Tuition fee rates

Tuition fees vary between degree programmes. You can find the specific fees for your chosen degree programme on our postgraduate degree finder.

Annual tuition fees

Postgraduate taught degree programmes 

If you are a student on a postgraduate taught degree programme that runs over multiple years and you started your programme after August 2023, you will: 

  • not be affected by annual tuition fee increases
  • be charged a fixed annual fee based on the start date of your degree programme 

Tuition fee rates for postgraduate taught students

Postgraduate taught fee policy

Postgraduate research degree programmes

Fees for PhD and MPhil degree programmes 

If you are an overseas fee status student studying for a PhD or MPhil, you will pay a fixed annual tuition fee.

How much you need to pay depends on the start date of your degree programme.

If you are a home fee status student, your fees will increase annually. This is because 
they are linked to the minimum fee charged by UK Research and Innovation (a major 
funder of PhDs in the UK) and UKRI increase their fees each year.

Postgraduate research fees by academic year

Fees for future years of study

Fees for MScR and other research masters programmes

If you are a student on an MScR or most other research masters programmes (with some exceptions, including MPhil) that runs over multiple years and you started your programme after August 2023, you will typically:

• not be affected by annual tuition fee increases
• be charged a fixed annual fee based on the start date of your degree programme

You should check the tuition fee for your degree programme before you apply.

Work out your tuition fee status 

Postgraduate research fees by academic year

Deposits for selected degree programmes

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