MSc Application Processing Fee (APF)

The Application Processing Fee (APF) is set at £20 net of all expenses. This payment can be made by an interbank transfer. You will need to download ‘FRIS Bank letter’ from our website which certifies that you are transferring funds for educational purposes. You must fill your details in this letter before taking it to the bank manager. Our account details are as follows:

Name of the organisation: Friends of Researchers in the Indian subcontinent
Address of the organisation: 36 Fairlawn Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4TG
Name of the bank where account is held: The Co-operative Bank
Address of the bank: PO Box 101, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester, M60 4EP
Account number: 67476460
Sort code: 08-92-99
IBAN: GB46CPBK08929967476460
BIC: CPBKGB22

Your bank will provide you a payment receipt that you MUST include in your application.

An APF payment reference identifying the candidate as the payee is required. The unique reference should have the candidate’s first name, dash, date of birth (ddmmyyyy format), dash, country abbreviation. For example, if a candidate’s name is Afshan Munir, her date of birth is 19 October 1997, and she is an Indian citizen, her reference will be Afshan-19101997-IN. [Abbreviations for the seven different countries of the Indian subcontinent: Bangladesh (BD), Bhutan (BT), India (IN), Maldives (MV), Nepal (NP), Pakistan (PK), Sri Lanka (LK).

If you are paying using an online system the payment should be made in a single transaction to the FRIS Charity UK bank account. It must be equivalent to no less than £20.00 in your national currency excluding processing expenses. (Be sure that the correct fee is paid all at one time.) Candidates wishing to pay using an online platform may use the following link (https://donate.stripe.com/8wM7vGfy96Wr5Ve6oo). Please make sure your credit/debit card is enabled for an international payment. The APF is non-refundable. Your application will not be considered without either the transaction ID or payment receipt. There is no alternative payment option at present.