Find out how to pay your tuition fees whether you’re a self-paying student, in receipt of a government student loan or officially sponsored.
Pay with Flywire
If you're a self-paying home or international student, you can use Flywire to pay your tuition fees. Flywire is our approved, secure payment provider. It offers payment options in more than 140 currencies across over 240 countries and territories.
Payments can be made via UK and international bank transfer, as well as credit and debit cards. We accept common payment methods, including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Alipay.
Please note:
- We do not accept UK American Express card payments.
- Where available, please select ‘bank transfer’ during the payment process, as this is our preferred payment method.
If you’re a new applicant and haven’t finished the Student Virtual Enrolment Task yet, you’ll need to make your payment through the Applicant Portal. You can also complete the enrolment task there.
- Log in to pay online
- You'll need your 8-digit student ID number and date of birth to pay online.
Please note that you cannot make a payment via Flywire if you are a new applicant or current student residing in the areas or countries below. Flywire is prohibited from facilitating transactions that may have a connection to these jurisdictions:
- Cuba
- Crimea region (Luhansk and Donetsk territories)
- Iran
- North Korea
- Syria
- Russia
Please check information on region specific payments prior to making any payment.
Student loans and sponsors
You must apply (or re-apply for continuing students) for your Tuition Fee Loan/Maintenance Loan for each year of your course. It is important to apply early to allow the Student Loans Company (SLC) to assess your student support application and ensure that your finances are in place before term starts in September.
When making arrangements for your tuition fees and maintenance loan to be paid it is important to ensure you have completed the following steps:
- You must have a valid National Insurance number that has been validated by the SLC and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- You must sign and return to the SLC your declaration that came with your student support notification entitlement letter
- You must be complete full enrolment at the University of Westminster to allow your registration to be confirmed to the SLC
Once we have confirmed your enrolment to the SLC you should expect your loan to be paid into your account within 3 to 5 working days, providing all the steps have been completed correctly.
If you have any questions in relation to your maintenance loan or registration chat with our Student Centre Team, or raise an enquiry on Compass
Please note: The Student Loans Company reserves the right to withdraw student support at any time should a student’s circumstances change and a student becomes ineligible for support, in such cases students will be liable for any unpaid tuition fees.
If your fees will be paid by a sponsor, please bring your sponsor letter with you at enrolment, or alternatively, email your sponsor letter as a PDF to the Credit Control Team at [email protected]. Invoices will be sent out after enrolment.
A new sponsor letter is required each academic year.
Sponsor letters should be submitted on company headed paper stating the exact amount or percentage of your tuition fees the organisation wishes to pay.
The letter must also include:
- your name
- course details
- contact details of authorising person within the organisation
- valid purchase order number (if applicable)
- email contact address (mandatory)
Please make sure that the letter is signed by the relevant authorising manager from within the sponsor organisation.
Should your company require a PO number to be quoted on the invoice, please ensure this is submitted in place of the sponsor letter or is quoted on the sponsor letter. It is essential either the sponsor letter or the Purchase contains the correct invoice address and an email of the Accounts Payable team to avoid delay of paying the invoice.
Once the invoice is sent to your organisation, they will have 30 days to pay the invoice.
Students who are sponsored by their employer do not have the option to pay by instalments.
In the event that your sponsor fails to pay your tuition fees, you will become personally liable to pay these fees. So, you must make sure that your sponsor is aware that tuition fees are due for payment within 30 days of receiving the invoice.
Where a sponsor is making a partial contribution to a tuition fee, the self-funding element would be subjected to paying by instalments where applicable, or payment in full if the balance is below £2,000
English and Welsh students
If you wish to apply for the Postgraduate Loan the University expects you to make payment of 33% of your fees at enrolment, a second payment of 33% four months after your course start date and the final payment seven months after your course start date.
- September starters: 1st payment course start date, 2nd payment by the beginning of February, 3rd payment by the beginning of May
- January starters: 1st payment course start date, 2nd payment by the beginning of June, 3rd payment by the beginning of September
Please note: that Student Finance will pay the postgraduate loan to yourself, so when paying your tuition fees to the University of Westminster you will be classified as a self-funded student.
