Dates and fees
Applications for our 2026 Pre-sessional courses are now open.
Entry requirements apply for each of our courses. If you do not meet the entry requirements, a longer period of study on the academic English pathway of our Pathways to English Language and Academic English Skills course is available year-round.
Please find below details of the dates and fees for all our courses for 2026.
| Course Code and delivery | Course dates and length | Total Cost | How to apply | Final date to submit English Language qualification to Faculty Admissions Team | Payment deadline* | Deadline for cancellations /fee refunds** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS10/26 (April) online |
Monday, 20 April 2026 - Friday, 26 June 2026 10 weeks |
£5950 | Online application Please visit How to apply for more information. |
Friday, 20 March 2026 | See Pre-sessional offer letter. | Monday, 23 March 2026 |
| PS10/26 (July) online or on campus |
Monday, 6 July 2026 - Friday, 11 September 2026 10 weeks |
£5950 | If you are eligible to attend, this will be an offer condition in your academic course offer letter. Please visit How to apply for more information. |
Friday, 15 May 2026 | See Pre-sessional offer letter. | Monday, 8 June 2026 |
| PS6/26 online or on campus |
Monday, 3 August 2026 - Friday, 11 September 2026 6 weeks |
£3570 | If you are eligible to attend, this will be an offer condition in your academic course offer letter. Please visit How to apply for more information. |
Friday, 12 June 2026 | See Pre-sessional offer letter. | Monday, 6 July 2026 |
| PS4/26 on campus |
Monday, 17 August 2026 - Friday, 11 September 2026 4 weeks |
£2380 | Online application Please visit How to apply for more information. |
Friday, 26 June 2026 | See Pre-sessional offer letter. | Monday, 20 July 2026 |
|
PS2/26 on campus |
Tuesday, 1 September 2026 - Friday, 11 September 2026 | £1071 | Online application Please visit How to apply for more information. |
Friday, 10 July 2026 | See Pre-sessional offer letter. | Tuesday, 4 August 2026 |
There will be no classes on public holidays. These include:
- 3 April 2026
- 6 April 2026
- 4 May 2026
- 25 May 2026
- 31 August 2026
Eligibility for PS10/26 or PS6/26
If you meet the pre-sessional entry requirements, but do not see an offer condition on your student portal, please contact the admissions team for your chosen academic degree course. You can find their details on the University study pages.
*The deadline date is based on the date you receive your offer. We have several deadlines throughout the admissions cycle to ensure we have capacity on our very popular summer pre-sessional programmes. All places are subject to availability.
**All bookings are subject to our booking conditions - please ensure you have read them thoroughly before booking.
Pre-sessional course payment
If your application to a pre-sessional course is successful, you will be asked to pay the full pre-sessional course fee to accept your offer and book onto the course. For details on our course fees please see the table above.
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.
Pre-sessional course refunds
As part of accepting your offer for a place on a pre-sessional course, you will be accepting the booking conditions from the University Centre for Academic English (UCAE).
If you wish to make a change to your pre-sessional booking i.e. cancel your place, or, transfer to a shorter pre-sessional course, your request will be subject to the booking conditions.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.