Fees & Finance
Fees & Finance

Debt Policy and Procedures

This policy outlines the arrangements for collection of student fees and charges. It covers sanctions which may be used in relation to students with overdue Tuition fee debts and is designed to ensure that all students are treated fairly and equitably.

If you fail to pay your tuition fees on time, services including your computing facilities may be withdrawn and your enrolment may be revoked.

If you are unable to pay any fees or charges by the appropriate due date, you should contact the Finance Office at the earliest opportunity, as we may be able to help. The University will be sympathetic and assist where it can, however the quality of teaching is dependent upon funding and so it must act to recover all outstanding debts.

If your financial circumstances change after you started your course, then you may be able to agree a non-standard instalment plan. To submit a request, please email [email protected]. All requests are reviewed by the Student Finance Committee and a decision will be made within 10 working days of receiving the request. If approved, you may be required to pay via post-dated cheques or a direct debit mandate. In the event that any approved non-standard instalments become overdue the remaining tuition fee balance for the academic year will be due immediately in full.

Deregistration for non-payment of tuition fees

Students who fail to pay their tuition fees due at the start of the academic year or provide confirmation of sponsorship will be de-registered at the end of learning week four. The option to pay by instalments available at the start of the academic year will no longer be available. Any student who has been deregistered will be required to pay the annual tuition fee in full plus a late payment charge in order to be re-instated.

Students who fail to pay any subsequent instalment within 3 months of the due date will also be subject to deregistration.

Late payment charges

Students who fail to pay their tuition fees or provide confirmation of sponsorship on or before payment deadlines will be subject to an AED 200.00 late payment charge. This late payment charge will be payable on each occurrence of default, including the first instalment.

Financial Holds

If you have a tuition fee debt that becomes overdue, a hold will be applied to your student account automatically. A hold is designed to prevent access to certain facilities such as computing, dependent on the age of the debt. The Dubai Financial Hold detailed below applies to Middlesex University Dubai students:

DUBAI FINANCIAL HOLD

The records of students at Middlesex University Dubai in default of or with overdue financial payments to the University will be placed on this hold The student is not permitted to check-in (re-enrol), register or change modules, change module components, apply for a new programme, receive official letters and transcripts or view results (grades, progression or programme result) or use the Library services theatre.

Students with a tuition fee debt to the University will not be issued any official University document, including but not limited to the following; until such debts to the University have been paid.

  • Will not have a qualification conferred
  • Will not be notified of their final results
  • Will not receive a Certificate or Diploma Supplement or Transcripts
  • Will not be entitled to attend their Graduation Ceremony

As the next stage of the University’s debt collection process, the Finance Committee oversees the de-registration of students on financial hold from their modules based on the overdue period. Students at this stage will not be allowed to attend lectures, submit their assessments, or sit for final examinations until the outstanding debt is cleared. This will have implications on re-enrolment, academic progression and/or successful completion of your studies.

As a final step of the de-registration process, the records of these students with outstanding debt will be withdrawn from enrolment based on the directives of the Finance Committee.

Returning students with debt

Students with outstanding Tuition Fee debts from a previous academic year are not permitted to re-enrol. All debts must be paid in full before you can return to undertake another year of study.

External debt collection agencies

The University reserves the right to refer debt in respect of any ex-student to an external debt collection agency operating under the UAE regulations for recovery.