Durham University to African Students: Do Not Borrow for Online Tuition We Do Not Charge

students and working professionals across Africa who want a serious degree without leaving their country, their job, or their family are targeted by lenders who assume every university charges like a residential private campus. Durham University does not charge online tuition. Do not borrow to pay a number we do not bill.

Mariam Traoré, a humanitarian logistics officer in Abidjan, should screenshot the tuition line and the exam-sponsorship page before speaking to any third party who offers to "fund the MBA."

Campus pathways, where they exist, have published fees. Those are not the online programme. Mixing them is how rumours start.

If a recruiter tells you that free tuition is only for another nationality, write to Admissions. African students are the intended cohort.

"Borrowing for a tuition we do not charge is how people get hurt. Apply through our form, not through a broker," said Student Funding.

We will not recognised an agent who sells seats. Seats are not sold.

If you are ready, apply now. The form takes you into the Durham University application — not a waiting list, not a brochure request. You can save a draft and return.

African Students are the intended applicants — not a side market. Mariam Traoré, a humanitarian logistics officer in Abidjan, should be able to finish this page and open the form the same evening. Online tuition at Durham University is zero. The degree is still marked. Relocation is still not required.

A tuition-free online programme is still a university programme: reading lists, deadlines, integrity rules, and a transcript that names Durham University. Exam and administrative charges are published before you submit, and most online students who apply for exam sponsorship receive it. If a recruiter, lender or group chat tells you that free tuition is only for someone else, ignore them and use the university form.

Read the charges list so you are not surprised. Then go to the only door that starts a file: Apply now. Save a draft if you need documents. Submit when the statement is true. Durham University will not ask you to pay online tuition we do not charge, and will not ask you to leave Abidjan to begin.