Finance

Information on financial registration can be found at http://www.welcome.manchester.ac.uk/get-ready/registration/10-steps/.

a) Payment of Tuition Fees

Students must be able to demonstrate at the start of the academic year that they are able to pay their tuition fees. This will either be in the form of a posting via the School to the student records system if you are funded by a Research Council or, in the case of self-funded or externally sponsored students, you will be required to guarantee that ALL FEES will be paid in respect of that academic year.

b) Financial Registration (for students with Research Council Funding)

Some students will receive a maintenance payment from a Master’s Training Grant (MTG). These are funds received from the UK Research Council and administered by the School in accordance with Research Council Terms and Conditions.

Students who are eligible for a Research Council payment will be required to enter their bank account details as part of financial registration. This will enable payments to be made directly into your bank account (BACS). Please contact the Student Support Office as soon as possible if you are expecting an award but the details do not appear on our self-service registration screens.

Payments will be made monthly, in advance and will always be subject to satisfactory academic progression. The School can stop a payment at any time if satisfactory progress is not being made or if there are attendance issues.

The Student Support Office works closely with the School Finance Office and the Student Services Centre to ensure that tuition fees are correct and maintenance payments are made on time.

Students in receipt of a Research Council award must inform the Student Support Office if they are absent for more than two weeks for reasons other than normal holidays. Payments may be stopped without prior notice for periods of unauthorised absence, periods of non-approved interruption or in cases where a student withdraws from their programme of study. If an interruption is necessary, this will be arranged with the funding body on your behalf via the Student Support Office. The School will seek to reclaim any overpayment made to any student where the student has been deemed to have received payments that they are not entitled to.

c) Debtors

Students who have outstanding debt at the end of their academic programme may not be permitted to graduate and may not receive their degree certificate.