Admissions and Scholarship

Who can apply

You must be 18 or over. Before commencing the course, you should be able to:

• write and execute a short Python script;
• use a terminal to navigate between folders and execute commands;
• create basic Git commits;
• read a JSON file and interpret its structure;
• write a straightforward SQL query.

No coding is required in Modules 1 to 3; practical coding begins in Module 4. Before the course starts, Week 0 provides an opportunity to assess your existing skills and directs you to a free learning resource for each one. Applications are assessed against the eligibility criteria on this page.

We are unable to accept applications where UK sanctions, export control or anti-money-laundering law prohibits us from supplying the course. All applicants are screened against the UK OFSI consolidated list and applicable UK regimes.

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Fees

Course fee: £1,199. No VAT is charged. The fee stated in your offer is the total price payable for the course, and nothing is added to it later. The Certified Forward Deployed Engineer (CFDE)™ certification examination is offered separately; its fee is published on the certification page.

There is no application fee. The course fee is due when you accept an offer, and the contract is made when you pay. Fees are paid in full, in pounds sterling. Invoices and receipts are issued by Artificial Intelligence Uni Ltd. Fees and payment terms are set out in the Terms and Conditions.

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AIU Access Scholarship

The AIU Access Scholarship reduces the course fee to £799 (limited awards per cohort) for applicants for whom the full fee would be a barrier. It is not full funding and carries no stipend. You qualify through one of three routes, tested on the day you apply:

• Route one. You live in an economy classified by the World Bank as low income or lower-middle income, and it is your main home.
• Route two. You live anywhere else and certify current financial hardship: paying the full fee would leave you unable to meet essential living costs for yourself or your dependants.
• Route three. You are between roles: not currently in paid employment or self-employment, and looking for work.

Your nationality plays no part in eligibility.

Scholarship requests are submitted as part of the course application, with a brief statement of your circumstances and the scholarship undertaking; documentary proof of residence or circumstances may be requested. Awards are limited for each cohort and are allocated in the order in which complete applications are received; an application is complete when the scholarship request, statement, undertaking and any proof we ask for have been received. The cap for each cohort is set before any scholarship request for that cohort is decided. Once it is reached, no further awards are made for that cohort and we say so on this page. Meeting a route does not guarantee an award. A scholarship applies only if it is expressly stated in your offer. One award applies per place, and it cannot be combined with any other reduction or transferred.

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How the application works

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Employer-funded places

Your employer may fund your place. We provide a sponsorship letter and a pro-forma invoice addressed to the employer on request, and the fee can be paid directly by corporate card through the learner’s payment link. 80% of UK financial services firms responding to the Bank of England and FCA’s 2026 survey reported AI agents in deployment; sponsoring a place is how an organisation develops the engineers who put those systems into production from within its own team. To arrange employer funding, email admissions@aiu.ac with the application reference. For team or corporate places, email employers@aiu.ac.

Refunds are always issued to the original payer.

If you need to ask your manager, use our employer funding letter.

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Refunds

If you cancel within 14 days of payment, you will receive a full refund. After that period, but before the course commences, the fee will be refunded less an £89 administration charge. Once the course has begun, refunds are not available except in exceptional circumstances, at AIU’s discretion. Requests to defer to a later cohort on grounds of hardship may be made up to the end of Week 4. Full terms are set out in the Refund Policy.

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Dates

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Apply

Before you apply, please read the Terms and Conditions, the Refund Policy, the Privacy Policy, and the Non-Discrimination Policy. You will be asked to confirm that you have read and accept them.

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Applications take about ten minutes. There is no application fee.

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