Fees

Specific tuition fee details are available by searching for the course you are interested in and clicking on the 'Fees' section. The table below illustrates how courses are charged. If you have any questions please contact us using the details to the right.

Laboratory or Workshop Based: This includes most courses offered in computing, engineering (with the exception of civil engineering / built environment courses), design, music, publishing, photography & film, sports and life sciences.

Classroom based: If your course does not fall into any of the above classifications, then it will be a standard taught course.

Fees displayed are per annum and are correct at the time of publication but the University Court reserves the right to make changes in fees at any time, and without notice, before or after a student’s admission to the University. Tuition fees are reviewed annually and will rise each year during your course, at least in line with inflation.

Tuition fee assessments

All students attending University in the UK should pay tuition fees before the start of each year of their course. Students are assessed as either home or overseas for the purpose of assessing how much they pay. There is a considerable difference between the home and overseas rates, so it is very important that every assessment is right. To help with this, we may ask you to complete a Tuition Fee Assessment form, usually before a decision is made on your application.

EU Students:

It is normal practice that first year undergraduate students from the EU who are assessed as home students, can apply to the Student Awards Agency for Scotland who will pay their fees directly to University at the start of the academic year. Home students are usually all students from the EEA (excluding England, Northern Ireland and Wales).

Overseas Students:

International students are liable to pay the full cost of their tuition themselves. If you are assessed as an overseas student it is extremely important to make sure that you have sufficient funds to pay your tuition fees for each year that you will study.

Tuition fee policy

The University has a very strict tuition fees policy which states that you will be asked to leave your course and return to your home country if you are unable to pay your tuition costs.

Students can either arrange to pay their fees in full at the start of their course, set up a recurring card payment or by direct debit in monthly instalments which will spread payments over the period relevant to the academic session. To pay by Direct Debit, students must have a bank or building society account in the UK.

Deposits & discounts

You must pay a £3,500 deposit if your total fees are over £6,500. Once we have received your payment then we will send you a Certificate of Acceptance for Studies letter which you need if you are applying for a student visa. You will only be refunded this deposit if you are refused a visa by the UK Border Agency. 

Early payment discounts may be available to students who pay their fees 30 days before matriculation, for more information please email fees@napier.ac.uk.

How to pay

Option 1: Payment in full

When you matriculate you can pay by cash, cheque, bankers draft or credit / debit card. We accept Switch, Solo, Visa, Mastercard and Eurocard.

By post: Send your cheque, in pounds sterling, made payable to “Edinburgh Napier University (Fees)” with your matriculation number clearly printed on the back to: Finance Services, Sighthill Campus, Sighthill Court, Edinburgh, EH11 4BN, Scotland.

By phone: Call the Cash Office on +44 (0) 131 455 6240 / 6343 / 6005.

By direct transfer of funds: Please contact the Cash Office using the number above for details.

In person: At the Cash Office.

Online: www.napier.ac.uk/epay

Option 2: Direct Debit Instalment Plan

To pay this way you must be paying at least £100 of the fees yourself and you must have UK bank account that accepts direct debit payments. If you wish to use this Plan you MUST sign up for it at matriculation.

Payments are collected on the first day of every month beginning each November and ending over the agreed period.

Missed payments will not be collected by direct debit.  If this happens you will be contacted by email and alternative arrangements must be made for payment. If you miss two payments you will lose the right to pay by instalments.

Indian students

The University offers a tuition fee payment plan option for Indian students receiving Education Loans. See the India page for information.

Option 3: Nominating a sponsor to pay your fees

If your fees are being paid for you by someone else (including a government award body) you must provide evidence of sponsorship or award at matriculation so that an invoice can be issued to the named person or organisation

If your sponsor withdraws financial support or does not pay all or part of an invoice you will have to pay the full amount to us.

Withdrawal policy

At the discretion of the University, we may refund tuition fees to students who complete the paperwork to notify their programme leader in writing of withdrawal from a course.

If you withdraw in the first trimester, may be entitled to a refund of second trimester fees. You will only be entitled to a refund of first trimester fees if you withdraw within the first four weeks of the trimester.

If you withdraw in the second trimester, you will only be entitled to a refund of the fees for that trimester if you withdraw within the first four weeks of the second trimester.