Scottish students
A postgraduate tuition fee loan is payable directly to the University.
Eligibility will depend on whether the course or similar is not available in Scotland.
Northern Irish students
A postgraduate tuition fee loan is payable directly to the University, payment of the loan will be made in three instalments of 25%, 25% and 50%.
If your course is longer than one year the loan will be capped over the duration of the course, for example:
- 1 year course – £5,500.00
- 2 year course – £2,750.00 per year
- 3 year course – £1,833.00 per year
Before making your application for a loan please check with the Student Centre as to whether your course details have been added to the Student Loans Company's course database as you will not be able to apply for the Postgraduate tuition fee loan if the course details have not been added.
Student Loans Company – Postgraduate courses
Did you supply your Student Support Number when you completed the Student Virtual Enrolment Task? It usually starts with SFDU or SFDW and is not the same as your Customer Reference Number (CRN) for student finance.
If no, please supply this to Student Funding so that we can update your student record otherwise this will delay the confirmation of your registration.
If you did not previously take a Maintenance/Tuition Fee Loan, please call the Postgraduate Loan helpline on 0300 100 0031 to request this number.
Once received, please supply your student support number to [email protected].
All students
If you hold a Bachelor’s degree with honours from the University of Westminster you will be entitled to a 15% Alumni Discount on our full and part-time Masters courses, the discount does not apply for the March (RIBA part 2) and RIBA (III) Professional Practice in Architecture.
For further information please contact our Courses Enquiries Team [email protected].
Tuition fee fraud
Students are requested to be alert whilst paying fees to the University and to always utilise the payment channels and payment links available on this page.
Students should NOT utilise third parties or individuals offering payment discounts to make their payments to the University. Utilising third parties provides no guarantee of payments correctly being received at the University and students can suffer losses as a result of the transfer. If in doubt, students should always contact the University finance department for guidance.
What can you do to avoid tuition fee fraud?
- Be wary of approaches made on WeChat, Facebook, Instagram, or any other method.
- Only pay tuition fees directly to the University and not through third parties.
- Don’t share personal information or login details.
- Don’t be pressured into making payments because of an ‘offer expiring’. Criminals will try to rush or panic you.
- Don’t pay any type of tuition fee in cash to individuals or contacts through WeChat.
The City of London Police’s Dedicated Card & Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) have kindly shared a couple of flyers which they have put together, including one in Mandarin.
The police are actively sharing this information through various channels, including distribution of information to Chinese Embassy in London and the Chinese community, especially during Chinese New Year events.
Please read the tuition fee scam guidance given below:
Read the English version (PDF)
Read the Chinese (Mandarin) version (PDF)
Paying by instalments
For students who do not wish to pay their fees in full we also offer the option to pay by instalments.
Instalment plans are available to all non-Student Loans Company funded students (with the exception of Study Abroad students and students who are being externally sponsored), where you have a personal tuition fee liability of £2,000 or more.
You need to pay 50% of your tuition fees by enrolment. If you are an overseas student please ensure you have paid your £5,500.00 deposit and any additional payments to reach the required 50% threshold. (International students starting their course from September 2025 will be required to pay a deposit of £5,500).
You can make as many payments as you like within the instalment dates, but must ensure the university has received the total fees by the dates listed.
International and UK undergraduates
Start dates | 30 September | 1 December | 31 January | 31 March | 30 April |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September starts | 50% | 25% | 25% | ||
January starts | 50% | 25% | 25% |
UK Postgraduates and PhD students
UK Postgraduate and PhD – Funded through Student Loan Company PG/PhD loans* or who are self-funded
Start dates | 30 September | 31 January | 30 April | 31 May | 30 September |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September starters | 33% | 33% | 34% | ||
January starters | 33% | 33% | 34% |
Students who seek loans from the Student Loan Company for PG/PhD courses receive their funding directly from the SLC. These students are classified as self-funded students in the University’s records.
