Fees and Financial Assistance

Tuition Fees - Master of Chiropractic

New students - Academic Year 2010/2011

• Home/EU - £3,290 per annum
• Home/EU (ELQ) - £10,400 per annum see note 4
• Overseas (including C.I.) - £10,400 per annum

Notes

1. As well as contributing to the cost of tuition, the Tuition Fee also includes the cost of any activity students are required to undertake as part of their programme of study. However, students should make an appropriate allowance to cover costs such as diagnostic instruments, clinical garments and the discretionary purchase of textbooks and course manuals etc.
2. Tuition Fee levels are reviewed annually.  For continuing students, tuition fees for future years will increase no more than RPI + 1%.
3. Costs may rise in line with inflation and/or circumstances.
4. ELQ - As of 2008/09, the government no longer funds students who are undertaking a qualification at an equal or lower level than one which they already hold i.e. students who already have a Masters degree or higher and wish to study the MChiro will not be funded. Students falling within this category are required to pay the full fee.

For official government information about current UK/EU student funding visit the Directgov website

For available sources of finance please contact the Admissions Officer on +44(0)1202 436200 or email admissions@aecc.ac.uk.

Payment of Fees

The College relies on student fees to meet its financial commitments. It is essential, therefore, that you pay your fees promptly and in accordance with the published details.

Fees are payable on the first day of each term but, to allow for difficulties which may arise for foreign students, a period of grace is given as shown on the payment schedule, after which a late payment fee of £10.00 per week is applied for each week or part week that fees are outstanding from that date.

Except in exceptional, previously agreed, circumstances any student who fails to make a payment of fees by the published date maybe liable to suspension. If fees remain outstanding at the end of the programme, the degree certificate will be withheld until payment has been made.

The proportion of British and EU students' fees which are paid by Local Education Authorities are exempted from the late payment surcharge as this payment is outside students' control. The balance of the fees payable is however subject to the above regulations.

Fees are not refundable unless paid in advance for a term not started.

There is a fee of £30 per subject for written resit examinations/assessments.

Any non public-funded student who fails a year and is permitted to repeat will receive a reduction of fee of one third for the repeat year only.

AECC Bursaries and Scholarships 2010/11

Introduction

AECC fully recognises and supports the obligation to assist its students, and to that end offers a bursary and a scholarship to eligible students.

Our proposed Financial Assistance scheme - subject to approval from OFFA:

AECC Bursaries (only available to UK/EU students)

We propose that students who meet the income criteria to qualify for the maximum means tested government grant will be additionally awarded a non-repayable AECC Bursary equivalent to the minimum standard bursary payable of £329. This also applies to European Union students who would qualify for the maximum government grant if means tested under the regulations applying to UK students.

AECC Elite Athletic Achievement Scholarship

We are keen to support and promote athletic achievement amongst students and will additionally award a scholarship payment of £750 to students who demonstrate elite athletic performance in their entry profile.  Continued receipt of this scholarship is dependent upon successful completion of each academic year of the MChiro programme, and is subject to annual review by the Bursaries and Scholarships Panel.

For the purposes of clarification students may be awarded assistance in more than one category to a maximum of £1079.

United States Federal Loans

AECC participates in the US Government Federal Family Education Loan Programme (FFELP). Eligible US citizens studying at AECC can apply for Federal Stafford Loans. Our OPE Identification number is 03794400.

For more information on eligibility and how to apply, click here.