Register online and confirm funding

Registration is the first step of the matriculation process. All campus-based and online students must complete online registration, which includes providing or confirming their funding information with the University.

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What you need to do

Fee Information

As part of online registration, you'll be asked to confirm how your tuition fees will be paid. Depending on your circumstances, you can: 

  • pay your fees in full 
  • set up an instalment plan 
  • confirm funding already held by the University 
  • provide details of sponsorship, loans or government funding. 

If your funding only covers part of your tuition fees, you'll need to arrange payment of the remaining balance during registration, either by paying in full or by setting up an instalment plan. 

Before you register 

If you're funded by an external sponsor, grant provider or another organisation, and you haven't already provided your funding evidence, you should upload your documentation before starting online registration. This allows us to verify your funding so it can be reflected in the Academic Fees & Payments section of Annual Registration. 

You can upload your funding evidence through the Applicant Hub or Student Hub. Please refer to the Sponsorship website for guidance on how to upload your documents and for details of the evidence required. 

If you receive funding from SAAS, the Student Loans Company (SLC) or Student Finance England (SFE), you do not need to upload your funding confirmation if it is already displayed during online registration. We receive this information directly from the relevant funding body. 

Sponsorship Webpage 

If your funding has not been verified 

If the Fees and Student Support Team has not received your funding documentation in time, or your funding cannot be verified before you register, you'll be asked to provide your payment card details so an instalment plan can be created. This allows you to complete your registration while your funding is being verified. Your card details will only be held for this purpose and will not be used unless your sponsorship or funding cannot be confirmed. 

Student Information

Alongside your funding information you will need to register your personal details with the University. You will be asked to provide some basic information, including: 

  • personal and emergency contact details
  • previous qualifications (for new students)
  • confirmation that you wish to accept or decline a programme place
  • confirmation that you have read and accept the University of Edinburgh’s regulations

When you do it

Annual Registration is open to you approximately four weeks prior to your programme start date.  

Before this time, you may have been asked to fulfil any additional programme-specific admissions criteria, such as evidence of English language proficiency, organising Disclosure Scotland checks, etc.  

If you were not asked to provide anything extra by your School/College as part of your offer, then you do not need to do anything additional to registration.

International Check-In

Visa requirements and immigration advice for campus-based students

Everyone who is not a UK or Irish citizen must provide evidence of their right to study – this is known as international check-in. This involves uploading an image of your passport and visa with entry stamp and then attending an in-person check at the University.

The University has a legal obligation to make sure that all students have suitable immigration permission to study in the United Kingdom.

Find out exactly what you need to do for International Check-in

More information about UK visa and immigration requirements, including Tier 4 General student visa and sponsorship requirements, is available on the University’s Student Immigration Service website.

Visit the University’s pages on immigration advice for new students