January starter students in receipt of a postgraduate loan will be expected to pay the final instalment of their tuition fees as per their postgraduate loan payment date of September and not the 31 August as above.
International Postgraduates and PhD students
Start dates | 30 September | 1 December | 31 January | 31 March | 30 April |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September starts | 50% | 25% | 25% | ||
January starts | 50% | 25% | 25% |
Students on Modular or stage basis
Instalment arrangements for students who enrol on modular or stage basis will only be provided if the tuition fee is in excess of £2,000.
Where students are eligible for instalments, any one of the above instalment plans will be applicable dependent on the fee status i.e. UK, PG,PhD, UK, EU or international as indicated in the tables above.
Student Loans Company – Undergraduate courses (including the Master of Architecture RIBA part 2)
Is your student support application for the University of Westminster?
Is your application approved?
- If your application is for another university you need to issue a change of circumstances notification to transfer to the University of Westminster. After enrolment, your transfer to the University of Westminster will need to be undertaken by the university – please provide your Student Support Number to [email protected]
- If your application is not approved, please check to see that you have supplied all evidence required to support your application and when prompted to, please sign and your return your declaration agreeing to the Student Loans Company’s terms and conditions.
Did you supply your Student Support Number when you completed the Student Virtual Enrolment Task?
- If no, please supply this the university so that we can update your student record otherwise this will delay the confirmation of your registration.
Please supply your student support number to [email protected] your student support number starts with SFDU or SFWU.
Your registration will be confirmed by the University if we have your student support number and you are fully enrolled, payment of the maintenance loan will be made in 3–5 working days. Please note you will not receive your first payment on the date stated by the Student Loans Company funding entitlement letter.
If you have no student support application in place at enrolment you may be asked to pay towards your tuition fees, any payments made will be refunded once your student support application is approved and for the University of Westminster.
Student Loans Company – Postgraduate courses
Is your student support application for the University of Westminster?
Is your application approved?
- If your application is for another university you need to issue a change of circumstances notification to transfer to the University of Westminster. After enrolment, your transfer to the University of Westminster will need to be undertaken by the university – please provide your Student Support Number to [email protected]
- If your application is not approved, please check to see that you have supplied all evidence required to support your application and when prompted to, please sign and your return your declaration agreeing to the Student Loans Company’s terms and conditions.
Did you supply your Student Support Number when you completed the Student Virtual Enrolment Task?
- If no, please supply this the University so that we can update your student record otherwise this will delay the confirmation of your registration.
Please supply your student support number to [email protected] your student support number starts with SFDU or SFWU.
Your registration will be confirmed by the university if we have your student support number and you are fully enrolled, payment of the maintenance loan will be made in 3–5 working days. Please note you will not receive your first payment on the date stated by the Student Loans Company funding entitlement letter.
If your student finance application is approved and the University has confirmed your registration, you will be required to pay 33% of your tuition fees by enrolment. If your student finance application is not approved, you will be required to pay 50% of your tuition fees at enrolment until your student finance application is approved and tuition fee payments can be made in line with your postgraduate loan.
For all students
You are only liable for tuition fees from the start of teaching week two, unless your offer has been accepted late – after the published enrolment period. If you accept late, you are entitled to the full 14 days cooling off period and this will be provided regardless of whether the 14 days end after the start of teaching week two.
Fee liability and refunds if withdrawing from studies
For information about withdrawing from studies and what this means for your fees, please visit our interrupting or withdrawing from studies webpage where you will find full details.
Who to contact
The Business Services Team
The Business Services Team are responsible for general finance-related queries and student refunds.
To contact the Business Services Team, students can chat online with a member of the Student Centre team who will support with enquiries, or you can raise an enquiry on Compass. You'll find Student Centre service points at our Harrow, Cavendish and Marylebone campuses, or you can get in touch via the Student Hub Live Chat.
The Credit Control Team
The Credit Control Team are responsible for the collection of tuition fee payments from students, sponsors and the Student Loans Company.
If you have a question for the Credit Control Team, please chat with our Student Centre Team, or raise an enquiry on Compass.