Undergraduate students

Eligible NI, GB and ROI students will be able to borrow the full cost of tuition from the Government, in the form of a tuition fee loan. The tuition fee loan is not currently means-tested and is available to all eligible students.

Students can apply online for a tuition fee loan, maintenance loan and grant at the following links:

Student Finance NI 

Student Finance England 

Student Finance Wales 

Student Finance Scotland

If you are an undergraduate NI, GB or ROI student, with a confirmed tuition fee loan from the Student Loans Company (SLC), which covers your full tuition fees, we will confirm this directly with the SLC.

An overview of Student Finance Funding is available here 

Students from Scotland must submit their notification of tuition fee funding by email to studentfinance@qub.ac.uk

If you wish to be automatically assessed for the Queen’s Bursary please ensure that you agree to share your financial information from your student finance application with the University.

Postgraduate students

Students normally resident in Northern Ireland can apply online for a tuition fee loan at Student Finance NI. Your tuition fee loan will be paid directly to the University on your behalf.

Students normally resident in Scotland can apply online for a tuition fee loan at Student Finance Scotland. Your tuition fee loan will be paid directly to the University on your behalf.

Students normally resident in England and Wales can apply online for a tuition fee loan at Students resident in England and Wales. Your tuition fee loan is paid directly to you. Therefore students funding their Masters with this loan, must pay a minimum 33% deposit payment at enrolment, followed by equal payments at the end of January and April. These dates are line with the loan instalment payment dates.

To sign up to this arrangement students should download and complete a Payment Plan application form and return this to studentfinance@qub.ac.uk

In Northern Ireland, the Department of Health (DoH) provides bursaries for eligible medical and dental students. These bursaries are available for the fifth and later years of study in the UK.

If you are a medical student and you expect your fees to be paid by the NHS Bursary Scheme you have to first apply for a bursary with the NHS directly. Applications must be made within six months of the start of the academic year.

If you require further assistance, please contact the NHS student helpline on 0300 330 1345 or visit the NHS website: NHS Bursaries

Please note that failure to apply on time could result in you becoming personally liable for your fees.

Sponsored students should inform the University that they are being sponsored during Enrolment and Registration (E&R) when coming through the E&R Portal. On the Portal there is an opportunity to select the option 'My fees will be paid by an External Sponsor' on the Payment Summary screen and on the subsequent screen to complete the sponsor details and upload a Sponsor Authorisation Form.

If your sponsor has already provided you with a letter this must contain the following information below. 

• Student name and student number
• Sponsor contact name
• Address to which invoices should be sent by the University
• Contact Telephone Number
• Contact Email Address
• Amount of Sponsorship
• Duration of Sponsorship

Sponsor letters or Sponsor Authorisation Forms not uploaded in the E&R Portal can be emailed to sponsors@qub.ac.uk  

An invoice will normally be issued to sponsors in November each year. Payment is due 30 days from the date of invoice.

The tuition fee liability will revert to the student if fees remain outstanding after the due date. Suspensions will be applied to student accounts should these fees continue to remain outstanding. 

If you have any further queries please contact sponsors@qub.ac.uk.

If you are a student with an educational loan from the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Canada, Latin America or India you will have to send proof of your funding.

This also applies if you are a student with a Career Development Loan or any private Educational Loan. Proof of funding should be emailed to studentfinance@qub.ac.uk

If you are a student from the US please refer to US loans.

You can pay your tuition fees now through your Qsis account via the Flywire Portal. 

Pay now

Flywire allows you to:

• Pay by bank transfer, credit and debit card and e-wallet solutions including Alipay & Paypal
• Pay in over 150 currencies
• Save money on bank fees and exchange
• Pay from any country and any bank
• Pay by bank transfer, credit and debit card and e-wallet solutions including Alipay & Paypal
• Track your payment online 24/7
• Receive email and text updates regarding your payment status
• 24/7 dedicated multilingual customer support

Payment Plans dates detailed below are for 2025-26 

Two Payment Plans are available through our Payment Platform provider Flywire when completing financial registration.

You must pay your first instalment of your tuition fees when completing your financial registration to be eligible to sign up to one of these Payment Plans. 

Dates of the Monthly and Term Payment Plans are below. The balance of your outstanding tuition fees will then be spread equally over the payment dates of the plan selected.          

Full-time Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught Students

The date when a student withdraws affects the level of tuition fees which may be refunded, and it may also affect the student loan.  Fee adjustments are calculated with reference to the date of withdrawal from the University, not the last date of attendance, and cannot be actioned if the withdrawal procedure has not been followed correctly.  The table below, demonstrates how the adjustment is calculated.

