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Paying your tuition fees

Find out when your tuition fees need to be paid and how to make sure they are paid on time.

About tuition fees

Tuition fees cover the costs of your course and academic life (including lectures, seminars and tutorials), as well as services related to your student experience and wellbeing.

Fees vary depending on your course, level of study and whether you’re a home student or international student.

Fees set by the University will increase on an annual basis, and are subject to change.

Learn more about tuition fees, including how much your fees are and how they are spent.

Additional costs 

There may be additional charges that some students may need to pay during their course. This can include specialist equipment or materials, field trips or bench fees for research students.

You may also need to pay fees for late registration or resits.

Additional costs are defined as legitimate charges in our Additional Costs Policy [PDF 133KB].

Paying your fees

The way you pay your tuition fees depends on how you’re funding your studies.

  • If you’re a self-financing Undergraduate or Home Masters Taught student

    If you are funding your studies yourself, you have two options:

  • If you’re a self-financing, International Masters Taught student

    If you're an International Masters student funding your studies yourself, you must pay 50% of the balance of your tuition fees (i.e your total fees minus your deposit) from 2 September 2024 to complete step 2 of registration. The second payment of 50% of your tuition fees must be paid by January 2025. This is mandatory for becoming a student. If you haven't already, please arrange to make this payment.

    Important: There may be a delay in us receiving international payments, so please leave enough time to send your payment before the deadline. We cannot allow registration until payment is received in our bank account.

  • If you’re expecting a student loan from the Student Loans Company

    If you are an undergraduate student and have applied for a tuition fee loan, the Student Loans Company will pay the University directly on your behalf.

    The Student Loans Company will provide you with confirmation that you will receive a student loan, which you should send to Student Accounts at studentaccounts@sussex.ac.uk as soon as you receive it.

    Important: If we do not receive your confirmation you will be considered a self-financing student (see below) and will be immediately responsible for your tuition fee payments.

  • If you’re a US student receiving an American Student Loan and Federal Student Aid

    If you are in receipt of an American Student Loan and Federal Student Aid the University will deduct your tuition fee payment from your loan.

  • If your fees are being paid by a sponsor

    If your fees are being paid by a sponsor, they must be paid in full at the beginning of each academic year. 

    You must email your tuition funding confirmation to sponsorletters@sussex.ac.uk as soon as possible to complete registration.

    The University will only accept sponsors that pay us directly. Otherwise you need to set up your own instalment plan.

    The University recognises the following institutions and organisations as official sponsors:

    • UK Government, The British Council, Chevening, British Commonwealth
    • overseas Governments and Embassies
    • an employer (either UK-based or overseas)
    • recognised international organisations or institutions (such as a council or university).

    In all other cases, you will need to set up your instalment plan and pay the University directly.

    If you want the University to invoice your sponsor for your tuition fees, you need to provide an award letter to sponsorletters@sussex.ac.uk that confirms your sponsor funding, before your first instalment as set out in the Fee Liability Policy [PDF 157KB]

    Award letters must:

    • be on headed paper of your sponsor organisation
    • include your name, course, funding amount and funding duration
    • specify your sponsor’s full contact details, including telephone number and email address.

    Once we have received your award letter, we will update your student account to reflect your funding and issue an invoice to your sponsor. If we do not receive your award letter, the University will consider you to be a self-financing student.

    If your sponsor does not pay, any outstanding amount will be transferred back to your student account and you will become liable for payment.

Financial hardship

If you are experiencing financial hardship, please contact our Student Support and financial support services for help, including to discuss your particular circumstances. Information about money and funding support is available on My Sussex and the Student Hub. This includes information around how you may be able to get some limited financial support through Hardship funding and short-term welfare loans.

Please do reach out to the University support services if you need help on this, or any other matter that may be affecting you.

What will happen if your tuition fees are not paid

If you don’t maintain regular payments in accordance with University terms and conditions, sanctions may be applied to your account. These are set out in the Student Debt Recovery Policy [PDF 102KB].

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