Consumer information

More information about the financial assistance available to international students can be found on our International Fees and Funding website. For further details on Postgraduate and Undergraduate funding please visit relevant webpages.

For further details on Tuition fees please visit these pages on our website:

Undergraduate students 

Postgraduate Students

Information concerning textbooks and any additional materials required will be supplied by your Department.

To see our Copyright Policy please visit the University Privacy Policy and Copyright Statement.

To learn more about what we do with your data and view general Policies and Guidance relating to Data Protection please visit Data Protection.

If you have a freedom of information request or you require more information, please visit Freedom of Information Policies and Guidelines.

We have vaccination clinic sessions for MMR and Meningitis C during the first few weeks of the new academic year; these will be advertised around the campus.

Please see our Medical Centre website for further details.

More information about the Fire Safety Procedure and Guidance please visit Fire Safetyhttps://students.brunel.ac.uk/documents/Policies/fire-safety-policy-revised-feb-2023.pdf.

For further details on a Missing Student Notification Procedure, please contact the Student Support and Welfare Team or the Security Office. 

The Security Office is staffed 24 hours all year round by trained and professional security officers. You can contact Security at 01895 255786.

For details on the facilities and services available to Disabled Students please contact: Disability and Dyslexia Service.

In line with UK Law, Brunel University London University London does not tolerate drug abuse.

The school enforces drug and alcohol and smoking policies consistent with UK law and will notify any infringement to the appropriate national and local law enforcement agencies.

Please note that the UK police have powers to arrest and test anyone they have reason to believe may be under the influence of drugs. Similarly, breath testing for alcohol is mandatory for everyone involved in a road traffic accident.

The National Health Service (NHS) promotes and offers information, advice and help specifically for students.

The UK legal sanctions for possession and supply of non-prescription, sometimes called recreational drugs, can be found at Drugwise 

To ensure that our environment is safe for all students and staff, Brunel University London has a zero tolerance policy towards drug dealing by students both on and off campus. If you are found to have been dealing drugs, or intending to deal drugs, you will face serious disciplinary action. This will almost certainly result in you being expelled from the University, with the possibility that you would not retain any credits already achieved in your academic studies or any award (whether intermediate or final, see Senate Regulations). These penalties may be applied even if it is your first offence, and even if you have been found not guilty in a Court of Law.

The school is aware of the detriment to an individual’s health, finances and future which is caused by drug and alcohol and tobacco misuse and dependency. The school’s own health service works as part of the National Health Service to support and encourage addicts to recover.

The University encourages students to learn about various drugs and their effects at:

• NHS drugs
• Drugwise

There are also support services available to Brunel University London students:

Counselling

• Brunel University London  Counselling Service
• Substance abuse Hillingdon Drug and Alcohol Service;

Please note that your US Direct Loans eligibility can be lost if you are convicted of a drug related crime.

To learn more about possible loss of loan eligibility and rehabilitation, see the Student Aid website.

Alcohol

The sale and consumption of alcohol, on or off campus, is governed by UK law.  For further information visit Drinkaware.

 The UK National Health Service offers practical guidance on safe and unhealthy drinking.

If you are a Campus Resident please see Drug and Alcohol Regulations.

Undergraduate students:

All Brunel University London’s courses have been designed so that they are made up of study and assessment blocks (modules) worth 10 to 30 credits each. Levels 6 and 4 (pre-masters) may include a major project, worth up to 40 credits. You will build these modules up, usually gaining at least 120 credits per year, until you complete at least 360 credits to achieve an Honours degree.

Exceptions to this pattern:

Those undertaking a MEng qualification will study for a further year. This year, Level 4, will include advanced modules and group projects;

If you do not complete your degree programme, you may be eligible to receive a Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) with 120 credits or a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) with 240 credits;

Periods of work placement that form an integral part of your degree programme attract up to 120 further credits and may lead to a separate award title (although this does not apply to Education);

Since each module has a credit value, Brunel University London is able to participate in national and international credit accumulation and transfer schemes.

Postgraduate students:

Most programmes are offered in a modular format and each module is credit-related by the University. Modules have a credit rating of multiples of five, with the dissertation usually valued at a minimum of 60 credits.

A total of at least 180 credits will normally be required to successfully complete most Master's courses, at least 120 credits for a Postgraduate Diploma, and a minimum of 60 credits for a Postgraduate Certificate.