Part-time Undergraduate and Part-time Postgraduate Taught Students

Fees for part-time students are calculated by semester.  Further details of the withdrawal and module drop policy for part-time students are outlined in Section 5.4.2 of the Student Finance Framework.

Postgraduate Research Students

The tuition fee liability for a Postgraduate Research student withdrawal, or a Temporary Leave of Absence, is based on the official date of withdrawal in the academic year, and a refund will be issued, if appropriate.  The tuition fee is calculated for a month if a student is deemed to be in attendance for 20 calendar days or more.

Refunds

A refund of tuition fees may be made if a student withdraws from their programme of study. Refunds are calculated with reference to the date of withdrawal from the University and the fee liability dates as outlined in Table 3 above. 
  
A non-refundable payment of 25% of the calculated fee is due at enrolment. The initial payment is non-refundable unless the applicant or student cancels their contract with the University in accordance with clause 34-36 of the Terms and Conditions for 2025 Entry https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/TermsandConditions/

Failure to pay tuition fees, or make appropriate arrangements to pay outstanding tuition fees, by the payment deadline notified will lead to the following sanctions being applied. 
Communications will be sent monthly commencing in October and on the first of each month thereafter. These communications will be sent to the student’s QUB email account. 
Further communications and text messages will be sent over a 28-day period requesting tuition fees are paid in full or student signs up to an approved payment plan to pay outstanding tuition fees to avoid sanctions to being imposed.  
 
Sanctions will be imposed 28-days after the initial notification where tuition fees remain outstanding. 

Dates of communications and dates restrictions will be applied are outlined below 

You will receive these communication if you have not:
Paid your fees in full, signed up to a payment, submitted a sponsor letter or have your student loan approved. 

If you fail any payment plan instalments you will also receive these communications

What Sanctions will be applied 

IT Restrictions 
•    University will restrict your access to Canvas, the University’s virtual learning environment (VLE) and Library facilities. 
•    The sanction will remain in place until such time that a suitable arrangement to pay tuition fees is in place and/or the outstanding account balance is settled in full. 

When outstanding tuition fees have been paid in full, it will take up to 24 hours for your restriction to be lifted. 
For restrictions applied from February onwards, tuition fees must be paid in full to have these restrictions lifted 

Withdrawal 
Students who are subject to an IT Restriction and who still have outstanding tuition fees due after 7 days will be sent a notification of pending withdrawn from the University. Students will be withdrawn after 14 days of this communication 
All outstanding tuition fees must be paid in full to avoid withdrawal. 
 

Additional Sanctions for Non-Payment of Tuition Fees for International Students 

• In addition to the above sanctions which will apply to all students, if you hold an UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI Student visa, are sponsored by the University and your student account is restricted for reasons of debt, this may result in non-engagement with your programme of study and an inability to meet the terms of your visa sponsorship. 
• Consequently, you will be withdrawn from your course for non-engagement, resulting in the University having to notify UKVI that sponsorship of your Student visa has been withdrawn.  UKVI would then begin the process of curtailing your Student visa and ultimately, you will need to leave the UK.   

Further Sanctions for all Students  

Registration Sanction 

• Students with outstanding tuition fees shall not be permitted to register in the next academic year.  

Graduation Restriction 

• Students with outstanding tuition fees shall not be permitted to register for graduation or attend their graduation ceremony. The University will withhold a degree certificate or transcript from any student who is in debt for unpaid tuition fees. e quality of teaching is dependent on funding and the University must therefore act to recover all outstanding debts.  

You can access Qsis by clicking here  to make an immediate payment.

Click on the 'My Student Finance' icon and then click on the Account Activity tab. The 'Print Term Statement' option is available for each academic year that there is activity on your student account. If you need to sign up to a payment plan to pay your outstanding fees in instalments, click on the Payment Plans tab to see the options for payment that are available to you. 

 If you have any queries with the amount outstanding, please visit Service Requests | My Queen's | Queen's University Belfast (qub.ac.uk) and log a request in the Fees and Finance menu.  

We strongly encourage you to engage with the University and make appropriate arrangements to pay your tuition fees to avoid sanctions for non-payment. 

You can also contact the Student Finance Office @ studentfinance@qub.ac.uk

Students who are experiencing unforeseen financial difficulties which are supported by exceptional circumstances may contact SU Advice at su.advice@qub.ac.uk 

Please note that financial problems are not deemed exceptional circumstances. The University will be sympathetic and assist where it can, however, the quality of teaching is dependent on funding and the University must therefore act to recover all outstanding debts.