SETU in Waterford offers a broad range of part-time courses in Business, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities and Science & Computing across levels 6-9, to the general public and to industry.
See below for information regarding lifelong learning fees for courses based on our Waterford Campuses.
For students undertaking a course at SETU in Waterford, fees are paid online when you apply. On the webpage of the course, you are interested in, click the ‘apply’ button and complete the online application form and pay online using a credit/debit card.
For students undertaking a course at the Carlow/Wicklow/Wexford campuses fees are paid online via the student portal. You will be sent a link when you are offered a place on your preferred course.
Please note that we can only accept card payment - no cash payments can be accepted.
If students have difficulty in paying the full fees on application, they may wish to avail of the instalment facility (available to undergraduate students only). When students register, they must agree and accept the terms and conditions. If students fail to meet these terms and conditions SETU reserves the right to withhold certain student facilities and privileges. Under the instalment plan: 50% of the annual fee is due on application - i.e. 50% has to be paid before an application will be processed the remaining 50% is due the following January (at the start of Semester 2).
We encourage those in receipt of social welfare benefits to apply as part time students to SETU. Applicants in receipt of these payments may apply for a bursary rate (circa 25% discount) for many part-time undergraduate courses. If your partner is claiming payments on your behalf you may also be eligible to claim the bursary. Proof of joint benefit payment is required.
Please provide evidence of your eligibility along with your application for the course. This can take the form of an electronic copy of your most recent payment receipt or a letter from the DSP (if you don’t have an electronic copy then take a picture of the document with your phone). This scheme will be subject to review at the end of each academic year and does not apply to any of our part-time postgraduate programmes.
Where your fees are being paid by your employer or a sponsor apply by clicking the ‘apply’ button on the course webpage for the course you are interested in.
Complete the online application form including full details for your employer/sponsor [name, contact details etc. as set out in the online form].
Your employer/sponsor will be invoiced by SETU, and your application will be finalised when payment has been received. In this instance the payment will go against the sponsor organisation & the receipt will be sent to them. Students should be aware that 1) their name and/or student ID may be on the receipt issued to the sponsor; 2) the student is not entitled to receive a copy of the sponsors receipt and 3) if the sponsor organisation defaults on payment the student remains liable for the fees.
Please supply a valid email address - all correspondence regarding your application, start date of your course etc. will be made by email. It is your responsibility to check your nominated email inbox regularly.
People pursuing level 6-8 courses may be eligible for tax relief on their fees if paying from their own income. Registered employers may also be eligible to claim relief on course fees paid for employees. Please see more information on the revenue tax relief for tuition fees in respect to third level education / form IT31 webpages or contact your local revenue office.
Part-time courses go ahead subject to sufficient enrolments and viability. If a course is undersubscribed and therefore cannot go ahead, we will let students know at the earliest opportunity, make every effort to offer students an alternative course or we will refund students the full tuition fee via bank transfer or directly back to your credit card.
Please note if you have registered for a course and cannot attend classes you will need to contact the School of Education and Lifelong Learning Office at least one week before the course start date stating your intention to withdraw.
Deferral
Deferral means that a student applies to defer or postpone their programme or an element of it. Ordinarily students are liable for fees, however, where there are mitigating circumstances, fees may be carried over.
Mitigating circumstances include:
- Serious medical condition or injury;
- Bereavement of close family members such as parents or siblings or guardians;
A traumatic experience which could include but is not limited to:
a) Personal involvement in or witnessing of a serious accident or crime
b) A serious crime committed against the person.
To apply for such deferrals, students must complete the relevant applications forms within the prescribed time period and supply the required evidence.
De-registration
Where a student finds themselves in a position where they no longer wish to or are in a position to continue on their course they need to de-register from the University. Deregistering means that a student officially notifies the University that they are leaving their programme. Students remain liable for fees up to the date they officially withdraw from the University.
To deregister there is a deregistration form which a student must complete. This is available from the Part-time Student Helpdesk [email protected]
Part-time fees refund policy
- A 100% refund of fees paid will be made if requested in writing before the course begins.
- All courses run subject to sufficient numbers. Where a course does not run students will be entitled to a 100% refund of fees paid.
- Short Courses and 50/50 Option (Students who have paid fees for 12 weeks or less). If a student leaves within two weeks of the start date 70% refund of the course fee will apply (30% admin fee). Outside this two-week period, there will be no refund of fees.
- Yearly course paid in full (students who have paid the Full Course Fee). For long courses i.e. those of one year duration or longer, a percentage of fees refund will be given over the first nine weeks of the course as per the table below.
| Week of course | Refund to student (based on full fee of course) |
| 1 | 75% |
| 2 | 60% |
| 3 | 60% |
| 4 | 60% |
| 5 | 50% |
| 6 | 40% |
| 7 | 30% |
| 8 | 20% |
| 9 | 10% |
| 10 | 0% |
- Requests for refunds must be made in writing to the part-time student helpdesk at [email protected]
- Refunds may only be made following submission of a completed refund form available from the part-time student helpdesk
- Refunds are processed in line with the SETU finance policy.
Springboard Fees Refund Policy
10% fee is non refundable once the course has commenced.
To pay an outstanding balance, please follow the below link: