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Postgraduate research courses 2020/21

The table gives the fees for full-time students. Part-time and part-course students will pay a proportion of the stated fee for each year of the course depending on the amount of study they are undertaking. For full details, 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	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
D63R	MRes	Brewing Science	£9,045	^
D61U	MRes	Food Science and Engineering	£9,045	^
D61R	MRes	Food Sciences	£9,045	^
D61T	MRes	Sensory Science	£9,045	^
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	^
All other MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	^
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	^

^ The fee for international students undertaking a research degree in the School of Biosciences will be one of the following depending on the nature of your project: £24,990, £29,670, £35,220 or £43,500. 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 at biosciences-research@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Business School

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Chemistry

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	^
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	^
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	^

^ The fee for international students undertaking a research degree in the School of Chemistry will be one of the following depending on the nature of your project: £26,250 or £29,670. 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 at chem.admissions@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Computer Science

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£23,760
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£23,760

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Cultures, Languages and Area Studies

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
V90R	PhD	Black Studies	£4,407	£18,420
All DocEuro courses	DEuro		£4,407	£18,420
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Cultures, Languages and Area Studies (Cultural, Media and Visual Studies)

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Cultures, Languages and Area Studies (Modern Languages and Cultures)

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Economics

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Education 

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All EdD courses	EdD		£4,407	£18,420
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All other PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

 

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Engineering

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
H70U	EngD	Manufacturing Engineering	£3,462	£19,008
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	^
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£23,760
All other EngD courses	EngD		£4,407	£23,760
All PhD courses (Nottingham UK based)	PhD		£4,407	^
All PhD courses (Nottingham UK/Ningbo based)	PhD		£4,407	^^

^ For science/engineering based research, the international fee will be £23,760. For social science based research, the fee will be £18,420.

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

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English

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Geography

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	^
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	^
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	^

^ For science based research, the international fee will be £23,760. For social science based research, the fee will be £18,420.

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Health Sciences

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All DHSci courses	DHSci		£4,407	£18,420
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Humanities (Classics and Archaeology)

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Humanities (History)

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Humanities (Music)

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
W30T	MRes	Music (by Research)	£4,407	£18,420
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Humanities (Philosophy)

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Humanities (Theology and Religious Studies)

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Law

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Life Sciences

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All DM courses	DM		£4,407	^^
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	^^
All MRes courses	MRes		^	^
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	^^

^ HEU fees will be charged as follows, depending on the nature of your project: £8,010, £9,045, £10,800 or £12,960.  International fees will be charged as follows, depending on the nature of your project: £18,420, £23,760, £26,250 or £35,220. For further advice, please contact the school at life-sciences-pgr-mres@nottingham.ac.uk.

^^ International fees will be charged as follows: low-cost research £20,250, lab-based research £26,250, high-cost lab-based research £29,670, exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs £35,220. For further advice, please contact the school at life-sciences-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Mathematical Sciences

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Medicine

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
C89G	PhD	Applied Psychology (Greece)	£8,010	£22,590
C81K	DClinPsy	Clinical Psychology	^	^
C89E	MRes	Forensic and Criminological Psychology	£9,945	£22,590
C81Q	DForenPsy	Forensic Psychology - full programme	£9,945	£22,590
C89Q	DForenPsy	Forensic Psychology - top up	£9,945	£22,590
C89N	DForenPsy	Forensic Psychology - top up programme	£5,967	£13,554
C81N	DForenPsy	Forensic Psychology (part-time)	£5,967	£13,554
B13V	MRes	Molecular Pathology, Bioinformatics and Diagnostics	£12,060	£26,955
C89W	DocWHW	Workplace Health and Wellbeing	£4,407	£22,590
All DM courses	DM		£4,407	^^
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	^^
All other MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	^^
All other PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	^^

^ 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 at medicine-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk.

^^ International fees will be charged as follows: low-cost research £18,420, medium-cost research in applied psychology and paediatric pharmacology £22,590, lab-based research £26,250, high-cost lab-based research £29,670, Technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs £35,220, Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs £43,500. Please contact the school for further advice at medicine-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Pharmacy

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	^
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	^
All other PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	^

^ International fees will be charged as follows: Research in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy £22,590, other research £26,250. Please contact the school for further advice at pharmacy-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Physics and Astronomy

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£23760
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£23760
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£23760

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Politics and International Relations

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	£18,420
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Psychology

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All DAppEdPsy courses	DAppEdPsy^		£12,870	£26,250
All DAppPsych courses	DAppPsych		£9,945	n/a
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£23,760
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£23,760

^ Applicants who are resident in the UK 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. Contact Ruth Chapman for further information at ruth.chapman@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Sociology and Social Policy

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
L39S	PhD	Energy and Environment	£4,407	£23,760
All DPM courses	DPM		£4,407	£18,420
All DPP courses	DPP		£4,407	£18,420
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	£18,420
All other PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	£18,420

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Veterinary Medicine and Science

Code	Qualification	Title	HEU fees	International fees
All DVetMed courses	DVetMed		£4,407	^
All DVetSurg courses	DVetSurg		£4,407	^
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,407	^
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,407	^
All MVM courses	MVM		£4,407	^
All MVS courses	MVS		£4,407	^
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,407	^

 
^ International fees will be charged as follows: low-cost research £23,760, lab-based research £29,670, high-cost lab-based research £35,220, Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs £43,500. Please contact the school for further advice at veterinary-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

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