Tuition fees vary between degree programmes. You can find the specific fees for your chosen degree programme on our postgraduate degree finder. Find tuition fees on the degree finder What tuition fees cover Tuition fees cover your matriculation, tuition and one diet of examinations. An examination diet is the period of one set of exams. 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 increasesbe charged a fixed annual fee based on the start date of your degree programme Tuition fee rates for postgraduate taught students Fees for PhD, MPhil and MRes degree programmes If you are a research student and you started your programme after August 2022, you will pay a fixed annual tuition fee unless you have a ‘home’ fee status. How much you need to pay depends on the start date of your degree programme. Postgraduate research fees by academic year PhD, MPhil and MRes fees for students with a ‘home’ fee status The University sets the tuition fees for students with a ‘home’ fee status. In many cases this will be set at the UKRI minimum fee rate, but some degree programmes will have fees which are different to the UKRI minimum. Because the UKRI rate is usually confirmed by UKRI after the majority of our fees are published, the home fee rate is usually confirmed later than the tuition fees for overseas/international students. Your tuition fees might increase annually.Work out your tuition fee status Postgraduate research fees by academic year Deposits for selected degree programmes Check if you need to pay a deposit for your degree programme This article was published on 2025-10-07