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Post Graduate Research Courses 2018-19

 

The table gives the fees for full-time students.  For part-time and part-course students, please refer to the Fee Regulations.

Schools and Departments

 

Inter-Campus PhD

For the fees charged for an inter-campus PhD (ie a PhD where the period of study is at more than one of the University's campuses) please see the Exceptional Fees page.

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Biosciences 

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	^
All courses		PhD	£4,260	^
C102	Biosciences	MRes	£4,260	^
C50T	Microbiology	MRes	£4,260	^
C77R	Industrial Physical Biochemistry	MRes	£4,260	^
C91R	Bioethics	MRes	£4,260	^
D22R	Animal Sciences	MRes	£4,260	^
D24R	Plant and Crop Science	MRes	£4,260	^
D49D	Agrifood	DAgrifood	£4,260	^
D49S	Agricultural Systems and Management	MRes	£4,260	^
D61R	Food Sciences	MRes	£7,695	^
D61T	Sensory Science	MRes	£7,695	^
D61U	Food Science and Engineering	MRes	£7,695	^
D63P	Brewing Science	MRes	£4,260	^
D63R	Brewing Science	MRes	£4,260	^
F75R	Environmental Sciences	MRes	£4,260	^

 

^ The fee for undertaking a Research Degree in the School of Biosciences will be one of the following depending on the nature of your project: £21,060, £26,310, £31,230 or £38,580. An assessment of the appropriate fee will be made on receipt of your project proposal, & confirmed in your offer letter. Please contact the School for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research, Tel: +44 (0)115 951 6015, biosciences-admissions@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Business School

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Chemistry

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	^
All courses		PhD	£4,260	^

 
^ The fee for undertaking a Research Degree in the School of Chemistry will be one of the following depending on the nature of your project: £21,060 or £26,310. An assessment of the appropriate fee will be made on receipt of your project proposal, and confirmed in your offer letter. Please contact the School for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research, tel: +44 (0)115 951 3481, chem.admissions@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Computer Science

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£21,060
G59D	IDIC Digital Technologies	PhD	^	^
All other courses		PhD	£4,260	£21,060

 
^ Please contact the School for further details on the fees for the IDIC PhD: Tel +44(0)115 8468377, phd-enquiries@cs.nott.ac.uk

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Cultures, Languages & Area Studies

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		DEuro	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350
V90R	Black Studies	PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Cultures, Languages & Area Studies (American & Canadian Studies)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Cultures, Languages & Area Studies (Culture, Film & Media)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Cultures, Languages & Area Studies (Modern Languages)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

 
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Economics

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

 
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Education

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		EdD	£4,260	£16,350
A387	Mental Health and Wellbeing	PhD	£4,260	£16,350
X3BN	Nottingham-Beijing Split-site	PhD	n/a	^
X3BN	Nottingham-Beijing Split-site	MPhil	n/a	^

 
^ Please contact the School for further details on the fees for the Nottingham-Beijing Split-Site PhD.

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Engineering

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All other courses		EngD	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	^
All courses (Nottingham UK based)		PhD	£4,260	^
All courses (Nottingham UK/Ningbo based)		PhD	£4,260	^^
H70U	Manufacturing Engineering	EngD	£3,408	£16,848

 
^ For Science/Engineering based research, the International fee will be £21,060. For Social Science based research, the fee will be £16,350.

^^ The fee for the joint Nottingham/Ningbo PhD will be based on the relevant fees at Nottingham & at Ningbo. Normally, it will be calculated at 50% of the Nottingham UK fee & 50% of the Nottingham Ningbo fee.

^^^ Please contact the School for further details on the fees for the IDIC PhD: Tel +44 (0)115 748 4046, engineering@nottingham.ac.uk

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English

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Geography

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	^
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,260	^
All courses		MA (by research)	£4,260	^
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	^
All courses		PhD	£4,260	^

 
^ For Science based research, the International fee will be £21,060. For Social Science based research, the fee will be £16,350. 

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Health Sciences

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
B792	Health Studies	PhD	£4,260	^
All other PhD courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

 
^ The fee for undertaking a PhD in Health Studies in the School of Health Sciences will be one of the following depending on the nature of your project: £16,350 for most projects or £38,580 for high cost laboratory projects. An assessment of the appropriate fee will be made on receipt of your project proposal, & confirmed in your offer letter. Please contact the School for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research.

