Sponsored Students

To complete the financial aspect of your registration, the University needs to know who will be paying your tuition fees. A sponsorship letter is required if payment is to be made by a third-party sponsor (e.g. a charity, a commercial organisation or an international organisation).

In the event that all or part of a student's tuition fees is not paid on their behalf by an organisation, authority, or sponsor then the student will become personally liable to pay the tuition fees required to the University.

Third-party Sponsorships

Students that have a valid sponsor letter can use the form below to submit your letter:

• Sponsor Letter Upload Form

Please ensure your letter meets the below requirements before submitting, or it may get rejected.

Sponsor Letter Requirements 

The following information is required in all sponsor letters submitted to the University.

• Must be produced on official company letter headed paper from the sponsoring organisation/embassy and must state clearly the contact telephone numbers/email/contact name.
• The full name of the student to be sponsored.
• The title of the student's programme of study.
• The student's year(s) of study that the sponsorship will apply to.
• A statement confirming that the student's tuition fees (in GBP), or proportion of their fees (full/ half etc.), will be paid upon receipt of an invoice from the University.
• VAT number (UK/EU sponsors only).
• Purchase Order Number (this enables the paying organisation to process the invoice swiftly). All UK council and NHS sponsored students are required to have this on their Sponsor Letter, otherwise it will be rejected.
• If you have international government funding, you should also provide a letter from the appropriate London Embassy.

Alternatively, your sponsor can use this template to format their Sponsor letter if they wish to do so.

• Tuition Fee Sponsor Letter (template)

UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) has additional requirements and if you are applying for a Student visa you must also meet the Financial Requirements of the UKVI.

Sponsor Letter Timings

Please allow 10 working days for the sponsorship to be applied to your account. We will send an email to your University email account if we require further information. 

If you are a returning student, please upload your sponsor letter as soon as possible in advance of your registration date to ensure that information has been updated and applied to your account - enabling you to complete financial registration online.

If you are a new student, please upload your sponsor letter once you have an active university email address.

Internal sponsorship (school awards/scholarships)

If you are being sponsored by a research council, University of Manchester scholarship, or School bursary that covers the payment of your tuition fees then your School will be responsible for entering the payment details directly into the student system. If you can not see this on your account, please contact your school directly.

Student Loan Funding

Student Finance (Undergraduate Loans)

If you are unable to complete step 10 of registration and are receiving funding from Student Finance, please fill out our online form.

Student Finance (Postgraduate Master's or Doctoral loan)

Please follow the steps below if you're intending to pay your tuition fees using a postgraduate loan: 

1. Login to your University record and complete steps 1 to 9 for registration, leaving step 10 (payment of tuition fees) incomplete.
2. Three working days after completing steps 1 to 9 of registration, please login to your University record again, where you should be able to complete the final step 10 of registration by inputting your bank details to pay by Direct Debit. The first payment will be taken on 11 Nov 2025, by which time you should have received the first instalment of your loan.
3. The University will then confirm your registration to the Student Loans Company (SLC), who will release the first instalment of your postgraduate loan directly to you within five working days, and ahead of the first tuition fee instalment, due on 11 November 2025. The second and third instalments of your postgraduate loan will be released directly to you by the Student Loan Company to coincide with the due dates for your remaining tuition fees on 06 February 2025 and 12 May 2025.
4. Please note it is the student’s responsibility to ensure that tuition fees are paid by the due dates shown. Please visit our webpages for information on Paying your fees.
5. Should you have any queries please contact us using our online enquiry form.

ELCAS (Enhanced Learning Credits for Administration Services) Funding

The University accepts ELCAS funding for members of the Armed Forces on many of our programmes. If the programme you are applying for is not listed on the ELCAS web site, please contact us via our online form so that we can upload the programme details for ELCAS approval. Please note that the approval process can take up to a month.

When making an application for ELCAS funding, please quote the University's Learning Provide Number, 1539. Once your application is approved, you will receive a Claim Authorisation Note (CAN) from ELCAS.

Please note that the CAN must state the correct total fee for the relevant academic year. If you have a personal contribution, this must be paid to the University at the time of your registration. Please email the CAN, in advance of your registration date, to the Student Finance team here. Please allow 10 working days for the sponsorship to be applied to your account.  You can view your sponsorship via My Manchester, or please check your University email account as we may require further information.