INTERNATIONAL OFFICE

Tuition Fees for International Students 2014–15

www.gre.ac.uk/international-students1 Tuition fees for 2014–15

Undergraduate programmes: £10,350 Postgraduate programmes: £11,350

Exceptions

School of Architecture, Design & Construction Fee Distance learning programmes £7,200 MSc Occupational Hygiene (Distance Learning) £8,750 MSc Safety, Health and Environment (Distance Learning) £8,750 BSc Hons Occupational Safety, Health and the Environment (Top-up) £7,000 (Distance Learning)

Business School Fee MSc Accounting and Finance £11,850 MSc Financial Management £11,850 MSc Finance and Investment £11,850 MSc International Banking and Finance £11,850 All MBA programmes £13,750 MA (Dual Award) Strategic Marketing Communications* £12,900 MA (Dual Award) International Business* £12,900 MSc (Dual Award) Financial Management* £12,900

School of Humanities & Social Sciences Fee International Foundation Programme* £6,950 Two-week English for Academic Purposes* £450 Five-week English for Academic Purposes* £1,100 Nine-week English for Academic Purposes* £1,700

Medway School of Pharmacy Fee MPharm* £13,350

Master’s by Research/MPhil/PhD/EdD Fee Full-time** £11,275 Part-time** £5,638

*Nationality Scholarship does not apply. **Fees in line with recommended fees set by Research Council UK, which are still to be published for 2014–15.

2 Awards and scholarships for a 10% reduction on the postgraduate tuition fee. The 10% reduction is applied Nationality Scholarship of £1,000 after all scholarships and bursaries (where A scholarship of £1,000 will be awarded to applicable) are deducted from the student students (whether self-payers or sponsored) fees. from the countries listed below who are studying Students who have studied an certain full-time programmes. The programme undergraduate programme at one of must last a minimum of one academic year and our international collaborative partner the student must pay the full-time tuition fee. institutions and are progressing on to a non- Eligible countries are: government/research funded postgraduate programme at the university may also apply ●● Bangladesh ●● Nepal for an Alumni Progression Bursary. ●● Brazil ●● Nigeria ●● Cambodia ●● Pakistan The programme must run a minimum of ●● Cameroon ●● Russian Federation one academic year, and the reduction is ●● Colombia ●● Sri Lanka applied upon full payment of the full-time tuition fee. This reduction does not apply to ●● Ghana ●● Tanzania PhDs, MPhils, PGCE/CertEd and Diploma of ●● India ●● Thailand Architecture programmes and programmes ●● Iran ●● Turkey such as the MOst, MEng and MPharm ●● Iraq ●● Turkic States which attract undergraduate fees. ●● Jamaica ●● Uganda ●● Kenya ●● Vietnam The student is encouraged to join the university’s alumni association, which ●● Mauritius ●● Zimbabwe offers a wide range of benefits for past People’s Republic of China students (alumni) and is free to join (visit www.gre.ac.uk/alumni for further Scholarship information). If a student is awarded this A scholarship of up to £1,000 may be available discount, his or her details will be passed to students who have completed their studies on to the alumni association. approved programmes at one of the university’s partner or link institutions in China and who For further information about these and progress to certain programmes on one of our other awards and scholarships, please visit three campuses. This will be agreed with the www.gre.ac.uk/students/finance. International Office prior to arrival for registration and before the start of the programme. To US Federal Student Aid qualify, students must pay tuition fees in full on Programme registration. Financial assistance is available for American Alumni Progression Bursary students studying at an overseas university. International students registering for a The University of Greenwich is a participant postgraduate programme after completing a of this programme. For further details, visit degree programme at either a University of www.gre.ac.uk/international-students/ Greenwich campus or partner college are eligible federal-loans.

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Pre-registration deposit Sort code: 20-98-57 For programmes that are based on Account number: 00904244 our three campuses, a pre-registration IBAN number: deposit of £3,000 is required for all pre- GB03BARC20985700904244 degree, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the time of accepting an SWIFT/BIC number: BARCGB22 offer. The deposit acts as part of the tuition Please ensure that your full name, date fees and reduces the tuition fees payable of birth and student reference number (if on registration. known) are listed on the back of the draft. If Deposits CANNOT be paid by cheque, using electronic transfer, ensure your bank credit/debit card or cash. Accepted includes these details. methods of payment are: Please contact the International ●● Bank draft made payable to the Office once you believe your funds University of Greenwich and have arrived (usually four working forwarded to: days after the transfer) so we can University of Greenwich check the payment and process International Office your Confirmation of Acceptance for Room 201, Fry Building Studies if appropriate. Southwood Site Avery Hill Campus Avery Hill Road Discount for full payment Eltham London SE9 2UG International students may receive a 5% United Kingdom discount on their net tuition fees if these are paid in full and received by the university ●● Electronic transfer direct to the by the 30 September for September university bank account (please note starters and paid in full and received by the that your bank may charge you for university by the 31 January for January this service): starters. MPharm students are not eligible Barclays Bank for this discount. The 5% discount will be 41 Woolwich New Road for net tuition fees only and will not apply to London SE18 6NU accommodation charges. United Kingdom

