Deposits

Some programmes require students to pay a deposit to secure their place.

Deposits are normally only requested from international students. If you are an international student then we will only issue a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) once the deposit has been paid. 

Your offer letter will state:

  • how to pay the deposit payment
  • the deadline for paying the deposit.

How to pay your deposit

Deposit payments can be made through your Applicant Self Service account.

  1. Log into your Application and select the Applicant Self Service button.
  2. Select the Applications tile. If you have multiple offers, choose the programme for which you wish to make your deposit payment.
  3. Select the 'Accept or Decline' button to accept your offer. Once accepted, you will see the 'Make a Payment' button.
  4. Select the ‘Make a Payment’ button and you will be taken to the 'Make a Payment' screen.
  5. On the 'Make a Payment' screen you will see the name of the programme(s) you have an offer for.
  6. Enter the amount you wish to pay towards your deposit in the ‘Payment Amount’ column. Payment of the full amount is required to secure your offer of a place.
  7. Select 'Next' and then 'Continue to make my payment' and complete your credit/debit card details.

If you are making your deposit payment on Applicant Self-Service and it is only showing the year before your intended start, please ignore this and proceed with your deposit payment following the instructions on your deposit letter.

Confirmation of deposit payment and securing your place

Once the payment has been made you can click on the "View Payment" link to view and print a receipt under the "Posted Cashier Payment" section.

If you pay your deposit by the deadline date then, once your deposit payment has been received, you will have secured an offer of a place on the programme. We will send you an email to acknowledge this within 3 working days of receipt of payment.

If you pay your deposit after the deadline, we may not be able to secure your place.

If you are funded through an official sponsor

If you are applying to, or have been awarded, a scholarship from your home country or an external funder that covers all tuition fees and you are therefore unable to make the deposit payment, then you should upload a copy of your scholarship application or award letter to your application by the deadline date.

If you are applying to a scholarship that is not open for applications yet and are therefore unable to upload a copy of your scholarship application or award letter, then you should upload your written confirmation that you intend to fund your studies via external scholarship.

If you do not upload this evidence by the deadline, we cannot guarantee your admission to the programme and your offer may be withdrawn. To upload this evidence, you should log into Applicant Self-Service and click on the ‘Upload Documents’ link.

Late payments

If you pay the deposit after the deadline then you may still be able to secure your offer of a place, but this will be dependent on the number of places we have remaining when we receive your deposit.

If we are not able to accept your late deposit payment and we withdraw your offer, then you will be entitled to a refund. Please note that in this instance any refund will incur the standard handling fee. (see Deposit refund - terms and conditions).

Deposit deadlines

Your deposit payment deadline will be stated in your offer email.

Extension requests

To request a deposit extension, please contact us using our enquiry form selecting the “Deposit” category and “Extension” sub category.

Please note that extension requests will not be granted for highly competitive programmes.

More information

Deposit refunds - Terms & Conditions

Deposit refunds - Terms & Conditions 2025/26

Terms & conditions

The following guidelines will apply in determining whether a deposit will be refunded. Where the deposit is refunded, a 25% administration fee will be deducted unless otherwise stated. 

a: Deposits WILL be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:

  1. Where the University is unable to offer you a place on the programme as specified on the offer. A full refund will be issued in this case.
  2. Death of a close family member (parent/guardian, grandparent, sibling, spouse, child/dependent). Official evidence (signed and stamped) must be provided.
  3. SERIOUS ill health of the applicant or a close family member (parent/guardian, grandparent, sibling, spouse, child/dependent). Official evidence (signed and stamped) must be provided.
  4. Applicant does not meet conditions of offer. This may be academic or language test requirements. Satisfactory evidence must be uploaded to the student’s applicant self-service to prove that they have not met the conditions of their offer (note that applicants who do not meet the language condition of their offer must show reasonable attempt to meet this, i.e. they must provide at least two language tests which were taken after the date the deposit was paid).
  5. Visa / ATAS refusal: we will only consider a refund if the visa / ATAS refusal was based on matters outside of the applicant’s control.
  6. If a refund request is received within 14 days of the deposit being received a full refund will be issued under the Consumer Protection Regulations.

b: Deposits WILL NOT be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:

  1. An applicant decides not to attend the University for any reason not outlined above.
  2. Personal financial constraints / unsuccessful scholarship application.
  3. Applicant has decided to defer – in this situation the University will retain the deposit and hold it against the applicant’s account to secure their place for the following year of entry. You may defer twice. After the second deferral standard conditions will apply.
  4. There is still time to meet the English language test requirement before the final upload date. Please see section a) 4.
  5. Visa / ATAS was applied for too late. Please see section a) 5.
  6. Any documents used for admission are proven to be fraudulent. We work in partnership with Qualification Check to check academic qualifications. English language qualifications are verified with the provider.
  7. The refund request is received more than 30 days after the official course start date as outlined in your offer email.

