Deposits
Some of our postgraduate taught programmes require you to pay a deposit
Offer holders to certain postgraduate taught programmes in the School of Biological Sciences, School of Engineering, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC), School of GeoSciences and School of Informatics are required to pay a tuition fee deposit.
If you have received a conditional offer that requires you to pay a tuition fee deposit, you need to make the deposit payment in order to secure your place on the programme. The deposit payment will be deducted from your tuition fees. Before you make a payment please read the information about tuition fee deposits carefully including the Policy for Tuition Fee Deposits for Postgraduate Taught Degrees. Once you have made your deposit payment please allow up to five working days for your record to be updated.
Policy for tuition fee deposits for postgraduate taught degrees
How to pay your deposit
- Click on your academic school below. Details of the academic school that your programme belongs to can be found in your offer letter.
- Click on the programme you have been made an offer for.
- You will be taken to our Epay portal to make your deposit payment.
- In the Epay portal check that you are on the correct screen for your academic school/programme. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHECK THIS BEFORE MAKING YOUR PAYMENT.
If you hold an offer for one of the Biological Sciences programmes below you 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.
Please check to make sure that the programme you hold an offer for is listed below. If you are unsure please contact us before making a payment.
Payment deadlines
| Offer date | Deadline for payment of deposit |
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| Offers issued up to 1 March | 31 March |
| Offers issued 2 March - 30 June | 28 days from date of offer |
| Offers issued 1 July until the programme start date | 14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier) |
Please check your offer to make sure that you make a payment to the correct programme. If you are unsure please contact us before making a payment.
Drug Discovery and Translational Biology - pay deposit
Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity - pay deposit
If you hold an offer for one of the Engineering programmes below you 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.
Please check to make sure that the programme you hold an offer for is listed below. If you are unsure please contact us before making a payment.
Payment deadlines
| Programme | Deadline for payment of deposit | |
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28 days from date of offer Electrical Power Engineering - pay deposit Signal Processing and Communications - pay deposit
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| All other programmes in School of Engineering |
Offer date |
Deadline for payment of deposit |
| Offers issued up to 1 March | 31 March | |
| Offers issued 2 March - 30 June | 28 days from date of offer | |
| Offers issued 1 July until the programme start date | 14 days from date of offer (or the start date of the programme if earlier) | |
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Advanced Chemical Engineering - pay deposit Advanced Power Engineering - pay deposit Digital Design & Manufacture - pay deposit Fire Engineering Science - pay deposit Leading Major Programmes - pay deposit |
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Offer holders to the High Performance Computing 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 deadlines
| Offer date | Deadline for payment of deposit |
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| Offers issued up to 1 March | 31st March |
| Offers issued 2 March - 30 June | 28 days from date of offer |
| Offers 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.
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 deadlines
| Programme | Deadline for payment of deposit |
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28 days from date of offer |
| All other programmes in School of GeoSciences |
14 days from date of offer Carbon Management - pay deposit Earth Observation & Geoinformation Mgt - pay deposit Ecological Economics - pay deposit Energy, Society and Sustainability - pay deposit Environment and Development - pay deposit Environment, Culture and Society - pay deposit Environmental Protection & Management - pay deposit Environmental Sustainability - pay deposit |
Offer holder to the Informatics 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.
Payment deadline
| Offer date | Deadline for payment of deposit |
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| All offers | 14 days from date of offer |
Advanced Technology for Financial Computing - pay deposit
Artificial Intelligence - pay deposit
Cognitive Science - pay deposit
Computer Science - pay deposit
Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust - 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.