How to enrol

You can enrol and pay course fees online or in person.

Methods of payment

Payment of course fees should be made in £s Sterling.
Cheques are made payable to 'The University of Edinburgh'.
Payment by credit or debit card may be made online or in person.

Course fees must be paid in full before you attend a course.

Enrol online

You can book and pay for courses online and view detailed course information using our course catalogue and online bookings system.

Open Studies course catalogue and online booking

Please note, if you fall into any of the categories below you will not be able to book a course online and must therefore use one of the alternative methods of enrolment:

You/your family's sole income is from Department for Work and Pensions benefits or you are in receipt of pension credit and are claiming the concessionary rate
You are applying for help with fees from the Martha Hamilton Trust or applying for the Fee Waiver
You are using the Part-time Fee Grant to pay for your course fees

Enrol in person

You can enrol in person at the Open Studies Reception during office hours (9.15am-4.30pm, Monday to Friday).

In the first two weeks of each session, you can enrol from 6.00pm-7.30pm; Monday to Thursday. However we strongly encourage you to enrol as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Enrol by post

You can enrol for all our courses by post at any time. Complete the enrolment form and return it with a cheque to cover course fees.

Your class receipt and a course information sheet will be forwarded to you.

Open Studies reception

The University of Edinburgh Paterson's Land

Holyrood Road

Edinburgh EH8 8AQ

Tel: +44 (131) 650 4400

Fax: +44 (131) 667 6097

Email: openstudies@ed.ac.uk

Enrolment form

There is an enrolment form in the Open Studies brochure. However, if you do not have a copy of the brochure or have already used the enrolment form it is also available to download in PDF (requires a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader).

Refunds and cancellations

Refunds

Refunds are normally only available if we have to cancel a course. Please note that this may take the University several weeks to process.

Cancellations

Please note that courses require a minimum number of enrolments. Normally classes which do not reach this will be cancelled no later than the day before they are due to start.

Where a course continues in the January or April session and is open to new enrolments, we cannot hold or guarantee places for those completing previous sessions. Students wishing to take linked courses are advised to enrol for all parts as soon as possible.

This article was published on Apr 5, 2012