Detailed Description

The KBS deposit payment (£2000) is required to secure your acceptance of offer and will be deducted from the overall tuition fee payment required at enrolment.

If you require a CAS for visa purposes this will not be issued until the deposit has been received for your chosen course.

Applicants who are in receipt of full sponsorship or will be in receipt of a PG Loan are not required to pay the deposit. Please provide official confirmation of this to the KBS Admissions Team on the contact details below in order to have your deposit condition waived.

Please read our deposit refund policy before submitting your payment:

Requests for a refund must be submitted to the KBS Graduate Admissions Team via your applicant portal. Please note that refund requests will only be considered up to 3 months after the original start date of your course. Cases will be assessed on an individual basis in accordance with this refund policy and you will be informed of the result via your applicant portal. 

1. Offer holders who change their minds and decide not to take up their place will not be entitled to a refund of the required deposit paid.
2. Refunds will be made to conditional offer-holders who pay their deposit and who then fail to meet the admissions conditions as stated in the University's offer of a place (in the case of SELT conditions applicants must provide evidence of a test taken after the conditional offer was made).
3. Refunds will be made if evidence of a visa rejection is received and verified from the relevant UK visa office, unless the reason for the visa rejection is due to failure to follow UKVI guidance, submission of fraudulent documents during the application process or on credibility grounds.
4. Refunds will only be made to the individual or organisation who originally paid the deposit. If a third party has paid the deposit on behalf of the applicant we are unable to refund the deposit directly to the applicant. Due to money laundering regulations, refunds can only be made to the Credit card or bank account from which the payment was made originally. Proof of payment such as a receipt or a bank statement showing payment from that account must be produced. Failure to do so will delay the refund severely or prevent it altogether.
5. Please note that applicants who are funded by their family are not regarded as sponsored and are required to pay their tuition fees as detailed above.
6. Refunds will be made as soon as possible following receipt of a completed deposit payment refund request form and the approval of a request for a refund. Exact times may vary depending upon the reason for the requested refund and the method by which original payment was made. At busy times of year, please note that a refund may take slightly longer, but will usually be processed within four weeks.
7. Refunds will be made at the rate of exchange in force on the date the refund is processed. Any charges levied by the receiving bank will be paid by the applicant. (An administrative payment of £100 which coversthe administrative time as well as the cost of issuing a CAS certificate will be deducted from the amount to be refunded).
8. The university will consider deferral requests for postgraduate applicants for up to one year if they have fully met the conditions of offer and have paid the fee deposit. The original deposit will be held over for the next year and will be eligible for a refund if the applicant meets the refund criteria for the original application.
9. Only tuition fees should be paid to the University of Kent - all subsistence payments should be made directly to students.

Payments made on behalf of a student should be clearly noted on the payment questionnaire page which will appear when completing payment process. 

You will receive a confirmation email once the payment has been made which you should keep as your receipt and proof of payment made. 

Queries: If you have any queries in respect to this payment or would like to receive a copy of the KBS Deposit Refund Policy please contact the KBS Admissions Team on [email protected]  

For further information about the course please visit our website www.kent.ac.uk/kbs 

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