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A sponsor is a third party, eligible body or organisation that is responsible for payment of the student’s tuition fees that is paid directly to the University. A sponsor will typically be an employer, government body or Embassy/Consular Office.

Providing sponsorship information

Where a sponsor agrees to pay tuition fees for an individual student, signed official evidence of the sponsor’s financial commitment is required at registration to cover the sponsorship period as published on the University’s website. If an accepted sponsorship agreement is not received the student will be classed as self-funding.

Before your sponsor can pay your fees, the University needs to send them an invoice. To do this, please submit a completed financial guarantee letter on official letterhead or a formal purchase order from the organisation and it needs to confirm the following information:

• Your full name and student number
• The correct course title and start date
• The amount that they will pay per year and in total in GBP
• Complete sponsorship details, including the sponsor’s relationship to you.
• Contact details, including a name, email address, and postal address for invoicing.
• A reference number from your sponsor, such as a purchase order or internal reference.
• Contact information for the accounts payable team handling payment.

The sponsorship confirmation documentation must be signed by an authorised representative of the sponsoring organisation who has the authority to confirm approval of the amount stated. Please email this to feesandincome@le.ac.uk

Sponsorships the University cannot accept

Third party, eligible body or organisation that makes a payment for tuition fees directly to the student are not treated as sponsors, meaning students are classified as being self-funding.

Individuals are not treated as sponsors; students whose tuition fees are paid by family members/friends are classified as being self-funding.

If a sponsor has failed to pay for fees in the past or have failed to pay within 2 months of the due date, the University reserves the right not to accept future sponsorship agreements from that organisation or company. 

After submitting your sponsorship information

It is your responsibility to provide correct sponsorship details to ensure you are able to register for your course on time and that the University is able process the invoice to your sponsor and receive prompt payment of your fees. 

The Student Fees and Income Management Office will review and verify the submitted sponsorship documentation. If there are any issues such as incomplete documentation or if there are concerns following anti-money laundering checks, the team will contact you by email.

Invoicing

Once you have completed full registration and your course has started, an invoice will be sent directly to your sponsor and a copy will be sent to you.  Sponsors will be invoiced for the full amount of your annual sponsorship.  Your sponsor will have 30 days from the invoice date to make the payment and payment by instalments is not available.

Sponsors may pay tuition fees either for the whole programme at initial registration or the tuition fee for the whole of the current academic year at registration and re-registration, and are not eligible to pay in instalments.

Your responsibility

By sending a sponsorship agreement to the University you are agreeing to give the university the right to disclose personal data to your sponsor as outlined in the Student Information Privacy Notice. The University will process all personal data in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018. 

Tuition fees are ultimately the responsibility of the student. If a sponsor fails to pay a student’s tuition fee in accordance with the debt management recovery policy, the student will become liable for all unpaid tuition fees, in full immediately as stated in the University Senate Regulations 3.

If your sponsorship agreement is annual, it is your responsibility to provide new supporting documents each academic year.

For part-sponsored students the proportion of fees that are self-funded will need to be paid in line with the self-funding criteria.