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Postgraduate research courses 2016-17

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
C102	Biosciences	MRes	£4,121	*
D63R	Brewing Science	MRes	£7,020	*
D61U	Food Science and Engineering	MRes	£7,020	*
C77R	Industrial Physical Biochemistry	MRes	£4,121	*
D61T	Sensory Science	MRes	£7,020	*
D49D	AgriFood	DAgriFood	£4,121	*
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	*
All courses		PhD	£4,121	*

* 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:
£19,120, £23,870, £28,320 or £35,010.
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	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Chemistry

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	*
All courses		PhD	£4,121	*

 

* 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:

£19,120 or £23,870

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, chemical-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk

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Computer Science

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£19,120
G59D	IDIC Digital Technologies	PhD	*	*
All other courses		PhD	£4,121	£19,120

 *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)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		DocEuro	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Cultures, Languages & Area Studies (French & Francophone Studies)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

 

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Cultures, Languages & Area Studies (German Studies)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

 

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Cultures, Languages & Area Studies (Russian & Slavonic Studies)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Cultures, Languages & Area Studies (Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Economics

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

 

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Education

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		EdD	£5,110	£14,850

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Engineering

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
H70U	Manufacturing Engineering (part time)	EngD	£3,290	£15,300
All other courses		EngD	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	*
All courses (Nottingham UK based)		PhD	£4,121	*
All courses (Nottingham UK/Ningbo based)		PhD	£4,121	**
H89D	IDIC Energy Technologies	PhD	***	***

*For Science/Engineering based research, the International fee will be £19,120. For Social Science based research, the fee will be £14,850.
**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	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Geography

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	*
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,121	*
All courses		MA (by research)	£4,121	*
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	*
All courses		PhD	£4,121	*

  *For Science based research, the International fee will be £19,120. For Social Science based research, the fee will be £14,850.

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Health Sciences

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		DHSci	£4,121	£14,850

 

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Hearing Research

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	*
All courses		PhD	£4,121	*
All courses		DM	£4,121	*

*International Fees will be charged as follows: 
Low-cost research - £14,850
Laboratory-based research - £21,120
High cost laboratory-based research - £23,870.

Please contact the Institute for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research,

Tel: +44 (0)115 922 3431, d.hall@ihr.mrc.ac.uk

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Humanities (Archaeology)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MSc (by Research)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Humanities (Classics)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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 Humanities (History)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Humanities (History of Art)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Humanities (Music)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		AMusM	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		AMusD	£4,121	£14,850

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Humanities (Philosophy)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Humanities (Theology and Religious Studies)

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MA (by Research)	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Law

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Life Sciences

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All other courses		MRes	*	*
All courses		DM	£4,121	**
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	**
B12R	Physiology	MRes	£10,490	£23,870
B29P	Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery (Monash)	PhD	£4,121	£26,290
B29Q	Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery	PhD	£4,121	£26,290
B29S	Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery	PhD	£4,121	£26,290
C51R	Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance	MRes	£4,121	n/a
All other courses		PhD	£4,121	**

* HEU fees will be charged as follows:
Computer-based projects - £7,020
Laboratory-based projects - £10,490

*International fees will be charged as follows:
Computer-based projects - £14,850
Laboratory-based projects - £21,120

Please contact the School for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research,

Tel: +44 (0)115 823 0109, life-sciences-pgr-MRes@nottingham.ac.uk

**International fees will be charged as follows:
Low-cost research - £14,850
High cost laboratory-based research - £23,870
Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £28,830

Please contact the School for further advice on the fee level applicable to your area of research,

Tel: +44 (0)115 823 0109, life-sciences-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk

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Mathematical Sciences

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Medicine 

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
C81Q	Forensic Psychology	DForenPsy	£8,050	£17,770
C89Q	Forensic Psychology - top-up programme	DForenPsy	£8,050	£17,770
C81N	Forensic Psychology (part-time)	DForenPsy	£4,830	£10,665
C89N	Forensic Psychology - top-up programme (part-time)	DForenPsy	£4,830	£10,665
C89E	Forensic and Criminological Psychology	MSc (by research)	£8,050	£17,770
C89G	Applied Psychology (Greece)	PhD	£6,220	£17,770
C89W	Workplace Health and Wellbeing	DocWHW	£4,121	£17,770
C81K	Doctorate in Clinical Psychology	DClinPsy	*	*
All courses		DM	£4,121	**
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	**
All courses		MRes	£4,121	**
All courses		MSc (by research)	£4,121	**
All other courses		PhD	£4,121	**

*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 - £14,850
Medium-cost research in Applied Psychology and Paediatric Pharmacology - £17,770
Laboratory-based research - £21,120
High-cost laboratory-based research - £23,870
Technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £28,830
Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £35,010

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
B29P	Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery (Monash)	PhD	£4,121	£26,290
B29Q	Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery	PhD	£4,121	£26,290
B29S	Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery	PhD	£4,121	£26,290
All courses		MRes	£4,121	*
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	*
All other courses		PhD	£4,121	*

  *International fees will be charged as follows:
Research in the Division of Social Research in Medicines & Health - £17,770
Other research - £21,120

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)	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£19,120

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Politics and International Relations

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850

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Psychology

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		PhD	£4,121	£19,120
All courses		DAppEdPsy	*	n/a
All courses		DAppPsych	£8,050	n/a

  *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	£4,121	£14,850
L39S	Energy & Environment	PhD	£4,121	£19,120
All other courses		PhD	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		DPP	£4,121	£14,850
All courses		DPM	£4,121	£14,850

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Veterinary Medicine & Science

Code	Title	Qualification	HEU Fees	International Fees
All courses		MRes	£4,121	*
All courses		MPhil	£4,121	*
All courses		PhD	£4,121	*
All courses		MVM	£4,121	*
All courses		MVS	£4,121	*
All courses		DVetMed	£4,121	*
All courses		DVetSurg	£4,121	*

*International fees will be charged as follows:
Low-cost research - £19,120
Laboratory-based research - £23,870
High cost laboratory-based research - £28,320
Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £35,010

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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