4 Payment plan by bank transfer. If you are transferring funds to pay for tuition fees, please see the After your deposit and all other discounts are bank details given above. applied, the remaining balance can be paid in two equal payments. You will be asked to pay In addition, continuing students may pay via the first 50% of the balance at registration. the student portal. Log on to https://portal. For September starters, the final payment will gre.ac.uk and click on the ‘My Support’ tab. be due before the last Friday in January; for You will require your student ID and password. January starters, the final payment will be due before the last Friday in May. Students studying on a visa Example: 2014–15 Fee Postgraduate fee £11,350 An international student studying on a student visa must be studying on a full-time Deposit paid £3,000 programme. It is the student’s responsibility Nationality Scholarship £1,000 to ensure that they are in possession of an appropriate and valid visa. Details of Balance £7,350 fees payable to the UK government for Minimum payment at £3,675 processing extensions to visas are available registration at www.ukvisas.gov.uk. Balance due £3,675 (last Friday in January for Once you have paid your deposit and met September starters and all your offer conditions, please contact the last Friday in May for International Office and we will assist you January starters). in obtaining a Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies. Please ensure that you include You cannot be admitted as a registered your full name, date of birth and student student of the university until acceptable reference number in all communications. arrangements for payment of fees are agreed. If your government or an employer Policy on deposits is sponsoring you, please bring a letter A deposit will be held for a maximum of confirming this. However, please note two years. This will provide sufficient time, if that students are responsible for any fee required, for a student to: payment not made by the sponsor. Letters of sponsorship from individuals (e.g.parents, ●● Enrol on his or her intended programme relatives or friends) are not acceptable. of study (in the case of a student who has deferred study to a later academic Payment of fees at session) OR registration ●● Provide evidence to the university of a failed visa application OR During online registration you will be given ●● Provide evidence to the university of a a summary of the tuition fees payable, less failure to meet the academic conditions any discounts. In order to complete your of an offer. registration, you will be asked to enter your credit/debit card details; if you do not have a credit/debit card, you can pay your fees

5 accepted for the year the academic offer was made. If an applicant defers his or her offer of a place to the next university intake, the deposit will be transferred to the new intake and will be refundable only where the applicant provides evidence that the application for a student visa was not accepted for that intake. All refunds will be to the applicant’s home country.

For applicants who have registered with the university on an existing visa and are applying for a new visa to study with the University of Greenwich the universities withdrawal/interruption refund policy will apply.

Student withdrawal, interruption, deferral or non-registration

●● Where a student withdraws from a programme, the deposit is not refundable. Any monies due to be refunded will be returned to the student’s home country. ●● A student’s withdrawal must conform to the university’s withdrawal policy. ●● Where an applicant fails to register, the deposit is not refundable or transferable. ●● Requests for a student to defer or interrupt their studies will only be allowed After two years, the deposit will be in exceptional circumstances and must non-transferable and non-refundable. conform to university policy.

The exception to this refund policy is where ●● The university will notify the UK Border an application for a student visa is rejected Agency when a student withdraws, because of fraudulent documentation. In interrupts or defers from study. this circumstance, the deposit will not be www.gre.ac.uk/students/interrupt. refunded and no further applications to study at the university will be accepted. Failure to pay fees For applicants applying for their first Tier Registration for continuing students is 4 student visa from outside the UK, the dependant on the previous year’s fees being deposit and tuition fees paid in excess paid in full. As in previous years, student of the deposit are refundable only where debtors are subject to an embargo on the the applicant provides evidence that the assessment of work, award of certificates, application for a student visa was not attendance at graduation ceremonies and

6 provision of references, or re-enrolment for failure to pay fees. This applies to all fees, Note such as tuition fees, halls of residence fees Unless arrangements as set out in this or fines for the replacement of library books, leaflet are agreed at registration, you will and any debt, whatsoever, to the university. be unable to register. Should you have any queries or problems regarding your Resitting and resubmission fees, please contact your local Student Where a student needs to retake a course, Centre or the International Office. a pro rata tuition charge will be payable The university reserves the right to based on the number of credits studied. change any fees at any time without Students who repeat or interrupt will pay the notice. Fees will be subject each year published annual fee applicable for the year to a small increase for inflation. The of re-entry. university will endeavour to minimise any increases.

The fees for any new programmes will be determined after validation.

7 International Office University of Greenwich Greenwich Campus Old Royal Naval College Park Row London SE10 9LS United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 8331 8136 Fax: +44 20 8331 8625 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gre.ac.uk/international-students

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