Postgraduate Fees
Introduction
Registration as a Postgraduate student of the University is conditional upon all tuition fees being paid in advance of the academic year, or stage of the programme for which the fees are due except:
- where the student has produced written evidence satisfactory to the University that he/she is the holder of an award, scholarship or sponsorship which includes payment of fees
- in the case of eligible, self-financing students, where fees are being paid by instalment
- where the University Registry has exceptionally granted permission for payment to be delayed.
Where the student’s tuition fees are being met by parents or relatives on behalf of the student, the University regards this as a private arrangement between student and parent(s), and the Registry will liaise with the student regarding fees liability, payments or any queries.
Fees are reviewed annually and revised (i.e. increased) fees will be payable by all students admitted to, or continuing programmes of study in the 2011/2012 session and beyond.
Students withdrawing from the University, temporarily or permanently, or otherwise failing for any reason to complete a programme of study, are asked to contact the Student Records and Fees Office in the Registry for further information about their fees liability. The University shall not, however, be under any obligation to disregard any part of the fees due, or to return any sums paid by, or on behalf of, the student.
Tuition fees include an element relating to student membership of the University, entitling students to membership of all Clubs and Societies affiliated to the Students’ Union. The University reserves the right to charge a bench fee, in appropriate cases, to Postgraduate students in addition to the tuition fee. Students following certain programmes may incur additional expenditure if they are required to purchase special equipment, attend field courses, undertake study periods overseas etc. Modest charges are also made by some Faculties/Departments for supplementary materials or services. Details of such expenses may be obtained from the appropriate Faculty/Department.
We appreciate that from time to time there will be cases of hardship in which a student, through no fault of their own, is temporarily unable to pay tuition fees when these are due. Whenever such difficulties arise, students are advised to take the earliest opportunity of explaining their circumstances to a member of staff in the Student Receivables section of the Finance Department. This office may be contacted by emailing:
student-receivables@surrey.ac.uk
The registration of a student whose fees have not been paid in accordance with the University’s fee payment framework will be deemed to have lapsed and students will be excluded. No student will be entitled to an award of the University (degree, diploma, certificate etc.) unless all fees for tuition and residence and any other sums due to the University have been paid, and the rightful property of the University has been returned.
