend to fund your studies via external scholarship.
If you do not upload this evidence by the deadline, we cannot guarantee your admission to the programme and your offer may be withdrawn. To upload this evidence, you should log into Applicant Self-Service and click on the ‘Upload Documents’ link.
Late payments
If you pay the deposit after the deadline then you may still be able to secure your offer of a place, but this will be dependent on the number of places we have remaining when we receive your deposit.
If we are not able to accept your late deposit payment and we withdraw your offer, then you will be entitled to a refund. Please note that in this instance any refund will incur the standard handling fee. (see Deposit refund - terms and conditions).
Deposit deadlines
Your deposit payment deadline will be stated in your offer email.
Extension requests
To request a deposit extension, please contact us using our enquiry form selecting the “Deposit” category and “Extension” sub category.
Please note that extension requests will not be granted for highly competitive programmes.
More information
Deposit refunds - Terms & Conditions 2024/25
Terms & conditions
The following guidelines will apply in determining whether a deposit will be refunded. Where the deposit is refunded, a 25% handling fee will be deducted.
Deposits WILL be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:
- Where the University is unable to offer you a place.
- Where the applicant has personal circumstances such as illness, bereavement or other family situations that has prevented them coming to the UK. Medical or other proof may be requested.
- Applicant does not meet his / her conditions of offer: this may be academic or language test requirements. Satisfactory evidence must be uploaded to the student’s applicant self-service to prove that they have not met the conditions of their offer (note that applicants who do not meet the language condition of their offer must show reasonable attempt to meet this, i.e. they must provide a language test which was taken after the date that the deposit was paid).
Deposits WILL NOT be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:
- Applicant has decided to defer – in this situation the University will retain the deposit and credit it against the applicant’s account for securing their place for the following year of entry.
Timeframe for requesting a refund
Refund requests must be made within 30 days of the programme start date stated on your offer letter.
Requests made after this date will be subject to discretion.
Timeframe for receiving a refund
We will aim to refund the deposit within 8 weeks of the request being received.
How to request a deposit refund
Please go to our enquiry form and select 'Fees and Deposit' as the enquiry reason and then 'Can I have a deposit refund?'.
Deposit refunds - Terms & Conditions 2025/26
Terms & conditions
The following guidelines will apply in determining whether a deposit will be refunded. Where the deposit is refunded, a 25% administration fee will be deducted unless otherwise stated.
a: Deposits WILL be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:
- Where the University is unable to offer you a place on the programme as specified on the offer. A full refund will be issued in this case.
- Death of a close family member (parent/guardian, grandparent, sibling, spouse, child/dependent). Official evidence (signed and stamped) must be provided.
- SERIOUS ill health of the applicant or a close family member (parent/guardian, grandparent, sibling, spouse, child/dependent). Official evidence (signed and stamped) must be provided.
- Applicant does not meet conditions of offer. This may be academic or language test requirements. Satisfactory evidence must be uploaded to the student’s applicant self-service to prove that they have not met the conditions of their offer (note that applicants who do not meet the language condition of their offer must show reasonable attempt to meet this, i.e. they must provide at least two language tests which were taken after the date the deposit was paid).
- Visa / ATAS refusal: we will only consider a refund if the visa / ATAS refusal was based on matters outside of the applicant’s control.
- If a refund request is received within 14 days of the deposit being received a full refund will be issued under the Consumer Protection Regulations.
b: Deposits WILL NOT be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:
- An applicant decides not to attend the University for any reason not outlined above.
- Personal financial constraints / unsuccessful scholarship application.
- Applicant has decided to defer – in this situation the University will retain the deposit and hold it against the applicant’s account to secure their place for the following year of entry. You may defer twice. After the second deferral standard conditions will apply.
- There is still time to meet the English language test requirement before the final upload date. Please see section a) 4.
- Visa / ATAS was applied for too late. Please see section a) 5.
- Any documents used for admission are proven to be fraudulent. We work in partnership with Qualification Check to check academic qualifications. English language qualifications are verified with the provider.
- The refund request is received more than 30 days after the official course start date as outlined in your offer email.
Timeframe for requesting a refund
Refund requests must be received no later than 30 days after the official course start date as outlined in your offer email. As per section b)7 above the request will be denied.
Receiving a refund
- To comply with Money Laundering Regulations, the University will pay all refunds to the original payer using the source payment details. This is known as a “return to source”
- All appropriate documentation and evidence relating to the original payment The following guidelines will apply in determining whether a deposit will be refunded. Where the deposit is refunded, a 25% administration fee will be deducted unless otherwise stated.
- must be provided, when requested
- All payments and refunds are in GBP currency - the University is not responsible for any exchange rate fluctuations or beneficiary bank charges associated with the refund.
- Where University approved payment methods have not been used, this may cause significant delays or prevent payment altogether.
- We will aim to issue the deposit refund within 8 weeks of receipt of information per point 2 above. At peak times this may be longer.
