Tracking your application
You can track your application on the Westminster Applicant Portal.
If we make you an offer
If your application for a Postgraduate Taught course at Westminster is successful, we will email you an offer letter, which can be used for scholarship or visa applications. You will also see this offer letter on our Applicant Portal.
Your offer letter will be sent to you by your admissions officer who will guide you through the admissions process through to enrolment. If you have any questions about your offer or the admissions process, this is who you should contact.
Unconditional offers
An unconditional offer means that you've already met all the entry requirements for your course and you've got a confirmed place at the University of Westminster.
Conditional offers
A conditional offer means you'll need to meet certain requirements before we can confirm your place.
This normally means achieving certain exam results or providing us with evidence of your qualifications, but we'll let you know exactly what you need to do in your offer.
If you receive a Conditional offer to start a Postgraduate Taught course, you should provide evidence that you‘ve met all of the conditions outlined in your offer by the deadline given.
Please note that for overseas fee status applicants, payment of the deposit is a condition of your offer. Unconditional offers will not be issued until all conditions are met including the deposit payment (see deposits section below for information on exclusions).
Qualification verification
As part of the international admissions process, you may be required to verify your academic qualifications. You can complete this step by using the University’s Qualifications Checker Portal to meet this offer condition. There is no charge to use this service and once your qualifications have been verified you will receive official notification.
Accepting or declining your offer
You can accept your offer through the Westminster Applicant Portal — we advise you to do this as soon as possible.
If you decide you don't want to accept your offer, or if you'd like to withdraw your application, please also let us know through the Westminster Applicant Portal.
Uploading additional information to your application
You may be asked to upload evidence of your qualifications, or supplementary information that was not supplied with your original application. If this is the case, we'll let you know and email you instructions on how to do this.
Information you may need to upload includes:
- references
- personal statements
- fee assessment information
- qualifications
Deferring your entry
If you wish to defer your start date to the following intake or the next academic year, you should submit your request via email to your admissions officer in the Postgraduate Admissions Team. You'll also be charged the tuition fee amount for the academic year you are going into and not the one you have deferred from.
Deadlines for requesting a deferral are:
- Deferring from September to the next intake – 1 November
- Deferring from January to the next intake – 30 March
If we don't make you an offer
If we are unable to make you an offer for a course, you'll be notified via the Westminster Applicant Portal.
Occasionally, we may feel you're better suited for a course different to the one you applied for. If this happens, we'll email you to let you know, and you'll see the change in UCAS.
Transferring to a different course
We do accept course transfers as long as you meet the entry requirements for the course, there are places available, and the course leader approves of the transfer.
Please note that if you're an international student, changing your course can impact your visa status. Please contact our student advice team for further information.
International student deposits and CAS
Deposits
- International students who are issued an offer to study at the university are required to pay a non-refundable deposit of £4000. The deposit payment will be deducted from the tuition fee at enrolment. Please note that International students, starting their course from September 2025 onwards, will be required to pay a deposit of £5,500
- Deposit payments must be received by the deadline date specified in your offer. Failure to pay the deposit by the required date, may result in your offer being withdrawn
- Deposit payments must be received before an unconditional offer can be issued
- A deposit payment is not required if a student is in receipt of a University of Westminster scholarship or externally funded scholarships covering 50% or more of your fees or financial guarantee from a recognised sponsoring organisation and where evidence is provided. For details of our approved sponsoring bodies please contact [email protected]
- The deposit is non-refundable except in the circumstances listed below
- In line with UK money laundering laws any fee paid will only be refunded to the person or body who paid the fee
Refunds
Refunds will be made on request to students who have been refused a student visa, providing the reason for refusal is not due to a fraudulent application. When requesting a refund, evidence of the visa refusal must be submitted. Refunds will also be considered under the following circumstances:
- If the university withdraws a course
- If you do not meet the conditions of your offer and your application is rejected. This includes failure to pay your deposit by the required deadline
- If you have applied for your CAS by the deadline and the University declines to issue a CAS
- If your CAS is withdrawn for any reason other than where it is confirmed that fraud has taken place.
- If you request a refund within 14 days of the payment being received by the university
- If you have paid more than the required deposit, you can request to have the additional monies refunded
In exceptional circumstances and on receipt of verifiable documentary evidence that you are unable to commence your studies and choose not to defer your offer. Such exceptional circumstances might include but are not limited to, serious illness, natural disaster or conflict that may lead to international restrictions on travel.
If you wish to request a refund of a tuition fee deposit for a postgraduate academic course you will need to provide documentary evidence to support this and you must request a refund by emailing [email protected], no later than 30 days after the start date of your course, as detailed in your offer.
CAS
We strongly advise you that if you need to apply for a visa to study in the UK, that you pay your deposit as early as possible. If you can pay before the deposit payment deadline this will give you more time to secure your visa in time to join your course.
All the deadline dates can be found on your official offer.
While the minimum fee deposit payment you need to make is £4000 (£5,500 for those starting in September 2025 onwards), you may choose to pay more of your tuition fee amount at this point, as this will reduce the amount of money you will need to demonstrate when you apply for your visa. Any payment made over the minimum deposit is fully refundable on request if you do not enrol.
Pre-sessional English students
For courses starting at any other time of the year, such as the Pre-sessional English course, the deposit must be paid no less than 3 weeks prior to the start of the course along with the full course fee. You will be issued with an unconditional offer for the Pre-sessional course in order to apply for your CAS. Students studying the pre-sessional course online will be issued a CAS for entry to their main degree course only.
For details of students who are exempt from the deposit requirements, please see the deposits section above or visit our fees pages.