Tuition&fees

Tuition

NOTE: TUITION Costs for Academic Year 2026-27 will be posted here as soon as they become available – anticipated in mid-May 2026.

Undergraduate – Academic Year 2025-26

The amounts listed below apply only to students who started their current degree-program studies at VCUarts Qatar in Fall 2019 or after, as well as to students who register/cross-register at VCUarts Qatar during Summer terms. Students should anticipate an increase in tuition each academic year. The amounts below represent a 5% increase of the “Tuition + Comprehensive Fee” of Academic Year 2023-24. (Note that Tuition/Fee costs for earlier years can be found at the VCUarts Qatar Intranet.)

Starting Academic Year 2024-25, ‘Tuition’ comprises what was previously known as ‘Tuition’ and ‘Comprehensive Fee’. Going forward, ‘Tuition’ includes the cost of teaching/instruction by the university, including lectures, seminars, and tutorials, access to course-related facilities, equipment, required software licenses, etc.  

Students who started their current degree-program studies at VCUarts Qatar prior to Fall 2019 may verify their respective “Tuition Block” at the VCUarts Qatar Intranet.

FULL TIME ENROLLMENT – Enrolled for 12-18 credits during the academic semester*
PER ACADEMIC SEMESTERUS$QAR
Tuition$ 18,418QAR 67,041.52
*A per-credit surcharge is levied if registered for more than 18 credits in a given semester.
PART TIME ENROLLMENT – Enrolled for 1-11 credits during the academic semester (Cost per credit)
PER ACADEMIC CREDITUS$QAR
Tuition$ 1,521QAR 5,536.44

Graduate – Academic Year 2025-26

The amounts listed below apply only to students who started their current degree-program studies at VCUarts Qatar in Fall 2019 or after.

FULL TIME ENROLLMENT – Enrolled for 9-15 credits during the academic semester
PER ACADEMIC SEMESTERUS$QAR
Tuition$ 15,542QAR 56,572.88
PART TIME ENROLLMENT – Enrolled for 1-8 credits during the academic semester (Cost per credit)
PER ACADEMIC CREDITUS$QAR
Tuition$ 1,740QAR 6,333.60

Refund/Proration

The refund/reduction/proration policy in place at VCUarts Qatar mirrors the policy at the home campus, VCU, in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

  • No tuition charges are levied during the Add/Drop Period.
  • Refunds are computed based on the actual withdrawal date/time, per the student-initiated, completed Withdrawal Process, as recorded by the Office of Enrollment and Registration Services. 
  • Refunds/reductions/pro-rations are made only to students who have completed the required withdrawal procedure, whether they have attended the class or not. 
  • It is the student’s responsibility to request corrections to errors on the student’s schedule. 
  • Students who are enrolled in the maximum number of credit hours (18) and withdraw up to the minimum credit hours considered as full-time enrollment (12) do not receive a refund/reduction.
  • Refund/Reduction Schedule
  • A full refund of tuition for short courses (less than six weeks in length) will be granted if the course is dropped by the end of the first day of a given class. Partial refunds are not granted for short courses.
  • Exceptions to this refund policy are made only in rare instances based upon extenuating circumstances. Written application for such exceptions must be filed with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Refund/Reduction Schedule

Drop / Withdrawal PeriodReductionStudent Pays
Drop prior to end of Add/Drop Period100%0%
Withdraw second week of classes80%20%
Withdraw third week of classes60%40%
Withdraw fourth week of classes40%60%
Withdraw after fourth week of classes0%100%

Consequences of non-payment

Students who fail to make the required payment or clear their due balances by the due date may be assessed a Late Fee or have a “QF Finance Hold” placed on their student record. Such Holds deny students from registration for courses of a future academic term and prevent the issuance of degree-certificates. Once placed, QF Finance Holds can be released only after a student has cleared all due balances owed to the Qatar Foundation, VCU, or VCUarts Qatar.