Fee Rate Categories and Discounts

Standard Rate (Full Fee Rate)

  • Available to all except those who fall under the Internal Rate or Associate Rate category.

Internal Rate

The internal rate is available to:

  • Current Imperial students and staff (incl. Imperial NHS Trust, Imperial Innovations, ancillary & service staff employed on long-term contracts at Imperial by third-party contractors)
  • People enrolling under the Friends & Family scheme for the friends and family of Imperial students and staff
  • Alumni of Imperial College and predecessor colleges and institutes, including City & Guilds College Association members
  • Students, staff and alumni of the Royal College of Art, Royal College of Music and UAL
  • Students, staff and Governors of Woodhouse College and the IC Mathematics School, and parents/guardians of children attending these schools.

Associate Rate (Reduced Rate)

This rate is available to:

  • Those who are unemployed in receipt of UK state benefits, or employed in receipt of low-income-related UK state benefits, or those who have a registered disability
  • Austrian Cultural Forum staff
  • Co-operative College members
  • Francis Crick Institute staff, researchers and students
  • Friends and Patrons of the English Chamber Orchestra
  • Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
  • Friends of Leighton House/ Sambourne House
  • Friends of the Royal College of Music
  • Hammersmith and Fulham Council staff and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council staff
  • Harrods staff
  • Historic Royal Palaces staff
  • Kensington and Chelsea Women's Club members
  • Lycee Charles de Gaulle staff
  • Members of the Friends of Imperial (formerly Friends of Imperial College)
  • Members of the Kennel Club
  • Members of the London Zoological Society
  • Members of the South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
  • National Health Service (NHS) employees (exluding Imperial NHS Trust staff)
  • Natural History Museum, Science Museum and V&A staff
  • Residents of postcodes SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10, W8, W11 and W12
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council staff and Hammersmith and Fulham Council staff
  • Royal Geographical Society staff
  • Staff of Exhibition Road Cultural Group (Discover South Kensington) organisations
  • Students and staff of UK schools, colleges and universities (exluding-Imperial)
  • The American Institute for Foreign Study

If in doubt please do ask.

Proof of status should be brought with you, and made available for inspection, at the first session of any course you join.