Paying your tuition fees

You must first register as a student to confirm your funding or pay student academic fees. How you pay your tuition fees is dependent on whether you are a self-funded, internally-funded or externally-funded student.

Register how you will pay your tuition fees

You need to confirm your funding or arrange payment of your tuition fees and any additional programme costs when you complete your online student registration. Registration is the first step towards matriculating.

You have to complete the form at the start of every year of your programme. This is the case whether you will pay your fees yourself, or receive funding through a scholarship or loan. 

Register as a student

Different funding types

External funding

External funding is funding received from an official institution and paid directly to the University of Edinburgh.

Types include:

  • UK government funding or a loan, through SAAS or Student Finance England/Wales/Northern Ireland
  • a loan from a UK company
  • a loan from an international company or government
  • a full or partial scholarship from an official UK or international sponsor

Pay your fees as an externally-funded student

Internal funding

Internal funding is where you receive an award or funding from the University of Edinburgh towards your tuition fees, that is not paid directly to yourself.

Pay your fees as an interally-funded student

Self-funding

Self-funding is where you pay for your own fees. You might pay your fees with:

  • your own money
  • money from family or friends
  • money from an external funder paid directly to you

Pay your fees as a self-funded student

Combination of funding sources

Many students have a combination of funding sources. If you have a partial loan or scholarship, you will need to pay the remaining amount of your fees to the University yourself, using one of the self-funding payment options available.

If your funding is very complex, you may need help from the Finance team to work out how to pay your fees.

Multiple funding sources or an unlisted funder

Question about paying your fees?

The Finance Helpline can help answer questions around paying tuition fees.

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