Tuition

UNDERGRADUATE – Academic Year 2024-25

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.

GRADUATE – Academic Year 2024-25

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

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.
• 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

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.