Tuition Fees

Once you've completed registration (i.e. you've registered as a student at Abertay), your tuition fees for the full academic year are due for payment.

Tuition Fee Funding

All Scottish students can apply to the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) for undergraduate tuition fee funding for courses starting 2023-24.

Find out more about your funding options:

• Undergraduate funding for Scottish students

Tuition fees for undergraduate students from England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland starting their degree course in 2023-24. See below.

Once you've completed registration (i.e. you've registered as a student at Abertay), your tuition fees for the full academic year are due for payment.

Fee guarantee

We offer all new students from England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland a fee guarantee: the fee rate published for 2023-24 entrants will be the same each year, and will not increase during your course of study.

Tuition Fee Funding

If you're from England, Northern Ireland or Wales you may be eligible for a tuition fee loan to cover your tuition fees in full. The Student Loans Company (SLC) will pay your undergraduate tuition fees directly to the University.

Find out more about your Undergraduate funding options here. 

Undergraduate tuition fees for international students vary depending on your programme of study (also called an 'undergraduate degree course').  

Once you've completed registration (i.e. you've registered as a student at Abertay), your tuition fees for the full academic year are due for payment.

Fee guarantee

We offer all new international students a fee guarantee: the fee rate published for 2023-24 entrants will be the same each year and won’t increase during your course of study.

Find out more about funding:

• Funding for International students, including scholarships

See below 'Tuition Fees - Self-funding/sponsored students: how to pay tuition fees' for more useful information.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2022-23.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2021-2022.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2020-2021.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2019-2020.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2018-2019.

Self-funding students

If you are self-funding your undergraduate degree, you’ll need to arrange payment of your tuition fees as part of your online registration. Once you have completed registration, your tuition fees for the full academic year are due for payment.

Students that need a student visa - you must pay tuition fees in full before you can complete the online registration process.

Students that do not require a student visa - you can either pay fees in full or set up a monthly payment plan. You can set up a monthly payment plan during the online registration process.

For more information on your payment options, please read our Student Debt Management Policy. 

Sponsor Funding

If you are an overseas student requiring a student visa, and your sponsor is on the University’s approved list (see appendix B of the Student Debt Management Policy), your sponsor will be invoiced after registration.

In all other cases, the sponsor must pay your tuition fees in full before you can register. 

Paying Tuition Fees

Pay online here: 

https://www.abertay.ac.uk/make-a-payment

• Log into the intranet – please do not share your log in details with anyone  in accordance with University regulations.
• Go the MyFinance section.
• Click on the option 'Pre-payment of Tuition fees (Overseas applicants only)'.
• This will take you to our international payment system.
• Full instructions on how to make your payment are provided on this system.

Remaining tuition fees and fees for all other student fee categories are made during online registration.  Payment links will be provided during the registration process.

Postgraduate Tuition fees vary depending on your programme of study. See the table below.

Once you have completed registration, your tuition fees for the full academic year are due for payment.

Fee guarantee 

We offer all new students a fee guarantee: the fee rate published for 2023-2024 entrants will be the same each year and won’t increase during your course of study.

Find out more about your funding options: 

• Postgraduate taught funding including scholarships.

• Postgraduate research funding including scholarships.

*There may be additional charges where the MSc is not completed within 18 months (FTE).  Module fees are on a pro rata basis of 120 credits.

 **Each year, UKRI usually increases their fee and stipend levels in line with inflation, based on the Treasury GDP deflator. Minimum fees recommended by UKRI are adopted as our UK-level tuition fee for postgraduate researchers on most doctoral programmes and are usually confirmed in February 2023.

^a Total fee for the MSc, charged on a pro rata basis dependent on modules taken.  Module fees are on a pro rata basis of 180 credits.

Postgraduate Tuition fees vary depending on your programme of study. See the table below.

Once you have completed registration, your tuition fees for the full academic year are due for payment.

Fee guarantee 

We offer all new students a fee guarantee: the fee rate published for 2023-24 entrants will be the same each year and won’t increase during your course of study.

Find out more about your funding options: 

• Postgraduate taught funding including scholarships. 

• Postgraduate research funding including scholarships.

^* There may be additional charges where the MSc is not completed within 18 months (FTE).  Module fees are on a pro rata basis of 120 credits.

** Each year, UKRI usually increases their fee and stipend levels in line with inflation, based on the Treasury GDP deflator. Minimum fees recommended by UKRI are adopted as our UK-level tuition fee for postgraduate researchers on most doctoral programmes and are usually confirmed in February 2023.

^a Total fee for the MSc, charged on a pro rata basis dependent on modules taken.  Module fees are on a pro rata basis of 180 credits.

Students opting to take less than a full year of a programme should contact finance@abertay.ac.uk for details of fees per module or per credit. Students undertaking more than a full-time complement of modules will normally be charged for the excess modules.

Postgraduate Tuition fees vary depending on what you study. See the table below. Once you have completed registration, your tuition fees for the full academic year are due for payment.

Fee guarantee

We offer all new international students a fee guarantee: the fee rate published for 2023/2024 entrants will be the same each year and won’t increase during your course of study.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2022-23.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2021-2022.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2020-2021.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2019-2020.

Abertay University tuition fees for 2018-2019.

Self-funding and Payment

If you are self-funding your postgraduate degree, you’ll need to arrange payment of your tuition fees as part of your online registration. Once you have completed registration, your tuition fees for the full academic year are due for payment.

Students that need a student visa - you must pay your fees in full before you can complete the online registration process.

Students that do not need a student visa -  you can either pay fees in full or set up an instalment plan. You can set up a monthly payment plan during the online registration process.

For more information please read our Student Debt Management Policy.

Sponsor Funding

If you’re being funded by an external organisation, you must provide evidence as part of the online registration process.

If you are an overseas student requiring a student visa, and your sponsor is on the University’s approved list (see appendix B of the Student Debt Management Policy), your sponsor will be invoiced after registration.

In all other cases, the sponsor must to pay your tuition fees in full before your registration.