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Recurring Card Payment (RCP) instalment plan:

  • is only available for NI/ROI/GB students whose balance is £100 or more.
  • is set up during online enrolment.
  • requires 10% of your tuition fee to be paid at registration / re-enrolment followed by up to eight monthly instalments collected on the first day of the month (Oct to May) or for Jan intake, up to four instalments (Feb to May).

For GB students with a Postgraduate Master's Loan (Student Finance), an alternative instalment plan is available.  (10% deposit payable at registration/re-enrolment followed by 3 equal RCP instalments aligned to your loan from the SLC)  To avail of this option, a copy of your Postgraduate Master's Loan summary must be received by the Fees Office no later than 30th September 2025.

For students first registering in semester 2, you must either pay tuition fees in full or an instalment plan can be set up with final collection being 01 May.

If you first register or add a module(s) to your record during semester 3, the tuition fees must be paid in full.

All communications regarding RCP plans will be sent to the email account used to set up your plan.

For high value payments drawn on foreign cards, it is recommended that you contact your bank or credit card issuer to notify them that you are intending to process a high value transaction to avoid delays.

Changing Card Details/Card Expiry

To change the card that was used to set up the RCP plan or if your card expires while your plan is still active, click on the link below

Change card details

What happens if my collection fails?

Transaction Declined (First Attempt)

If after set-up, the initial transaction is declined: the system will retry the failed transaction five days later.

You must contact your card issuer to find out why the transaction has been declined.

Transaction Declined (Second Attempt)

If the resubmission fails, an administrative charge of £45 will be applied to your tuition fee account.

RCP collection fails

Where the RCP collection fails,  the University reserves the right to either cancel the instalment plan / agreement and demand immediate payment of the whole amount outstanding and / or impose Sanctions until tuition fee arrears have been cleared..

You will not be permitted to set up another instalment plan within the academic year