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Tuition fees

Tuition fees are a key factor for all students thinking about studying at university. It is important you are familiar with how to pay and what support may be available to you.

We charge our tuition fees once a year, at the start of each year of study – and these fees are subject to change annually. Some courses also have additional costs associated with them, and it’s important you familiarise yourself with these so that you can budget accordingly.

You’ll find details of course fees, programme specifications and additional costs for specific courses for UK, EU and international students on our individual course pages. Please use the course search bar to look at the course you’re interested in.

Our agreed fees for 2024-25 (approved by the OfS in February 2023) can be found on this page.

Payments from Sanctioned Countries

All payments made to BNU must be compliant with International Sanction laws. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are not breaching any of these laws when making payments to us.

Paying your fees

When you register on your course you are responsible for ensuring the University receives payment for the tuition fee. Tuition fees become due in full once you have started your course.

Buckinghamshire New University offer all students an option to pay their tuition fee in full or three instalments. Please be aware that we are unable to offer bespoke payment plans.

Self-Funding

For self-financing students, organising the payment of your tuition fees is essential. If you do not pay your fees on time, you may not have access to all of the facilities.

Students are responsible for avoiding any financial risks, such as fraud and phishing emails/links, when paying their tuition fees through a third party on your behalf.

For more information see our page on how to make a payment.

Sponsorship

Students who are being sponsored by an employer should make sure we have this information in writing and before you start your course. You will need to upload this evidence when completing your online enrolment. Confirmation can be in the form of:

• a purchase order
• a sponsorship form: for one student or for several students on the same course
• a signed letter or ELCAS CAN funding letter from the sponsor containing invoicing information and the amount being sponsored.

A copy of the sponsorship form can be emailed to srd@bnu.ac.uk or income@bnu.ac.uk.

Sponsors will receive an invoice for the tuition fees. Fees are due in full 30 days from date of invoice. If your personal sponsor has not paid you will become personally liable for the payment of those fees.

Cooling off period

If for any reason you change your mind about joining the University after you have accepted your offer, Buckinghamshire New University allows a 14-day cooling off period. This applies to all programmes of study including those considered either Distance Learning or Flexible Distributed Learning. The cooling off period starts the start date of the course, which includes Freshers Week for new starters.

If you do choose to withdraw from your course, we will reimburse all payments which have made in respect of the cancelled contract. The reimbursement will be made without undue delay using the same means of payment used for the initial transaction. If you applied and received your student loan, the University will inform the Student Loans Company of the overpayment.

Please refer to the Interruption, Withdrawal or Transfer of Studies Procedure for further information on how to do this.

International students should contact the International Office for advice.

Withdrawing, suspending or deferring - UK/EU Undergraduate Students

If you leave during your study, we calculate your fees based on the date on your leavers form and not your last date of attendance. We will charge you fees for every term that you attended the University, in line with tuition fee loan dates set by Student Finance. If you leave in term one, two or three, we will charge you the following:

Students must inform our Registry Service immediately for withdrawing, suspending or deferring.

For those students (UK, EU, and continuing international students) who are not using Student Finance Tuition Fee Loans please see the Tuition Fee Payment Dates chart below. We will charge you fees for every term that you attended the University. If you leave in term one, two or three, we will charge you one third for each term you have completed or started. The liability date is day one of each term.

Accommodation Fees

Students in University accommodation are required to pay the accommodation rent and licence fees for the duration of their licence period. You can refer to the full terms and conditions of your signed licence agreement.

View our Accommodation page or contact the Accommodation Team for more information.

Sanctions for students with an academic debt

Sanctions will be applied to students who do not adhere to the University payment policy. The Finance Team will notify you of this, letting you know that your IT network accounts and ID cards will be temporarily disabled unless payment is received.

If a reply is not received within two weeks after sanction, your case may be sent to our debts collection agency-Oriel which will incur a charge of at least 10% of the value of the amount outstanding, plus any VAT chargeable.