Fees

Securing Government Funding (Undergraduate)
Students can apply for government funding towards annual Tuition fees. Payments of any fee loan are made directly to ACM. Students only need to make personal contributions towards tuition where a fee loan has not been approved, does not cover the full level of tuition or where a fee waiver has not been approved to cover the difference in fee loan and overall annual fee.

Securing Government Funding (Diploma)
Students who secure government funding will not be required to make any personal contributions towards tuition. However, funding may be retracted, and fee liability may revert to the student if your personal circumstances change.

ACM offers some students the opportunity to secure financial support towards the cost of the course each year in the form of Bursaries or Scholarships.

Please see those individual pages for more information.

Student Loans (Undergraduate)

Applications are now open for 26/27 funding

If you have previously completed a programme at the same level or higher level of study (ELQ – Equivalent Learning Qualification) either in the UK or abroad, you will not be able to obtain funding to support your studies and therefore will be required to pay the tuition fee
yourself.

Access to Maintenance support depends on the level of household or family income and your individual circumstances. You can check how much you might be able to get by using the Student Finance Calculator on the gov.uk website:

https://www.gov.uk/student-finance-calculator

Students on the accelerated years of their degree may also qualify for additional living support in the form of a long-course loan, to help with the living costs for the additional
period of attendance each year. Again, the exact amount a student will get depends on their income and personal circumstances.

Students may also qualify for additional support to help with any disability or dependants depending on their individual circumstances. Information about what extra help you may be able to get can be found on the Gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/extra-help

How to Apply

You can apply for a student loan via the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/student-finance

Applications can take between 6-8 weeks for Student Finance to process, so the earlier you apply, the better. Late applications may delay you receiving your maintenance loan payment on time.

You do not need to apply using a UCAS course code.
Students should use the following information when applying for support.

Institution/University Name: ACM Guildford Ltd
Please note that students of all ACM campuses should use this institution/university name. It does not reflect which campus you are actually studying at.

The courses you can apply for are below.

2 Year Degrees
BA (Hons) Creative Industries Futures Accelerated (CIFA)
BA (Hons) Creative Industries Futures Accelerated – ACM x Metropolis Sound Recording Engineering

Foundation Plus Accelerated Degree (CIF 1+2)
BA (Hons) Creative Industries Futures with Foundation (accelerated Degree)

Integrated Masters Degree (MCCI)
Creative Industries Futures Accelerated with Integrated Masters Degree

IMPORTANT! Please ensure that you have requested the tuition fee loan (and ticked the I want the maximum tuition fee amount box) in your application, and also selected the correct campus on your application. If you choose the wrong campus, you may be paid too much maintenance loan and Student Finance will want any overpayment to be paid back immediately. You don’t need to wait until you have received your final exam grades to apply. It is much easier to make changes or cancel an existing student loan application than it is to apply late and experience a delay in getting your funding.

If you encounter any problems during the loan application process, you can get in touch with the ACM Student Finance team at studentfinance@acm.ac.uk or call 01483
500 800

Fee waivers (Undergraduate)

Fee Waivers – ​Students that are eligible to receive a tuition fee loan from a non-English UK-student finance body (devolved Nations) but cannot receive a loan to cover the full annual tuition fees will be offered a Fee Waiver to cover any difference in fees; Our aim at ACM is to ensure students will not be required to pay any top up fees where student loans don’t cover the full amount. Fee Waivers will be allocated once students confirm they have been awarded their student finance. Fee Waivers are only applicable for years that students are eligible for a tuition fee loan.

Government Postgraduate Loans

How to Apply
You can apply for a Postgraduate Masters Loan to help with course fees and living costs while you study a postgraduate master’s course.

Please note! The Postgraduate loan is paid to you directly and not to ACM. You are responsible to pay the tuition fees to ACM yourself. You do not receive a tuition fee loan and maintenance loan as you would for an Undergraduate loan.

You can find more information about Postgraduate Masters loans and how to apply at: https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan

Students should use the following information when applying for support.
Institution Name: ACM Guildford Ltd
[Please note that students of all ACM campuses should use this institution name. It does not reflect which campus you are actually studying at]

You should then choose from one of the course options below:

Masters in Creative Industries Futures – Full Time – Sept Start
Masters in Creative Industries Futures – Part Time – Sept Start

Masters in Creative Industries Futures – Full Time – Jan Start
Masters in Creative Industries Futures – Part Time – Jan Start

Students that are paying any portion of the fees themselves can select the instalment option they use and confirm that via the online induction form pre-enrolment. Changing to the instalment plan after this would need to be requested via ACM finance.

1. Upfront Payment:  Single payment to be received by ACM on or before the 31st July 2026
2. Three equal instalments of the fee you are responsible for paying.
   • Due on 15th September 2026
   • 15th January 2027
   • 6th May 2027
3. Ten equal instalments of the fee you are responsible for paying.
   • BACHELOR: Due on the 1st of each month starting on the 1st Aug to 1st May
   • MASTERS: Due on the 1st of each month starting on the 1st Aug to 1st May (for September 2026 starters) or 1st Jan to 1st Oct (for January 2027 starters)

Bank Transfer

You can make payment of any monies owed by Bank Transfer to the details below

Bank Account  Barclays Bank PLC
Account Name  ACM Guildford Limited
Sort Code   201727
Account Number  20696528
SWIFT BARCGB22
IBAN GB72BARC20172720696528

Please ensure when making payment by bank transfer that you use your individual Learner ID as the payment reference. Any payments that are not referenced properly will not be able to be matched to the correct account and therefore you will still be chased for any outstanding payments.

Card Payment
Students are also able to pay by credit / debit card online or over the phone.

Please email studentfinance@acm.ac.uk or call 01483 500 800 to arrange payment by card.

You can apply for a student loan via. the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/student-financeLinks to an external site.

Applications for Student Finance open in March. The earlier you apply, the better! It can take between 6 and 8 weeks for Student Finance to process your application.

Yes. You will need to apply for a student loan every academic year. It does not automatically roll over.

If you are not sure that you have enough funding for this academic year, then you need to check with Student Finance. Contact details for Student Finance can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-on-contacting-the-student-loans-companyLinks to an external site.

If you do not have enough funding and cannot secure any more, then you will be considered a self-financing student and will have to pay the tuition fees yourself.

Unfortunately not. If you have already completed a degree, then you won’t get any funding if you want to study a second one. You will need to pay for this yourself.

If you are from the EU and have either Pre-Settled or Settled status, then you can apply for a tuition fee loan. If you don’t have either status, then unfortunately, you will not be eligible to apply for a student loan.

If you are going to use a Postgraduate Loan to pay for the stand-alone Postgraduate course, please note that Student Finance will pay the loan to you directly and not to ACM. You are responsible for ensuring that the tuition fees are then paid to ACM.

If you have any questions about applying for a Student Loan, you can email studentfinance@acm.ac.uk