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Subscribing Institutions

Subscribing institutions belong to HOST and some of them pay all, or part, of their students' visit administration fees. Please see the list below to find out if you need to pay for your application. If you need to pay your institution, you should contact your International Student Advisor (ISA) for information. If you need to pay HOST, send your payment by cheque or postal order (available at the Post Office) to HOST UK, Unit 8 Water House, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ. You can also pay online through Pay Pal. Please be sure to give us your name and application number with your payment. Please make your payment within 7 days of applying to avoid delays to your application. If your institution is not listed here, see Non-Subscribing Institutions below.

Application fees as of 1st October 2011:

Institution Payment Expected for weekend visits Payment Expected for DAY visits
Aston University £40.00 to ISA (University contributes for first 60 applications) No DAY visits allowed
Birmingham City University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Bournemouth University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Brunel University

FREE for the first 29 students. Others pay £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST

No DAY visits allowed
Bucknell Universitry FREE No DAY visits allowed
Canterbury Christ Church University

£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST

*For reimbursement details please contact the International Student Adviser.

£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Cardiff University

1st visit: £15.00 for Erasmus and Non EU - £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) non-Erasmus and EU to ISA.

2nd visit: Pay £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT)

No DAY visits allowed
Central University of Iowa £60 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA £36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to ISA
City College Plymouth £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA £36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to ISA
Coventry University
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
Foundation for International Education
£25.00 to ISA
No DAY visits allowed
Goldsmiths College
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
ICYE-UK (Inter-cultural Youth Exchange)
 1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA
No DAY visits allowed
Imperial College
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
Institute for International Education of Students
1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA
No DAY visits allowed
Institute of Education (University of London)
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
Keele University £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST £36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST

Kings College

1st visit:FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
No DAY visits allowed
Kingston University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Leeds Metropolitan University
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
London School of Economics
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
London South Bank University
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
Loughborough University

1st visit: £8.40 to ISA

                     2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA.                                       *STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE PAYMENT ONLINE (please follow the link at the end of this table).

1st visit £5.00 to ISA

2nd visit £36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to ISA

Manchester Metropolitan University

FREE

2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST UK

No DAY visits allowed
New York University in London 
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
Newcastle University (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) HOST
Nottingham Trent University
1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Oxford Brookes University
£25.00 to HOST
No DAY visits allowed
Pepperdine University 1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA No DAY visits allowed
Queen Margaret University College
£15.00 to ISA  
No DAY visits allowed
Queen Mary, University of London
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
Royal Holloway, University of London
£20.00 to ISA
No DAY visits allowed
School of Oriental & African Studies
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
Swansea University (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff)
£25.00 to ISA
No DAY visits allowed
Syracuse University London Centre
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to ISA
UCA (changed name from University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury)
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
University College Falmouth (Falmouth College of Arts)
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
University College London
                   

1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST

Partner/Spouse fee payable to HOST UK

                                                                                                                 
No DAY visits allowed
University of Bath
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Bedfordshire
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
University of Birmingham (Including Selly Oak)
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA

There are no more subsidised visits available from the University during this financial year till October 2012.

No DAY visits allowed
University of Central Lancashire

1st visit: FREE

£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA for 2nd visit

No DAY visits allowed
University of Chichester
£20 to ISA
No DAY visits allowed
University of Durham
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Essex
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to ISA
University of Exeter
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University Of Greenwich
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
University of Hertfordshire
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
University of Hull
1st visit: FREE 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
No DAY visits allowed
University of Kent
FREE
FREE 
University of Leeds
1st visit: £30.00 to ISA. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA
No DAY visits allowed
University of Leicester
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
University of Lincoln
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
University of Liverpool
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Manchester
1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST, Partner/Spouse fee payable to HOST UK

1st visit FREE

2nd visit £36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST

Partner/Spouse fee payable to HOST UK

University of Maryland in London
1st visit: £30.00 to ISA. 2nd visit: £60.00 to ISA No DAY visits allowed
University of Minnesota Duluth in Birmingham

1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA

No DAY visits allowed
University of Northampton
FREE 
FREE 
University of Nottingham
£60.00 (£50 plus VAT) to ISA
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to ISA
University of Reading
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
University of Salford
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
University of Sheffield £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA £36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to ISA
University of Southampton
1st visit FREE, 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
No DAY visits allowed
University of Stirling
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to ISA
University of Sunderland
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
£36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Surrey
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
University of Sussex
1st visit: £20.00 to ISA. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA
No DAY visits allowed
University of Teeside
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
University of the Arts London
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
University of the West of England
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed
University of Wales, Trinity Saint David FREE No DAY visits allowed
University of Warwick
1st visit: £10 to ISA via online system. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to ISA via online system.
No DAY visits allowed
The Arts University College at Bournemouth £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST £36.00 (£30.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of West of Scotland (changed name from University of Paisley)
FREE
No DAY visits allowed
University of Westminster
1st visit: FREE. 2nd visit: £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
No DAY visits allowed
University of Winchester
£40.00 to ISA  
No DAY visits allowed
University of York
FREE 
No DAY visits allowed

* Loughborough University link to pay the administration fee:

http://store.lboro.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=104&modid=1&compid=1

 

Non-Subscribing Institutions

The following institutions do not belong to HOST. If you attend one of these institutions, or any other institution not listed above, you need to pay the full administration fee to HOST. Send your payment by cheque or postal order (available at the Post Office) to HOST UK, Unit 8 Water House, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ. You can also pay online through Pay Pal. Please make your payment within 7 days of applying to avoid delays to your application.

 

Institution
  Payment Expected
Bath Spa University 
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Castle College, Nottingham
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
City University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Bradford
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST

University of Bristol

£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Danenberg Oberlin-in-London Program £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Cambridge
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Edinburgh
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Glasgow
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Lancaster University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Liverpool Hope University College
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Liverpool John Moores University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
London Metropolitan University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Oxford University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST

Sheffield Hallam University

£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Staffordshire University
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of Plymouth £60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
University of West London (formerly known as Thames Valley University)
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Walsall College
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST
Other (please specify on your application)
£60.00 (£50.00 plus VAT) to HOST