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Humanities (Classics and Archaeology)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MSc (by Research)	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Humanities (History)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Humanities (History of Art)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Humanities (Music)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		AMusM	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		AMusD	£4,260	£16,350
W30T	Music (by Research)	MA	£4,260	£16,350

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Humanities (Philosophy)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Humanities (Theology and Religious Studies)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Law

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Life Sciences

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
B12R	Physiology	MSc	£9,630	^
All other MRes courses		MRes	£4,260	^^
All courses		DM	£4,260	^^
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	^^
All courses		PhD	£4,260	^^

^ International fees will be charged as follows: Computer-based projects - £16,350, Laboratory-based projects - £23,280. For further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research, please contact the School at: life-sciences-pgr-MRes@nottingham.ac.uk or +44 (0)115 823 0311,  

^^ International fees will be charged as follows: Low-cost research - £16,350, High cost laboratory-based research - £26,310, Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £31,230. For further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research, please contact the School at: life-sciences-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk or +44 (0)115 823 0311.

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Mathematical Sciences

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Medicine 

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		DM	£4,260	^^
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	^^
All courses		MRes	£4,260	^^
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,260	^^
All other courses		PhD	£4,260	^^
B13S	Molecular Pathology	MSc (by research)	£10,710	£23,490
C81K	Doctorate in Clinical Psychology	DClinPsy	^	^
C81N	Forensic Psychology - part time	DForenPsy	£5,292	£11,736
C81Q	Forensic Psychology - full programme	DForenPsy	£8,820	£19,560
C89E	Forensic and Criminological Psychology	MSc (by research)	£8,820	£19,560
C89N	Forensic Psychology - part time	DForenPsy	£5,292	£11,736
C89Q	Forensic Psychology - top-up	DForenPsy	£8,820	£19,560
C89W	Workplace Health and Wellbeing	DocWHW	£4,260	£19,560

 
^ Successful applicants for this programme are employed by the NHS as trainee clinical psychologists and course fees are covered by the funding body. Please contact the School for further information: Tel +44 (0)115 84 67523, medicine-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk.

^^ International fees will be charged as follows: Low-cost research - £16,350, Medium-cost research in Applied Psychology and Paediatric Pharmacology - £19,560, Laboratory-based research - £23,280, High-cost laboratory-based research - £26,310, Technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £31,230, Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £38,580. Please contact the School for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research, Tel: +44 (0) 115 823 1000, medicine-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Pharmacy

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	^
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	^
All other courses		PhD	£4,260	^

 
^ International fees will be charged as follows: Research in the Division of Pharmacy Practice & Policy - £19,560, Other research - £23,280. Please contact the School for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research. Tel: +44(0)115 951 5100, pharmacy-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Physics & Astronomy

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£21,060

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Politics and International Relations

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350

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Psychology

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		PhD	£4,260	£21,060
All courses		DAppEdPsy	£12,170^	£23,280

 

^ Applicants who are resident in the United Kingdom are able to apply for funding through the Clearing House for Postgraduate Educational Psychology courses, which is administered by The National College for Teaching and Leadership, part of the Department for Education. Please contact Ruth Chapman at the School for further information: Tel +44 (0)115 846 8577, ruth.chapman@nottingham.ac.uk.  

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Sociology & Social Policy

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	£16,350
All other courses		PhD	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		DPP	£4,260	£16,350
All courses		DPM	£4,260	£16,350
L39S	Energy & Environment	PhD	£4,260	£21,060

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Veterinary Medicine & Science

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,260	^
All courses		MPhil	£4,260	^
All courses		PhD	£4,260	^
All courses		MVM	£4,260	^
All courses		MVS	£4,260	^
All courses		DVetMed	£4,260	^
All courses		DVetSurg	£4,260	^

 

^ International fees will be charged as follows: Low-cost research - £21,060, Laboratory-based research - £26,310, High cost laboratory-based research - £31,230, Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £38,580. Please contact the School for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research: Tel: +44 (0) 115 951 6464; Email: veterinary-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

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