Postgraduate Applicant Information

Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS)

You will require a CAS in order to apply for a Tier 4 student visa. To enable the
University to consider issuing you with a CAS we require the following documents if
you have not already provided them:

A copy of your passport

Copies of all your qualifications
Advance payment of £2,000 or acceptable official sponsor letter*
ATAS certificate for certain courses (if required details are included in your
offer email)
Copies of any previous UK visas and CAS issued for any UK institution
Financial evidence that you intend to use for your Tier 4 visa application
TB Certificate (if applicable)

We will only issue the CAS six months prior to the start of your course as it is only
valid for this period of time and you cannot apply for a student visa (Tier 4) more
than three months before the start date of your course.

Immigration Health Surcharge

There is a compulsory charge that all applicants coming to the UK for more than 6
months will need to pay as part of their visa application. It is called the Immigration
Health Surcharge (IHS) and it will allow you to access health services facilities whilst
in the UK.

If we issue you a CAS we will send you some important information about how to
make this payment and further information can be found on the UKVI website:
https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/overview.

Enrolment and late arrival

The University is required to provide UKVI with the date of your expected
enrolment. It is a condition of your visa that you comply with this. Further details
will be included on your CAS.

The University encourages timely arrival to ensure that candidates do not miss
induction and teaching, giving them the best opportunities for success. We
therefore encourage all students to arrive at the beginning of Welcome Week. For
2018/19, Welcome Week will be held week commencing 17 September 2018.

If, for any reason, you cannot arrive by 5 October 2018, please contact us as soon
as possible at latearrival@bradford.ac.uk. Arrival after this date will only be
approved where we are able to ensure that support can be put in place to ensure
that you can catch up with the induction and teaching material you will have
missed. We will therefore work with your Faculty to identify how you can best be
supported. Where we are not able to put this support in place, we may be able to
defer your place to the next academic session. Please note that the University
cannot support late arrival after 26 October 2018 due to the extent of teaching
missed.
As part of its Tier 4 sponsorship duties the University of Bradford will need to see
your ORIGINAL academic and English language qualification certificates and
passport. Failure to provide these will mean that you cannot enrol and that your
student visa may therefore be revoked.

Fee assessment

The fees shown on the offer letter have been determined on the basis of non-EU fee
status. If you believe you are eligible to pay fees at the rate applicable to an EU
student, please visit https://www.bradford.ac.uk/fees-and-financial-support/tuition-
fees/fee-assessment/ to download the fee assessment questionnaire.

Payment of tuition fees

Self-funding students

Online Payments

The easiest and quickest way to make a payment to the University is to use one of
our secure online payment facilities as your payment will show immediately on your
account enabling us to confirm receipt quickly for issuing your CAS.

If you are paying in sterling (GBP), please use our ePay facility:
https://epay.bradford.ac.uk/epay/).

If you wish to pay in any other currency please use Western Union GlobalPay:
https://student.globalpay.wu.com/geo-buyer/bradford.

Bankers draft/Demand draft

If you have applied through one of the University’s approved overseas

representatives it is possible for you to submit a Bankers draft/Demand draft to
your representative and this can quickly be confirmed in order to issue your CAS.
Please ensure that the draft is issued in GBP Sterling, that it is made payable to the
'University of Bradford', and that your name, date of birth and UB number are
written on the reverse of the draft.

Please note that payment by bank transfer can take longer to reach the University's
account and may delay issuing your CAS. If you wish to pay by bank transfer, please
contact our Accounts Receivable team for details (telephone: +44 1274 233135 or
email: hub-finance@bradford.ac.uk).

Discount for early payment

The University operates a 3% early payment discount scheme on tuition fees of

£8,000 or over, when payment is received in full before 30 September 2018.
Further details can be found here (http://www.brad.ac.uk/fees-and-financial-
support/tuition-fees/paying-your-fees/discount-scheme/). Please note that the
discount scheme will not apply to those students who are on programmes for which
a reduced fee is charged.
*Sponsored students

The advance payment requirement is only intended for self-funding students. If you
provide an acceptable letter of sponsorship, this payment is not required and we
will consider issuing a CAS to enable you to apply for a visa. Please note that the
sponsorship letter must be acceptable to the University otherwise the advance
payment will be required. The letter must be on headed paper and signed by an
authorised officer and contain your full name and course details, the amount or
percentage payable to the University and the contact name and address for the
invoice to be sent to. Students sponsored by a member of their family are treated
as self-funding.

Instalments (for self-funding students only)

At enrolment you will be required to make an additional payment to make the total
amount paid up to 50% of your tuition fee. The remaining balance must be paid by
either direct debit from a UK bank account or by debit or credit card using the
University’s secure online payment facility. Payments can be made by either two
instalments on 28 January 2019 and 28 March 2019 or four instalments on the 28th
of each month from December 2018 to March 2019.

Please note that no early payment discount is available where tuition fees are paid
by instalments.

Further information about paying your tuition fees can be found on our website:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/fees-and-financial-support/tuition-fees/paying-your-fees/.

Refund of payments made in advance

If you make a payment in advance towards your tuition fees but do not then enrol
on your course, you will normally be refunded the payment made minus a £200
administration fee. If you wish to withdraw your application and request a refund,
please email admissions@bradford.ac.uk. For full details of the University’s
Composite Fee Liability Policy, please see https://www.brad.ac.uk/about/strategies-
policies-mission-and-values/policies/important-information/

Pre-arrival information

For further details about preparing to study at Bradford please see the following
website: https://www.brad.ac.uk/international/preparing-for-your-arrival/

Living costs

For self-funding students you will be required to provide the Home Office with
evidence of funds of £9,135 for living expenses in order to obtain a visa. However,
we estimated that the amount required for a single student for 51 weeks in the UK
for the academic year 2017/18 was between £8,015 and £10,815. Estimated living
expenses for 2018/19, a breakdown of these costs and further information will be
available shortly on our website: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/international/your-
journey-to-bradford/your-money/living-costs/
Appeals and Complaints Procedure

The University is committed to delivering a high quality, fair admissions process

(see the Admissions Policy for details https://www.bradford.ac.uk/about/strategies-
policies-mission-and-values/policies/admissions-policy/).

In the unlikely event that you wish to appeal or complain you should follow the
process set out in the Regulations Governing Appeals and Complaints by Applicants
available at https://www.bradford.ac.uk/legal-and-governance/breaches-
appealscomplaints/complaints/. If you have any queries about this process please
contact complaintsandappeals@bradford.ac.uk.