Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount
If you have completed a degree at The University of Manchester, or are currently in your final year of an undergraduate degree with us, you may be eligible for a discount.
You could receive a discount of 10% on tuition fees if you choose to study on a taught postgraduate course here.
If you are eligible, the Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount will be applied when you start your studies.
Find out if you're eligible and how to apply below:
To receive this discount on your postgraduate taught programme fees, you must:
- be registered on one of our eligible postgraduate taught programmes (including PGCert, PGDip, online and distance learning programmes) starting between September 2025 and August 2026;
- have completed an undergraduate degree at The University of Manchester or one of its predecessor institutions (The Victoria University of Manchester or UMIST), or a degree licensed or validated by The University of Manchester, and notify us that you have done (or expect to do) so.
The eligibility criteria are subject to change and the Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount may be withdrawn in future years.
The Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount is available on most of our taught postgraduate programmes.
However, we do not offer the discount for:
- PGCE
- MSc Adult Nursing
- Research masters, such as MPhil and MRes (master's by research)
- Programmes jointly awarded with another institution, including Architecture programmes offered jointly with MMU
- Integrated undergraduate master's degrees, such as MChem, MEng
- Intercalating medicine students on PGT programmes
If you are eligible, the Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount will take the form of a tuition fee discount, which will reduce the amount payable to the University. No monies will be paid directly to you. The remainder of the tuition fee is then payable according to our Student Terms and Conditions. You are expected to fund the remaining balance of your studies from other sources.
You are liable for all other costs associated with your study. There is no cash substitute, transfer facility or any other variation from the tuition fee discount.
Your offer letter will show the full tuition fee amount.
For courses with a duration of two or more years (including part-time study), you will receive the discount in each year of your programme.
Applicants who choose to defer their entry will have their eligibility assessed for the next year of entry, subject to the availability of the discount.
You may be eligible for the Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount even if you:
- receive a Postgraduate loan;
- are awarded the Manchester Master’s Bursary and/or any other bursary or scholarship awarded by The University of Manchester; or
- are or will be in receipt of funding (for either tuition fees or living costs) from an external body which will be invoiced by the University for fees (such as Government, charity or a private organisation).
The Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount will be applied before any other discounts, and before any bursaries or scholarships.
Complete our postgraduate application form and indicate that you are an alumni, or a final year undergraduate, where asked. If you know your student ID, provide it.
If you graduated or are due to graduate after 2006, we’ll apply the Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount automatically and you’ll receive confirmation of your eligibility prior to the start of your postgraduate programme.
If you graduated before 2006, we will be reliant on you indicating that you are a graduate in your course application form. This will be validated before the discount can be applied and you will receive confirmation of your eligibility. If you do not indicate that you are a graduate in your application by answering this question, we will be unable to apply the discount.