Sponsored students and pro-forma invoices

This page contains information for students partially or fully sponsored.

To discuss your sponsor arrangement please contact the Fees and Funding Team at fees@soas.ac.uk. 

Sponsorship letter

If your fees will be paid by an organisation or company, you will need to upload your financial sponsorship letter during your online enrolment. Your sponsor letter must be on company-headed paper signed by an authorised person. 

Your letter must contain the following information: 

• your full name and 6-digit student ID number 
• the amount of tuition fees they will pay in GBP and the academic year (we will only create an invoice for the amount the sponsor has agreed to pay) 
• the programme you are being sponsored for 
• name, contact telephone number and email address of budget holder/person responsible for processing payment 
• address of company 
• a reference number or purchase order to be quoted (if required) 

When we have received the letter, we will process your enrolment and send confirmation to you. Our Finance Department will email the invoice to your sponsor for payment.

For new admissions starting 2026/27, you can upload your sponsor letter within the admissions portal. 

Payments from family and friends

Parents, family and friends are not considered sponsors. If they help with your fees, you are a self-payer and must arrange your fee payments in line with our instalment plans.

If your sponsor is only paying some of your fees, you must pay the remaining fees in either one instalment or two equal instalments.

Please note that: 

• SOAS reserves the right to not accept a sponsor 
• a new letter is required each academic year 
• invoices are raised within the first semester of enrolment 
• invoices must be paid within 30 days of receipt of the invoice 
• you are fully responsible for any fee payment not made by your sponsor 

Should you or your sponsor wish to discuss paying an invoice they have received from SOAS then please contact our Accounts Receivable Team by email at accounts.receivable@soas.ac.uk.