Additional study costs for postgraduates can be mandatory or optional and include things like text books, field trips or placement costs. Where to find additional study costs You can find additional study costs under the 'Additional programme costs' heading on your programme's page on the degree finder. For some research programmes, the exact additional costs you need to pay will be confirmed in your offer letter. Not all programmes will have additional study costs listed. If this is the case for your programme, skip to the next step. Find additional study costs for your programme on the degree finder How to calculate your additional study costs amount Some additional study costs will be a one-off, while others you might have to pay every year. To get a total of the mandatory additional study costs: Add all the one-off additional study costs listed for your programme together. Multiply yearly additional costs by the number of years you need to pay those. Add all of those sums together. Add together the one-off and total yearly sums to get your estimated total additional study costs. Next step Step 3: Calculate estimated living or commuting costs Studying online or by distance? Go to step 4.Step 4: Calculate other relevant costs Previous step Step 1: Calculate total estimated tuition fees This article was published on 2026-04-02