Postgraduate Offer Holder Hub

Congratulations on your offer to study a postgraduate degree at The Courtauld!

Learn about your next steps, including how to accept your offer, how to submit your offer conditions, how to apply for accommodation, and guidance for international students.

We will continue to update this page with more information about the exciting opportunities available to you.

We hope to see you at The Courtauld soon.

Accepting your offer and Paying your Deposit

To accept your offer and secure your place on your programme of study, you must pay a non-refundable deposit by the date indicated in your offer email. The deposit is deducted from your final tuition fee balance, with the deposit amount dependent on your fee status and confirmed in your offer email.

Deposit amounts:

Home: £500

Overseas: £1,000

To pay your deposit, please use our payment system ‘Flywire’: http://courtaulddeposit.flywire.com/ 

If you do not pay your deposit by the acceptance date in your offer email, you will forfeit your place on the programme of study, which in turn may be offered to another applicant.

Please note the deposit is non-refundable if you decide to withdraw after accepting the offer.

You should pay the deposit even if your offer is conditional. Please note that your deposit will not be refunded if you have conditions to your offer and you fail to meet the conditions.

For additional information how we assess your fee status, please visit: https://courtauld.ac.uk/study/tuition-fees/fee-status-home-or-overseas/ 

Submitting your offer conditions

If your offer is conditional, your offer email will include details of the conditions you must meet before we can consider your place as unconditional.

Please arrange to have official confirmation of your qualifications emailed to the Admissions team at pgadmissions@courtauld.ac.uk as soon as they are available. Confirmation of degree results should be from an official original transcript from your university.

If your offer is conditional upon an English Language proficiency test, please email an official copy of the result when it becomes available. After you have emailed us a copy of your transcript and/or English proficiency test, please retain the original document(s), as you may need to show us at enrolment. 

Please ensure that you email all required documentation to us by no later than 15 August. It is strongly recommended that those taking an English Language exam do so well in advance of this deadline. If you are taking an English exam and require a Certificate of Acceptance of Studies (CAS) to obtain a visa, please note that you will not be issued a CAS until you have met all conditions of your offer. 

We will inform you via email that your offer is unconditional once you meet the conditions of your offer. If you have paid your non-refundable security deposit your place on the programme of study will be held for you until your conditions are met.

If circumstances mean that you will not be able to submit your conditions by 15 August, please contact the Admissions Team at pgadmissions@courtauld.ac.uk

Accommodation

Information on accommodation will be made available here in late-March, with an email sent notifying you of its availability.

Applying for a visa

If you don’t have a full British passport, settled or pre-settled status in the UK, or hold another visa that allows you to study in the UK for your entire programme, you’ll likely require a student visa. 

In order to apply for a visa, you should visit the UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) website https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration for guidance, or contact the British Embassy, Consulate or High Commission in your home country.   

Please be aware that the Certificate of Acceptance of Studies (CAS) can only be issued within 6 months prior to be beginning of the programme of study (or 3 months if you are applying from within the UK), and you must meet all the conditions of your offer before a CAS can be issued. The Courtauld typically begins issuing CAS from May onward.

International Students may find further information on our website at: http://courtauld.ac.uk/study/student-life/international-students

Next Steps

For those made offers before mid-March:

Depending on the programme(s) for which you have been made an offer, the Head of your Programme or your Special Option Tutor will contact you in the coming weeks with information about offer holder webinar(s). The webinars will be scheduled before the deadline to accept your offer.

These webinars will be an opportunity for you to meet with your Programme Lead / your Special Option tutor, and with the incoming cohort.

 

FAQs

Can I amend my fee status if i think it has been miscalculated?

Please do read through our guidance on fee status assessment: https://courtauld.ac.uk/study/tuition-fees/fee-status-home-or-overseas/ 

We make an initial fee assessment based on the information provided in your application. If you believe we have miscalculated your fee status, please write to us at pgadmissions@courtauld.ac.uk with clear guidance as to why you think your fee status is incorrect in line with our guidance.

If you are an EU student with settled/pre-settled status in the UK, please send proof of settlement to us by logging in on this government website: https://www.gov.uk/view-prove-immigration-status then please email your sharecode and DOB to pgadmissions@courtauld.ac.uk 

Can I be considered for a Courtuald Scholarship?

Please note that the deadline for applying for our Postgraduate Taught scholarships has now passed. However, you can find information about our Postgraduate Scholarships here:  https://courtauld.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/postgraduate-fees-funding-and-scholarships/

Information about PhD Funding can be found here: https://courtauld.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ph-d-funding-and-scholarships/

Can I access Student Loans?

Please check if your programme is eligible for a student loan before making an application. 

Master’s Loan (for UK and eligible EU Students) 

https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan 

  

US Federal Student Loan (for students from the USA)  

http://courtauld.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/financial-support-for-international-students/us-federal-loans  

Can I defer my offer?

We have taken the decision not to allow any deferrals for our postgraduate taught programmes from the 2025/26 academic year onward. We believe this is the fairest way to ensure that the cohort of applicants for future years have an equal opportunity to be considered for a place.

We may consider some deferrals requests on a case by case basis based on extraordinary circumstances.

Can I get more information on deposit and fee payment?

You will typically be asked to make your tuition fee payment as part of the enrolment process in the weeks leading up to the start of the programme.

General formation about payments: https://courtauld.ac.uk/study/tuition-fees/how-to-pay-fees/  

I have been made offers for two programmes - do I have to pick one?

If you were made an offer for two programmes, you will need to decide which one you firmly accept. When you pay your deposit, you will also need to reply to your offer email confirming which programme you wish to firmly accept. You may only firmly accept one programme.

As our programmes have limited places available, and in fairness to other applicants, your decision is final.

When can I expect to receive information after firmly accepting my place?

From May onward we will start to provide further information on visa and immigration, reading lists, and other key dates leading up to the new academic year. Please check this page periodically for updates, and look out for further emails from us.

What are the terms and conditions of my offer?

Full details of The Courtauld Institute of Art’s programmes and facilities are set out in our website. The Institute has internal regulations for discipline, use of the library and other related policies. Further information is available here:

Student Policies and Regulations

By accepting the offer contained in this letter you are agreeing to abide by these regulations.   

I have been made an offer for a Programme or Special Option that I did not originally apply for - how can I find out more information?

Offers for Programmes or Special Options other than what you originally applied for are made after carefully considering your study interests and academic background.

You will be invited to an offer holder webinar where the Programme Head or Special Option Tutor will provide more information on the programme content, and where you will be able to meet other students in the incoming cohort.

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