Some of our postgraduate programmes require a deposit payment. Your offer letter will tell you if you need to pay a deposit. Details of which programmes require a deposit payment are in the postgraduate degree finder.You must pay the deposit to secure your place, unless you qualify for an exemption or extension as outlined below. If you think that you are eligible for an exemption or an extension you must contact us before the deadline your payment is due. Making a deposit payment Before making a deposit payment please read the tuition fee deposits page. Click on your academic school below. The academic school your programme is based in can be found in your offer letter.Click on the programme you have an offer for.Check it is the correct payment screen for the academic school your programme is based in before making the payment.After making a deposit payment please allow up to five working days for your record to be updated. Pay your deposit School of Biological Sciences programmes If you have an offer for one of the Biological Sciences programmes below you need to pay a deposit. Please check your offer to make sure that you make the payment to the correct programme.Please make the deposit payment by the deadline relevant to you. Payment deadlinesOffer dateDeadline for payment of depositOffers issued up to 1 March31 MarchOffers issued 2 March - 30 June28 days from date of offerOffers issued 1 July until the programme start date 14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier)Animal Breeding and Genetics - pay depositBiochemistry - pay depositBioinformatics - pay depositBiotechnology - pay deposit Data Science for Biology - pay deposit Drug Discovery and Translational Biology - pay depositEcology, Evolution and Biodiversity - pay deposit Evolutionary Genetics - pay depositHuman Complex Trait Genetics - pay depositQuantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis - pay depositSynthetic Biology and Biotechnology - pay deposit School of Chemistry programmes If you have an offer for one of the Chemistry programmes below you need to pay a deposit. Please check your offer to make sure that you make the payment to the correct programme.Please make the deposit payment by the deadline relevant to you. Payment deadlinesOffer dateDeadline for payment of depositOffers issued up to 15 March31 MarchOffers issued 16 March - 15 May31 May Offers issued 16 May until the programme start date 14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier)MSc Materials Chemistry - pay deposit MSc Analytical Chemistry - pay deposit MSc Medicinal and Biological Chemistry - pay deposit School of Engineering programmes If you have an offer for one of the Engineering programmes below you need to pay a deposit. Please check your offer to make sure that you make the payment to the correct programme.Please make the deposit payment by the deadline relevant to you. Payment deadlinesProgrammeOffer dateDeadline for payment of depositAdvanced Chemical EngineeringFire Engineering ScienceOffers issued up to 15 May31 May Offers issued 16 May - programme start date14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier)Advanced Chemical Engineering - pay deposit Fire Engineering Science - pay deposit All programmes excluding Advanced Chemical Engineering and Fire Engineering ScienceOffer dateDeadline for payment of deposit Offers issued up to 15 March31 March Offers issued 16 March – 15 May31 May Offers issued 16 May - until the programme start date 14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier)Advanced Power Engineering - pay deposit Digital Design & Manufacture - pay depositElectronics - pay deposit Electrical Power Engineering - pay depositSignal Processing and Communications - pay deposit Sustainable Energy Systems - pay deposit High Performance Computing programmes (Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre EPCC) Offer holders to the on-campus High Performance Computing programmes are required to pay a deposit. Click on the link for your programme to make your deposit payment. Please ensure you make the deposit payment by the deadline relevant to you.Payment deadlinesOffer dateDeadline for payment of depositOffers issued up to 1 March31 MarchOffers issued 2 March - 30 June28 days from date of offerOffers issued 1 July until the programme start date 14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier)High Performance Computing - pay deposit (on campus)High Performance Computing with Data Science - pay deposit (on campus) Please note that offer holders to the MSc Data Science programme should pay via the School of Informatics link below. School of GeoSciences programmes Offer holders to the GeoSciences programmes below are required to pay a deposit. Click on the link for your programme to make your deposit payment. Please ensure you make the deposit payment by the deadline relevant to you. Payment deadlinesProgrammeOffer DateDeadline for payment of depositMSc Geoenergy Offers issued up to 15 MayOffers issued 16 May - programme start date31 May14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier)Offers issued 2 June until the programme start date 14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier) GeoEnergy - pay deposit All programmes excluding MSc GeoenergyOffers issued up to 15 MarchOffers issued 16 March - 15 May Offers issued 16 May - programme start date31 March31 May14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier) Climate Change Management - pay deposit Ecological Economics - pay depositEnergy, Society and Sustainability - pay depositEnvironment and Development - pay depositEnvironment, Culture and Society - pay depositEnvironmental Protection & Management - pay depositEnvironmental Sustainability - pay depositFood Security - pay depositGeographical Information Science and Earth Observation - pay depositMarine Systems and Policies - pay deposit School of Informatics programmes If you have an offer for one of the Informatics programmes below you need to pay a deposit. Please check your offer to make sure that you make the payment to the correct programme.Please make the deposit payment by the deadline relevant to you. Payment deadlineProgrammeOffer dateDeadline for payment of depositAll programmesOffers issued up to 15 March31 MarchOffers issued 16 March - Start Date 14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier) Artificial Intelligence - pay depositCognitive Science - pay depositComputer Science - pay depositCyber Security, Privacy and Trust - pay depositData Science - pay depositDesign Informatics - pay deposit Please note that offer holders to MSc High Performance Computing and MSc High Performance Computing with Data Science should pay via the High Performance Computing links above. Exemptions You do not have to pay a deposit if you:are sponsored by a University of Edinburgh recognised sponsor or have a full scholarship covering your tuition fees.have previously studied at the University of Edinburgh and received one of the following scholarships or bursaries: Rest of UK (RUK) Undergraduate Bursary; Scotland Accommodation Bursary; University of Edinburgh Scholarship; Scotland Scholarship or Access Edinburgh ScholarshipHow to request a deposit exemptionPlease email futurestudents@ed.ac.uk if you think you are eligible for a deposit exemption. You must request the deposit exemption and provide acceptable evidence, e.g. funding body award letter, by the deadline your deposit is due. Please note that it is not always possible to reinstate an application once it has been made unsuccessful for non-payment of deposit. Extensions If you have applied for funding (such as a scholarship) you can request an extension to your deposit deadline. How to request a deposit extension Please email futurestudents@ed.ac.uk to request a deposit deadline extension. You must request the deposit extension and provide proof of your scholarship or funding application by the deadline that your deposit is due. Please note that it is not always possible to grant an extension or to reinstate an application once it has been made unsuccessful for non-payment of deposit. Terms and conditions Tuition fee deposits for postgraduate taught degrees This article was published on 2024-05-20
