Tuition Fee Payment
Tuition fee payment can be made in one single payment before/at matriculation or paid in 3 equal instaments over the Academic year with the first instalment paid before/at matriculation.
Tuition fee rates can be found here. Please note that tuition fees are reviewed annually, which means that they may be subject to a year-on-year increase.
If you wish to pay your tuition fee or pay the first instalment, please complete the Payment of Fees Form and return to feesform@rcs.ac.uk. Information on how to pay fees is on this form. Incoming Erasmus, International Exchange or Study Abroad students do not need to complete the Payment of Fees Form.
If you need any further information regarding payment of tuition fees, transferring of funds, etc, please contact Craig Wardlaw.
Tuition Fee Status
RCS assesses your eligibility to pay Scottish, Rest of UK (RUK) or International fees based on the information in your UCAS Conservatoires application. Because of a long-standing agreement between the UK and Republic of Ireland, new students from the Republic of Ireland starting their studies in 2021-22 will be eligible to pay the rest of UK (RUK) fee.
From the information given, if it is not clear what your tuition fee status will be, you will be emailed a tuition fee assessment questionnaire. Once you have submitted the questionnaire with the required supporting documents, we will make an assessment as to whether you will be classified as Scottish, RUK or International for tuition fee purposes. Information on how to appeal a tuition fee status decision is included on the tuition fee assessment questionnaire.
Your tuition fee status remains with you for the entire duration of your programme of study as once you have started your course there are very few circumstances in which your tuition fee status can change. Gaining Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), and/or acquiring three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, part-way through a course will not change your fee status.
The rules which we apply in order to assess fee status changed as a result of the UK leaving the EU. UKCISA plans to provide a simplified overview of the new regulations in the coming months. In the meantime, please see the following page for an overview of the The Education (Fees and Student Support) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
Be financially safe!
Sometimes students can be targeted by fraudsters when paying fees. Please be aware that criminals can target both UK and Non-UK students before and after arriving at the Conservatoire. Many scams operate online via social media on sites such as WeChat, Instagram and TikTok. Please read the UKCISA guidelines carefully to avoid falling victim to these criminals – https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Information–Advice/Studying–living-in-the-UK/Frauds-and-scams
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/frauds-tricks-and-scams/fraud-tricks-and-scams