International payment options

Early payment discount

An Early Payment Discount of £1,000 is available to new international students starting a full time taught undergraduate or postgraduate course if tuition fees are paid in full by the Friday before the start of teaching. For 2024/5 starters, this discount can be combined with other scholarships worth up to £4,000.

An Early Payment Discount of £400 is available current international undergraduate students who are returning for their second (Level 5) or third (Level 6) taught year at ARU, excluding placement years.

Flywire

ARU has officially partnered with Flywire to accept payments from over 240 countries and territories, in more than 140 currencies.

Millions of students and their parents world-wide trust Flywire to facilitate their education payments.

By making your payment using Flywire you can:

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can. You can make payments for tuition fees and accommodation instalments via International Bank Transfer with Flywire, a specialist payment platform.

Yes, a minimum of £4,000 is required to receive an unconditional offer or Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS). Your exact deposit requirement will be stated clearly on your offer letter.

Alternatively, if you’re a sponsored student, you’ll be required to upload a copy of your official letter of sponsorship/financial guarantee.

Details of how to pay your deposit will be included with your offer letter. You'll need to log into your applicant portal on e:Vision to make your deposit payment.

We recommend that all students pay fees via the e:Vision student portal.

Requests for refunds of any deposit paid will be administered in accordance with the University Tuition Fees section in the Rules, Regulations and Procedures for Students.

A refund of a deposit where applicable may not be given in the event of a refusal of a visa should the University not be at fault, including if the refusal arises from you giving false or incomplete information to the United Kingdom Visas and Immigration (UKVI). A refund may also be declined in the event of you giving false documents or false, incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading information to the University or if you withhold relevant information from the University.

Please note that you will not be eligible for a deposit refund in the event you travel to the UK using a student visa sponsored by the University and fail to complete registration by the final enrolment deadline.

After you have paid your deposit, you can decide to pay the rest of your annual tuition fee in full, or you can pay in instalments.

If you choose to pay your tuition fees in instalments, you’ll pay a minimum of £4,000 as a deposit, then instalments as follows.

  • Students starting in September: 60% of the full fees at registration, a further 40% in January.
  • Students starting in January: 60% of the full fees at registration, a further 40% in May.
  • Students starting in May: 60% of the full fees at registration, a further 40% in September.

If you choose to pay your tuition fees in instalments, the payment will be taken from your account automatically on the 15th of the appropriate month.

Note that if you don't pay your fees by the agreed dates, you may not be able to continue your studies or graduate.