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An undergraduate, postgraduate or professional qualification from a UK university will give you an internationally recognised qualification that will either be a solid foundation for your career or give your job prospects a boost.

Are you an international student looking to kickstart your global career at LSBU? If so, our new LSBU Future Global Graduate Awards could help you benefit from the high-quality, career focused education that LSBU offers. Find out more about our Global Graduate Awards here.

Tuition fees

These fees cover the cost of your learning experience at LSBU. If you are paying your tuition fees yourself, payment must be made when you enrol onto your course. If a sponsor is paying your fees then you need a letter of confirmation that your fees will be paid.

Full-time fees for the academic year 2024-25 for International students

Programme of study

Fees

Undergraduate

from £14,900

MSc, MA, PgDip

from £15,500

International students are expected to have sufficient funds to maintain themselves and pay their tuition fees in line with the Home Office Tier 4 policy requirements. Student fees and financial support for international students differ considerably from that offered to students defined as Home. It is important to determine whether or not you are classed as a Home or international student.

For further enquiries regarding fees, contact our International Office.

Download a copy of LSBU's tuition fee regulations (PDF File 401 KB) for more information.

Possible fee changes

Students are charged an annual tuition fee in each year of their course. After the first year, tuition fees may be subject to annual inflationary increases. For the duration of their course, students may expect tuition fees to increase annually in line with inflation, up to a maximum of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 4%.

Field trips

Some courses include compulsory field trips or residential visits and the cost of these is added to your total tuition fee. In addition, some optional units include field trips or residentials for which you will be asked to pay separately.

International student status

Tuition fees and the range of financial support available will differ depending on whether you are defined as Home (usually resident in the UK) or Overseas (International) student. Help with understanding your assessment can be found on the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) website.

Additional information and advice about fees and funding for refugees and asylum seekers who are academics is provided by CARA, the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics.

US Loans

LSBU participates in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loans). This is the main US Federal funding available to US students in the UK. For detailed information visit the US Loans section.

US Loans please email enquiriesusfinance@lsbu.ac.uk or call the US Loans Team on +44 (0)20 7815 8222.

How to pay

Paying your deposit and fees

Once you have received your offer letter, you will need a CAS number to be able to apply for your visa. Before your CAS number is issued, you will need to make a deposit payment which is 50% of your tuition fees to the University.

Bank transfer via Convera

All bank transfers should be made via our partner Convera.

This service allows you, your parents and sponsors to pay your fees in your local currency and from your home bank account without worrying about exchange rates or bank charges. Your payment will arrive quickly and in full to the university.

Please visit our Convera page for more information or make a payment (this link requires the latest version of your internet browser).

This service must only be used to make a payment to LSBU by an individual, and on behalf of an individual, who is a temporary or permanent resident of a non-sanctioned country (Sanctioned countries: Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Belarus, Russia and the Crimea, Donetsk, or Luhansk regions of Ukraine). If your payment is found to be in breach of sanctions, your funds will not be paid to your institution and could be seized.

Card payment

The University accepts debit cards (Delta, VISA Electron, VISA Debit and Maestro), credit cards (VISA and MasterCard only) and bank transfers.

All payments to the University should be made using the Online Payment Portal . If you are unable to pay online using your debit/credit card, please use Convera.

You will need to include your student ID number and reason for transfer (tuition, accommodation etc) in the payment description.

Sponsored students

You must provide details of your employer (or other organisation) at enrolment that confirms the following information: Please fill in this form and bring it with you to your enrolment. Please ensure we have the following details:

  • Sponsor name and the amount of sponsorship agreed to be paid on your behalf
  • The contact name and email of the person in the organisation who has agreed your sponsorship
  • The address of your company's Finance Department where the invoice will be sent
  • A purchase order number

You will remain personally responsible for payment of fees and charges, even if there is an arrangement for the university to receive payment on your behalf from a sponsor or any other third party. Please see the tuition fee regulations (PDF File 391 KB) for further information.

Self-funding students

Self-funding students studying for a whole year (two semesters) can choose to either pay in full or by an initial down payment followed by two equal instalments.

When you enrol it is essential that you either:

  • pay the full fee, or
  • pay the initial down payment of one half (50%) of the fee.
  • (The remaining two instalments, each amounting to a quarter (25%) of the fee, are due on the dates given below.)

Payment arrangements for self-funding students on programmes starting in September for the 2024/25 academic year are set out below.

Payment arrangements for self-funding students starting programmes September 2024

Amount due

For New Students

Full payment

At your online enrolment

OR

Initial down payment

5  August 2024

First instalment

31 January 2025

Second instalment

18 April 2025

Payment arrangements for self-funding students starting programmes January 2025

 

Amount due

For New Students

Full payment

At your online enrolment

OR

Initial down payment

2 December 2024

First instalment

25 April 2025

Second instalment

27 June 2025

Please note – other dates apply to students enrolling on full year courses that do not start in September.  

Download a copy of LSBU's tuition fee regulations (PDF File 401 KB) for more information.

Any LSBU overseas deposit will be retained on your tuition fee account and used towards payment of your tuition fees

Early settlement discounts

If you are enrolling for a whole year's study, are self-funding and pay in full by the full payment dates set out above you may be entitled to an early settlement discount of 5% of your year's course fee.

The discount is not applicable if you receive an LSBU Scholarship, any other LSBU Discount or Bursary. The discount is applicable on that part of your fee that you pay direct to the university. The discount is not applicable to any part of the fee paid by a sponsor or any other third party or if your tuition fee contribution is not paid in full at the point of enrolment. The discount does not apply to Home  full-time undergraduates. See a copy of our tuition fee regulations (PDF File 401 KB) for more details on part self-funding/part sponsored students.

Failure to pay your tuition fees in line with the University’s due payment dates will result in your debt being passed to a debt collection agency.

STA International are a trusted and regulated debt collection agency who work on behalf of London South Bank University to recover any outstanding debts.

Should your debt be passed to the debt collection agents, the legal and financial consequences can be significant. This may affect your ability to secure credit or a mortgage or to rent in the future.

Should your debt be passed to STA, they will notify you in writing directly.

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Fraudulent payments

Any person may offer to pay your fee on your behalf, in return for an upfront payment. Invariably, this involves the person using stolen debit or credit cards to make the payment. Fraud is illegal and could be an example of money laundering. If you know or believe that they are involved in such activity you could be aiding and abetting fraud and may be subject to arrest by law enforcement, and the University may take disciplinary action against you. If LSBU receives multiple failed payment attempts, your ability to pay on the portal will be disabled and you will have to attend the campus and pay onsite.

International team enquiry

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7123 4842

Whatsapp: +44 7458154515

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