Paying for online courses
This page outlines how to pay for online postgraduate courses with the University of Leeds, including module by module payments, postgraduate loan payment plans, and payments by sponsors.
Fees for each course are available on Course Search.
You will need to confirm how you will be paying your fees before you register for the course.
Paying module by module
Some of our online courses allow you to pay your fees module by module.
Online courses that offer module by module payments
If your course fees can be paid module by module, the fee payments break down as follows:
- the first payment is required before you begin the course;
- then pay for each module as you take it. There are typically nine or ten modules depending on the course structure;
- the final payment is for the project module fee, if applicable.
You can pay for a module through our online store by credit card or PayPal. You will need your student number.
Please note, if you are receiving a postgraduate student loan, or are being sponsored as a student (for example by your employer) and require an invoice you will not be able to pay your fees module by module.
Paying with a postgraduate loan (UK only)
If you are receiving a postgraduate student loan from the Student Loans Company you can set up an instalment plan in line with your loan payments. This instalment plan will be available once we have received confirmation from the Student Loans Company that your loan has been approved.
The postgraduate loan instalment plan is three instalments by direct debit from a current account. Payments are taken on the first of the month:
- one third payable two months after start month,
- one third payable five months after start month,
- one third payable eight months after start month.
Invoices for sponsors and employers
If your fees are being paid by a third party or organisation (for example employer) and they require an invoice, payment needs to be made upfront for each year of study and you will need to follow the fees process for sponsored students.
Other online courses
If your online course does not allow module by module payments, you cannot make payments through the online store and must follow the standard University of Leeds payment procedures.