The University also encourages students to register for individual modules. You may then use the credits acquired towards an award-bearing course at the University or elsewhere (credit accumulation and transfer). The University may grant some exemptions for admission to its own courses (at the discretion of the relevant Course Directors) on the basis of credits achieved or work completed elsewhere.

Students wishing to enter the University with credit exemptions for prior learning or experience should apply, in the first instance, to the Course Director. The University will not normally grant exemptions for more than half the taught credits required for an award of the University at postgraduate level.

If you are considering transferring to another University or you require more information on Transfer of Credit procedure, please contact your Department.

Brunel University London's code of conduct for US education loans prohibits all the staff members who are responsible for administering US loans from:

• revenue-sharing arrangements with any lender
• receiving gifts from a lender, a guarantor, or a loan servicer
• contracting arrangements providing financial benefit from any lender
• directing borrowers to particular lenders* or refusing or delaying loan certifications from lenders
• offers of funds for private loans
• accepting any fee, payment or financial benefit as compensation for any type of consulting arrangement or contract to provide services to or on behalf of a lender relating to education loans
• providing call centre or financial aid office staffing assistance
• the University shall not request or accept from any lender assistance with financial aid office staffing unless any such assistance has been legislatively defined as acceptable.
• lenders, for example, may provide professional development training to financial aid administrators, educational advising materials to borrowers, or assistance in state or federally-declared natural disasters
• accepting advisory board compensation.

 *This Code of Conduct pertains to any alternative/private loans.

All the staff members must also abide by the Conflict and Declaration of Interest Policy

All agents with responsibility for US loans are reminded at least annually of the code.

For information about current degree programmes and other educational and training programmes available at Brunel University London, please see the Course Finder.

For information about instructional, laboratory, and other physical plant facilities that relate to your academic programme, and for faculty and other instructional personnel, please contact your Department. 

Information on the University’s retention rate is available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

The student’s tuition and accommodation fees will be refunded in accordance with University policies outlined in Student Financial Policy.

For detailed information on the Cost of Attendance (COA) please visit our US loans website which includes COA examples.

Please note that in accordance with the US Federal government’s regulations if you withdraw from your course, then you must inform the Funding team, your Department, the lender, and guarantee agency within one week in writing.

If you have taken federal loans and completed less than 60% of your studies that academic year, Brunel University London has to comply with US regulations and recalculate your Financial Aid eligibility using a 'Return of Title IV' form based on the period of the year you attended. As a result, you may be required to pay back money to your lender from the Federal loans (Direct Stafford Subsidized, Direct Stafford Unsubsidized and Direct PLUS) you have received. It may also be possible that the University will have to repay funds to your lender for tuition fees, and that you will be requested to make an additional fee payment to the school to replace these funds.

Pro-rata refund calculations apply for any student who withdraws within 60% of the payment period.

For more details on the Withdrawal and Refund policy, please refer to Return to Title IV (R2T4) Policy

Students seeking information on the withdrawal procedure should refer to:

• Undergraduate students
• Postgraduate students

Brunel University London received its Royal Charter and official University status on 9 June 1966. The awarding body is Brunel University London. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/recognised-uk-degrees.

The University does not have an 'intercollegiate athletic programme' similar to US schools.

Available programmes and Sport Scholarships 

Information on the University’s completion rates is available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Due to a low non-continuation rate, the University is unable to supply a breakdown of completion rates by gender, ethnicity or recipients of need-based Subsidised loans, as this may reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student, which would break the Data Protection Act.

Please contact your department with regards to the placement information.  

For more details on the University’s employability policy and rates please visit the Professional Development Centre.

To be eligible for US federal student loans, a student must make satisfactory academic progress (SAP). This applies to all students taking federal loans (also known as ‘financial aid’ and ‘Title IV aid’) at Brunel University London, specifically Direct Subsidised, Unsubsidised, Grad PLUS, Parent PLUS loans and Veteran Affairs benefits. It applies to all federal loan recipients, including graduates, undergraduates, part-time and full-time students.

EIN numbers and Form 1098-T

The University does not have an EIN number and therefore we are unable to complete Form 1098-Ts. If you require a breakdown of fees paid for a specific period of time then this may be requested in the form of a bespoke letter which can be obtained from the Student Centre (student.centre@brunel.ac.uk) or in the form of an itemised receipt which you can request from the Student Finance team (stufin@brunel.ac.uk).