Paying your student fees

Your student account will reflect charges (tuition fees, accommodation fees and some other costs such as field trips) and payments you make towards these.

Tuition fees vary for each programme. Your Offer Letter will include the tuition fees payable for the first year of your programme.

Your tuition fees cover the cost of registration, teaching and assessments, as well as access to a range of University facilities including the library, IT equipment and other support services.

Your tuition fees do not cover general study costs for books, stationery and personal IT equipment. Additional costs may apply for some programmes, such as the cost of lab safety equipment, field trips and craft materials. To find out if your programme is likely to incur additional costs, please contact your School or Department directly.

Paying your own fees

From the start of the academic year you will receive regular financial statements from the University’s Finance Team to your University email account. These will show you what fees you have to pay and when they need to be paid. Please ensure you make note of the deadlines and make your payments on time, as students who miss payment deadlines will lose access to key University services and systems.

Payments from outside the UK

We strongly advise international students to consider the risk changes in exchange rates could pose to their ability to pay their fees and support themselves during their studies. To reduce these risks we would recommend paying your tuition and University accommodation fees in full at the beginning of the year, as well as transferring any funds required for living expenses into a UK bank account at the earliest possible opportunity.

Student loan payments

If you are receiving a tuition fee loan from Student Finance your tuition fees will typically be paid directly to the University each term, and will show on your statement once they have been received.

If you have a student loan for your tuition fees and selected Loughborough University as your University, we will automatically be notified of your loan by Student Finance. Occasionally we may need to make changes to your Student Finance record before we can receive your tuition fee payments – eg to correct the course code in your application. This is usual but it can take Student Finance up to 6 weeks to process this, so don’t worry if the loan payment has not been received immediately by the University  If you’re unsure – check with Student Finance that you have been given a Tuition Fee Loan, and check on Self-Service that the University has been notified.