Fees
Fees and Remissions
Extension Fees: Postgraduate Taught Students
10.1.1 For taught postgraduate students entering their course since September 2007 and before September 2011 and not submitting their dissertation by the “normal submission deadline”, an extension fee will be payable. This will be a one-off fee, payable irrespective of the actual submission date.
Continuation Fees
10.2.1 A Continuation fee is charged for any period of registration which is allowed under Senate Regulations for ‘writing up’. A period of registration will not normally commence until after the end of the normal length of the programme.
10.2.2 For taught postgraduate students, entering a programme course before September 2007, the continuation fee is payable from year 2 (full-time students) or year 4 (part-time students) if the dissertation or project report has not been submitted or is being revised. Continuation fees do not apply to taught postgraduate students entering their course in or after September 2007.
10.2.3 For postgraduate research students, where continuation fee is charged, the student will be expected to submit a completed thesis within 12 months of the start of the period of continuation. Should the student fail to submit within this time, they will be liable for the full- or part-time tuition fee for the remainder of their registration.
10.2.4 A continuation fee cannot be reduced or waived to take account of submission early in the new session but is charged to all who have not submitted by the beginning of that session.
Deposits for Tuition Fees
10.3.1 For Home / EU applicants, the University may determine to request a deposit for popular programmes, for the purpose of student numbers planning.
10.3.2 All Overseas applicants will be required to pay a deposit at the point of being made an unconditional offer, refundable only in the event that a student is unable to obtain an appropriate visa.
10.3.3 For all applicants the deposit may be up to 50% of the first year’s fees, the amount to be approved by Senate each year.
Reassessment Fees and Fees for Repeated Study (Undergraduate)
10.4.1 Where an undergraduate student is reassessed on a failed module, no reassessment fee is charged.
10.4.2 Where the Board of Examiners requires a student, or a student chooses, to repeat the study of module(s) or study block(s), to substitute a module, or be reassessed in a module in the next academic year on a part-time basis, a pro rata tuition fee will be charged for the repeated or substituted study.
10.4.3 The exception to both the above is where a Board of Examiners, on receipt of mitigating circumstances, allows a student to repeat study and/or re-assessment as if for the first time and no tuition fee will be charged.
Reassessment Fees and Fees for Repeated Study (Taught Postgraduate)
10.5.1 Where a student is reassessed in the dissertation of a postgraduate taught programme a reassessment fee shall apply. The level of this reassessment fee will be approved by Senate.
10.5.2 No fee will be charged for reassessment in a taught module of a post graduate taught programme. An exception is where the Board of Examiners requires a student, or a student chooses, to repeat the study of module(s), when pro rata tuition fees will apply.
10.5.3 Where a Board of Examiners, on receipt of mitigating circumstances, allows a student to repeat study and/or reassessment of any part of a post graduate taught programme as if for the first time, no fee will be charged.
Examination and Reassessment of Postgraduate Research Students and Higher Doctoral Candidates
10.6.1 All postgraduate research students (including members of staff) are charged an additional examination fee when examiners are appointed. Where a research thesis is resubmitted for examination, a further examination fee is payable.
10.6.2 The formal submission for the degree of PhD by published work shall be accompanied by the registration fee and an examination fee. The formal submission for the award of a higher doctorate shall be accompanied by the examination fee.
10.6.3 The fee will be payable for a Higher Doctorate examination, which will be determined by Senate.
Sundry FeesCertificates and Transcripts
10.7.1 Certificates will be issued to students on the successful completion of programmes of study, leading to awards of the University.
10.7.2 Replacement certificates will only be issued where the student studied for a Brunel University award and it is certain that the original has been lost rather than mislaid. An administrative charge, approved by Senate will be made for a replacement certificate. The replacement will be in the current certificate style and will include the wording “This certificate replaces one reported lost”. Replacement certificates will normally be issued in the same name as the original.
10.7.3 Where a certificate has been posted but never received by the recipient, a duplicate may be issued, following investigation with the postal authorities and receipt of a signed statement from the student. No charge will be made for this duplicate certificate. In such circumstances appropriate wording will be included on the reverse to confirm that a second certificate has been issued.
10.7.4 A transcript is issued by Schools to students, free of charge, at the end of each level and when they leave the University. Charges, as approved by Senate, will be applied in other circumstances.
Other Supplementary Fees and Charges
10.8.1 Approved supplementary charges will be set out in the relevant set of fee recommendations from Senate to Council.
Debts and Non-Payment of FeesNon-Payment of Fees
10.9.1 A student who fails to pay tuition fees or instalments thereof, or continuation fees by the final date prescribed for payment of the fee or instalment will be reported by the Director of Finance or nominee to the Head of the Student Centre or nominee.
10.9.2 The student will be warned by a letter sent by the Student Centre to his or her last known address of the consequences of default in payment and if no satisfactory response is forthcoming within the period specified in such letter, the Director of Academic Services or nominee shall declare the student to be withdrawn from the University with immediate effect. This will result in access to all University services being withdrawn.
10.9.3 Should a student’s sponsor fail to pay the tuition fees, the student will be allowed to continue his or her programme while negotiations between the University and the sponsor continue. If, after due process, the University is unable to obtain payment of the fees, or if the sponsor repudiates in writing its offer to pay the fees, the University will regard the student as liable for the fees outstanding and for the rest of his or her programme of study.
10.9.4 No student who has been de-registered because of non-payment of fees will be allowed to re-register for the same or a subsequent session unless and until all debts to the University have been settled and a re-registration fee paid. No existing or former student who is in debt to the University will be allowed to enrol on a programme of study at the University until the debt is cleared.
September 2011
