Dates and fees

Check the dates and fees for current and upcoming Pre-sessional English courses and find out how to pay your fees, whether you're a self-funded applicant or a sponsored applicant.

If you have any questions about our Pre-sessional English courses, you're welcome to contact us.

2025/26 course dates

On-campus courses

Online courses

The latest application and acceptance dates are different for students applying for a Combined CAS. Please read about the Combined Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS).

To allow time for your application to be processed and any visa application to be completed, your application should reach us on or before the deadline for application stated in the table above. For more information regarding the visa application process, please see the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Please accept your offer by the deadline stated in the table. This allows us time to ensure that we have enough teachers to teach you, and protects the student experience. We can't guarantee a place for you on the course if you don't accept your place by the deadline.

We expect all on campus students to arrive before the first day of the course, but we understand that there may be rare occasions when issues with your visa or travel mean that you can't do this. Please let us know as soon as possible if you can’t start the course on the first day.

We expect all online students to register and attend from the first day of the course. Late registrations are not permitted for online courses.

Please note that if you can’t start on the first day of the course:

• The amount of study and work you need to complete remains the same. All students are required to pass the course assessments regardless of your start date.
• You will need to pay course fees in full whether you start on time or late, regardless of the circumstances for your late arrival.

Term Dates & Holidays

Please visit the University's Term Dates page to see the term dates for current & future academic years.

In addition to holiday weeks where no teaching takes place, you should also make a note of UK Public Holidays. No lessons will take place on these days and the English Language Centre will be closed. Please be aware that normal weekly fees apply.

For latest possible course start dates, please contact our Admissions Team via email at elc-admissions@liverpool.ac.uk.

Paying your fees

You can pay your Pre-sessional English course fees online via credit or debit card or via CIBC International Student Pay. CIBC International Student Pay facilitates payments made from bank accounts based outside the UK:

• Bank Wire/transfer
• China UnionPay
• E-Wallet.

Self funded-applicants

If you're a self-funded applicant, a £1,000 deposit is required and will be a condition of any Pre-sessional English course offer. Please don't make the deposit payment until you receive your Pre-sessional English course offer. See our ELC PSE Payment Policy for self-funded students for more information

Sponsored applicants

If you're a sponsored applicant, you'll need to submit full copies of your official sponsorship letters with your application. If this is the case, you don't need to pay via this page. See our ELC PSE Payment Policy for sponsored students for more information.

Further advice

If you have any queries about making payments, please see how to pay your tuition fees or contact us at elc@liverpool.ac.uk.