Distance learning - fees and finance

Fees and finance 

We understand that money is an important factor when considering studying an online course. This page is your go-to guide for information and advice on distance learning course fees and your options for funding your studies.

Distance learning taught course fees

The tuition fees for our taught distance learning courses vary according to the programme. Please see individual course pages to find out the fees for online courses at Huddersfield for the current academic year.

If you're interested in studying a research distance learning degree, please see our tuition fees for research degrees for more information. 

Payment options

You can pay your fees in one of the following ways:

1) Full course fee when you enrol.

2) Pay in instalments: you can pay for your course in instalments, per academic year of study.*

This means your full course fee will be divided between the years of study. Payment schedule examples are shown in the table below. 

September entry	November entry	January entry	February entry	May entry
50% of Year 1 fees on enrolment	50% of Year 1 fees on enrolment	50% of Year 1 fees on enrolment	50% of Year 1 fees on enrolment	50% of Year 1 fees on enrolment
2nd 50% of Year 1 fees due no later than 31 January	2nd 50% of Year 1 fees due no later than 31 March	2nd 50% of Year 1 fees due no later than 31 May	2nd 50% of Year 1 fees due no later than 30 June	2nd 50% of Year 1 fees due no later than 30 September
In subsequent years, your fees deadlines will be 50% prior to re-registration and 50% by 31 January	In subsequent years, your fees deadlines will be 50% prior to re-registration and 50% by 31 March	In subsequent years, your fees deadlines will be 50% prior to re-registration and 50% by 31 May	In subsequent years, your fees deadlines will be 50% prior to re-registration and 50% by 30 June	In subsequent years, your fees deadlines will be 50% prior to re-registration and 50% by 30 September

 

For example, if you are studying on a 2-year, part-time degree and your total course fee is £7,920, you would pay £3,960 per academic year. The Year 1 50% fee, paid upon enrolment, would be £1,980. 

3) Ad-hoc payments can also be made providing you keep to the payment deadlines stated.

*Payment by instalments is not available to students joining a course via our Performance Based Admissions (PBA) entry route or students in receipt of employer sponsorship. 

Please note, if you pay in yearly instalments, your tuition fee may increase after the first year of study, rising in line with inflation (RPI-X).

 How to pay your fees

You can either pay the fees yourself or provide us with evidence that your fees (in part or in full) will be paid by a sponsor. This sponsor must be one which we recognise as acceptable, for example, the Student Loan Company, your employer or your government embassy.  

If your employer is sponsoring your studies, please email confirmation of your employer sponsorship to sfo@hud.ac.uk so we can ensure that your employer is invoiced for your tuition fees.

If you are in receipt of the Postgraduate Loan from Student Finance England to pay your fees, you will be directed to enter your credit/debit card details into a secure webpage upon enrolment. Should you not be directed to this webpage, please contact our Student Finance Office at sfo@hud.ac.uk 

Secure online card payment through Flywire  

You can pay online through our secure Payment Gateway using a credit or debit card.  If you are an international student please follow this link. 

Our preferred method of payment is through Flywire, where both credit/debit card and bank transfer payments can be made. We do not accept direct bank transfers.