Timeframe for requesting a refund

Refund requests must be received no later than 30 days after the official course start date as outlined in your offer email. As per section b)7 above the request will be denied.

Receiving a refund

  1. To comply with Money Laundering Regulations, the University will pay all refunds to the original payer using the source payment details. This is known as a “return to source” payment.
  2. All appropriate documentation and evidence relating to the original payment must be provided, when requested.
  3. All payments and refunds are in GBP currency - the University is not responsible for any exchange rate fluctuations or beneficiary bank charges associated with the refund.
  4. Where University approved payment methods have not been used, this may cause significant delays or prevent payment altogether.
  5. We will aim to issue the deposit refund within 8 weeks of receipt of information per point 2 above. At peak times this may be longer.

How to request a deposit refund

Please go to our enquiry form and select 'Fees and Deposit' as the enquiry reason and then 'Can I have a deposit refund?'.

Please upload all supporting documentation to your applicant self-service portal before submitting the above request.

Deposit refunds - Terms & Conditions 2026/27

Terms & conditions

The following guidelines will apply in determining whether a deposit will be refunded. Where the deposit is refunded, a 25% administration fee will be deducted unless otherwise stated.

Deferred: If you have deferred then the guidance below must be met after the deferred offer is received.

a: Deposits WILL be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:

  1. Where the University is unable to offer you a place on the programme as specified on the offer. A full refund will be issued in this case.
  2. Death of a close family member (parent/guardian, grandparent, sibling, spouse, child/dependent). Official evidence (signed and stamped) must be provided.
  3. SERIOUS ill health of the applicant or a close family member (parent/guardian, grandparent, sibling, spouse, child/dependent). Official evidence (signed and stamped) must be provided.
  4. Applicant does not meet conditions of offer. This may be academic or language test requirements. Satisfactory evidence must be uploaded to the student’s applicant self-service to prove that they have not met the conditions of their offer (note that applicants who do not meet the language condition of their offer must show reasonable attempt to meet this, i.e. they must provide at least two language tests which were taken after the date the deposit was paid).
  5. Visa / ATAS refusal: we will only consider a refund if the visa / ATAS refusal was based on matters outside of the applicant’s control.
  6. If a refund request is received within 14 days of the deposit being received a full refund will be issued under the Consumer Protection Regulations.

b: Deposits WILL NOT be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:

  1. An applicant decides not to attend the University for any reason not outlined above.
  2. Personal financial constraints / unsuccessful scholarship application.
  3. Applicant has decided to defer – in this situation the University will retain the deposit and hold it against the applicant’s account to secure their place for the following year of entry. You may defer twice. After the second deferral standard conditions will apply.
  4. There is still time to meet the English language test requirement before the final upload date. Please see section a) 4. Tests taken after the document deadline date will not be accepted for this purpose.
  5. Visa / ATAS was applied for too late. Please see section a) 5.
  6. Any documents used for admission are proven to be fraudulent. We work in partnership with Qualification Check to check academic qualifications. (Failure to interact with the Qualification Check process when requested will result in no refund.) English language qualifications are verified with the provider.
  7. The refund request is received more than 30 days after the official course start date as outlined in your offer email.
  8. If The University of Glasgow has assessed your conditional offer documents and issued an unconditional offer then a refund will only be possible if any one of sections a)  1, 2, 3 , 5 or 6 are applicable.

Timeframe for requesting a refund

Refund requests must be received no later than 30 days after the official course start date as outlined in your offer email. As per section b)7 above the request will be denied.

Receiving a refund

  1. To comply with Money Laundering Regulations, the University will pay all refunds to the original payer using the source payment details. This is known as a “return to source” payment.
  2. All appropriate documentation and evidence relating to the original payment must be provided, when requested.
  3. All payments and refunds are in GBP currency - the University is not responsible for any exchange rate fluctuations or beneficiary bank charges associated with the refund.
  4. Where University approved payment methods have not been used, this may cause significant delays or prevent payment altogether.
  5. We will aim to issue the deposit refund within 8 weeks of receipt of information per point 2 above. At peak times this may be longer.

How to request a deposit refund

Please go to our enquiry form and select 'Fees and Deposit' as the enquiry reason and then 'Can I have a deposit refund?'.

Please upload all supporting documentation to your applicant self-service portal before submitting the above request.

Programmes requiring a deposit

Programmes requiring a deposit