How to request a deposit refund
Please go to our enquiry form and select 'Fees and Deposit' as the enquiry reason and then 'Can I have a deposit refund?'.
Please upload all supporting documentation to your applicant self-service portal before submitting the above request.
Programmes requiring a deposit
Programmes requiring a deposit
- Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work Practice (CLD Standards Council Accredited) [MEd/PgDip]
- Advanced Functional Materials [MSc]
- Advanced Imaging & Sensing [MSc]
- Advanced Statistics [MSc]
- Aerospace Engineering [MSc]
- Aerospace Engineering & Management [MSc]
- Ancient Cultures [MSc]
- Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law [MSc]
- Applied Conservation Science [MSc]
- Applied Linguistics [MSc]
- Applied Neuropsychology [MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
- Archaeology [MSc]
- Art History [MLitt]
- Art History: Collecting & Provenance in an International Context [MSc]
- Art History: Dress & Textile Histories [MLitt]
- Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning [MLitt]
- Astrophysics [MSc]
- Behavioural Science [MSc]
- Bioinformatics [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Biomedical Engineering [MSc]
- Biomedical Sciences [MSc]
- Biomedical Sciences [MRes]
- Biotechnology [MSc]
- Biotechnology & Management [MSc/PgDip]
- Book & Paper Conservation [MPhil]
- Brain Sciences [MSc]
- Business Analytics [MSc]
- Cancer Research & Precision Oncology [MSc]
- Cardiovascular Sciences [MSc(MedSci)]
- Celtic Studies [MSc]
- Central & East European, Russian & Eurasian Studies (International Master) [IntM]
- Chemical Biology [MSc]
- Chemistry [MSc]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry [MSc]
- Children's Literature & Literacies [MEd]
- Children’s Literature, Media & Cultural Entrepreneurship (Erasmus Mundus International Master) [IntM]
- Church History & Theology [MTh]
- City Planning [MSc]
- City Planning & Real Estate Development [MSc]
- Civil Engineering [MSc]
- Civil Engineering & Management [MSc]
- Classics & Ancient History [MSc]
- Clinical Neuropsychology [MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
- Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice [MSc(MedSci)]
- Clinical Pharmacology [MSc(MedSci)]
- Comparative Literature [MLitt]
- Computational Geoscience [MSc]
- Computational Geoscience (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree) [MSc]
- Computer Systems Engineering [MSc]
- Computer Systems Engineering (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree) [MSc]
- Computing Science [MSc]
- Conflict Archaeology & Heritage [MSc/PgDip]
- Conservation Management of African Ecosystems [MSc]
- Corporate & Financial Law [LLM]
- Corporate Governance & Accountability [MSc]
- Creative Industries & Cultural Policy [MSc]
- Creative Writing [MLitt]
- Criminology [MRes]
- Criminology & Criminal Justice [MSc]
- Critical Care [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Cybersecurity [MSc]
- Data Analytics [MSc]
- Data Analytics for Economics & Finance [MSc]
- Data Science [MSc]
- Digital Cancer Technologies [MSc]
- Digital Society [MSc]
- Early Modern History [MSc/PgDip]
- Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships [MSc]
- Ecology & Environmental Biology [MRes]
- Ecology & Environmental Monitoring (Dumfries Campus) [MSc]
- Economic Development (with Finance & Policy Pathways) [MSc]
- Economics [MRes]
- Economics, International Banking & Finance [MSc]
- Education for Sustainable Futures in Adult, Community & Youth Contexts [MSc]
- Education in Museums & Heritage (Erasmus Mundus International Master) [IntM]
- Education, Public Policy & Equity [MSc]
- Educational Studies [MEd]
- Educational Studies [MSc]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering [MSc]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management [MSc]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree) [MSc]
- Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing [MSc]
- Endodontics [MSc(DentSci)]
- English Language & Linguistics [MSc]
- English Literature [MLitt]
- English Literature: American Modern Literature [MLitt]
- English Literature: Fantasy [MLitt]
- English Literature: Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory [MLitt]
- Enhanced Practice in Education (Dumfries campus) [MSc]
- Environment & Sustainable Development [MSc]
- Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries campus) [MLitt]
- Environmental Futures: Sustainable Systems [MSc]
- Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries campus) [MSc]
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance [MSc]
- Film & Television Studies [MLitt]
- Film Curation [MSc]
- Filmmaking & Media Arts [MSc]
- Finance & Management [MSc]
- Financial Economics [MSc]
- Financial Engineering [MSc]
- Financial Risk Management [MSc]
- Financial Technology [MSc]
- Food Security [MSc]
- Gender History [MSc/PgDip]
- Geoinformation Technology & Cartography [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Geomatics & Management [MSc]
- Geospatial & Mapping Sciences [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Geospatial Data Science & Modelling [MSc]
- Global Economy [MSc]
- Global Health [MSc/MRes]
- Global History [MSc]
- Global Markets, Local Creativities (Erasmus Mundus International Master) [IntM]
- Global Mental Health [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Global Migrations & Social Justice [MSc]
