Dates and fees

Payment of the full course fee allows you to demonstrate your commitment to attending your pre-sessional course and helps us to plan the resources required to deliver our pre-sessional courses and support our students.

Your offer letter will include instructions on how to pay for your pre-sessional course.

If you cancel your pre-sessional course within 14 days of booking, you will be refunded in full.

If you cancel after the 14-day cancellation window and up to 20 working days before the start of the course, your fee, minus the non-refundable administration fee of £250, will be transferred to your account for your degree course, or refunded (by request).

If you cancel your course fewer than 20 working days before the start of the course, you will only be eligible to a refund of 80% of your full course fee. 

Once your Pre-sessional course has started, you will not be eligible for a refund of Pre-sessional fees. 

All cancellations must be received in writing.

For full details please refer to the pre-sessional booking conditions page and the dates and fees page which shows cancellation deadlines for each course.

Applications to transfer to a shorter pre-sessional course will not be considered after the cancellation deadline of the course to which you originally applied. For transfer requests to a shorter Pre-sessional course that are received by the deadline, if we agree to a transfer, any remaining balance of tuition fees can be transferred to the balance of your new undergraduate or postgraduate degree programme, minus the administration fee of £250.

Once you have booked onto a pre-sessional course, our booking conditions apply, so you may not receive a refund in fees (see below).

Please carefully consider the clear advantages of studying on a pre-sessional course in terms of raising your level of English language proficiency and academic skills, and preparing you for studying at this University.

Should you cancel your pre-sessional course within 14 days of booking, you will be refunded in full.

If you cancel after the 14-day cancellation window and up to 20 working days before the start of the course, your fee, minus the non-refundable administration fee of £250, will be transferred to your account for your degree course, or refunded (by request).

If you cancel your course fewer than 20 working days before the start of the course, you will only be eligible to a refund of 80% of your full course fee. 

Applications to transfer to a shorter pre-sessional course will not be considered after the cancellation deadline of the course to which you originally applied. Should we agree to a transfer to a shorter pre-sessional course, any remaining balance of tuition fees can be transferred to the balance of your new undergraduate or postgraduate degree programme, less the administration fee of £250.

All cancellations must be received in writing.

For full details please refer to the pre-sessional booking conditions page and the dates and fees page which shows cancellation deadlines for each course.

1. To request a refund for your pre-sessional course, you will need to contact your Faculty admissions team via email to request either a cancellation or transfer to a shorter course.
2. Your Faculty admissions team will then contact the pre-sessional team on your behalf, and you will receive an email to confirm once this has been requested.
3. The UCAE team will then check your refund request and whether you are eligible for a refund. You will receive an email to confirm if you are eligible for a refund or not.
4. If you are eligible for a refund, the student finance team will then process your request, and send you an email to confirm when you can expect the money back in your account.

If you have any questions about a pre-sessional refund, contact presessionalrefunds@manchester.ac.uk.