- Global Security [MSc]
- Health Care, Advanced Practice in [MSc(MedSci)]
- Health Services Management [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- History [MSc/PgDip]
- Housing Studies [MSc/PgDip]
- Human Anatomy [PgCert]
- Human Geography: Spaces, Politics, Ecologies [MRes]
- Human Nutrition [MSc(MedSci)]
- Human Rights [LLM]
- Human Rights & International Politics [MSc]
- Immunology & Inflammatory Disease [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice [MEd]
- Industrial Heterogeneous Catalysis [MRes]
- Infection Biology (with specialisms) [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Information Management & Preservation [MSc/PgDip]
- Information Technology [MSc]
- Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy [LLM]
- International & Comparative Education [MSc]
- International Accounting & Financial Management [MAcc]
- International Business [MSc]
- International Commercial Law [LLM]
- International Competition Law & Policy [LLM]
- International Corporate Finance & Banking [MSc]
- International Economic Law [LLM]
- International Finance [MFin]
- International Financial Analysis [MSc]
- International Human Resource Management & Development [MSc]
- International Law [LLM]
- International Law & Security [LLM]
- International Management & Design Innovation [MSc]
- International Relations [MSc]
- International Relations [MRes]
- International Strategic Marketing [MSc]
- Investment Banking & Finance [MSc]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree) [MSc]
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement [MSc]
- Law [LLM]
- Library & Information Studies [MSc/PgDip]
- Management [MSc]
- Management [MRes]
- Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus) [MSc]
- Management with Enterprise & Business Growth [MSc]
- Management with Human Resources [MSc]
- Managing Art & Cultural Heritage in Global Markets (Erasmus Mundus International Master) [IntM]
- Material Culture & Artefact Studies [MSc/PgDip]
- Mathematics / Applied Mathematics [MSc]
- MBA (Master of Business Administration) [MBA]
- Mechanical Engineering [MSc]
- Mechanical Engineering & Management [MSc]
- Mechatronics [MSc]
- Media Management [MSc]
- Media, Communications & International Journalism [MSc]
- Media, Culture & Society [MSc]
- Medical Devices Engineering [MSc]
- Medical Genetics & Genomics [MSc(MedSci)]
- Medical Physics [MSc]
- Medieval History [MSc/PgDip]
- Ministry, Theology & Practice [MTh/PgDip/PgCert]
- Modern History [MSc/PgDip]
- Museum Education [MSc]
- Museum Studies [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Music Industries [MSc]
- Musicology [MMus]
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology [MSc]
- Nuclear & Environmental Physics [MSc]
- Nursing Science, Advanced [MSc]
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery [MSc(DentSci)]
- Oral Sciences [MSc]
- Philosophy [MSc]
- Philosophy (Conversion) [MSc]
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology [MSc]
- Philosophy of Mind and Psychology (Conversion) [MSc]
- Philosophy: Knowledge & Society [IntM]
- Playwriting & Dramaturgy [MLitt]
- Political Communication [MSc]
- Precision Medicine [MSc]
- Psychological Science (conversion) [MSc]
- Psychological Science, Research Methods of [MSc]
- Psychological Studies (conversion) [MSc]
- Public Health [MPH/PgDip/PgCert]
- Public Policy & Management [MSc]
- Public Policy Research [MRes]
- Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation & Epidemiology [MSc]
- Quantum Technology [MSc]
- Real Estate [MSc]
- Religion & Global Challenges [MSc]
- Reparatory Justice [MSc/MA]
- Robotics & AI [MSc]
- Robotics & AI (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree) [MSc]
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies [MSc]
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies [MRes]
- Science Communications [MSc]
- Scottish History [MSc/PgDip]
- Security, Intelligence & Strategic Studies (International Master) [IntM]
- Sensor & Imaging Systems [MSc]
- Sociology [MSc]
- Sociology & Research Methods [MRes]
- Software Development [MSc]
- Sound Design & Audiovisual Practice [MSc]
- Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics [MSc]
- Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine [MSc]
- Statistics [MSc]
- Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine [MSc]
- Structural Engineering [MSc]
- Structural Engineering (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree) [MSc]
- Sustainable Energy [MSc]
- Sustainable Energy (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree) [MSc]
- Sustainable Integrated Coastal Zone Management (Dumfries campus) [MSc]
- Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries campus) [MSc]
- Sustainable Water Environments [MSc]
- Sustainable Water Environments (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree) [MSc]
- Technology Law & Regulation [LLM]
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages [MEd]
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages [MSc]
- Textile Conservation [MPhil]
- Theatre & Performance Practices [MLitt]
- Theatre Studies [MLitt]
- Theoretical Physics [MSc]
- Tourism & Heritage (Dumfries campus) [MSc]
- Translation Studies [MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
- Urban Analytics [MSc]
- Urban Research [MRes]
- Urban Studies [PgCert]
- Urban Transport [MSc]
- War Studies [MSc]
- Wealth Management & Private Equity [MSc]