Student fees and finance

Postgraduate research courses 2021/22

The below tables give 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, refer to the fee regulations.

Schools and departments

 

Inter-Campus PhD

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

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American and Canadian Studies

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Biosciences

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
D63R MRes Brewing Science

£9,250

See note ^
D61R MRes Food Sciences £9,250 See note ^
D61T MRes Sensory Science £9,250 See note ^
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 See note ^
All other MRes courses MRes   £4,496 See note ^
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 See note ^^


^ International fee: £26,500 or £31,500 depending on the nature of your project. An assessment will be made on receipt of your project proposal and confirmed in your offer letter. For details, contact biosciences-research@nottingham.ac.uk.

^^ International fee: £26,500 for low-cost projects, £31,500 for high-cost lab-based, £36,000 for technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs, or £46,500 for exceptional technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs. An assessment will be made on receipt of your project proposal and confirmed in your offer letter. For details, contact biosciences-research@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Business School

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Chemistry

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 See note ^
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 See note ^
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 See note ^


^
 International fee: £26,500 or £31,500 depending on the nature of your project. An assessment will be made on receipt of your project proposal and confirmed in your offer letter. For details, contact chem.admissions@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Classics and Archaeology

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Computer Science

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £25,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £25,000


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Cultural, Media and Visual Studies

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Cultures, Languages and Area Studies

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
V90R PhD Black Studies £4,496 £19,000
All DocEuro courses DEuro   £4,496 £19,000
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Economics

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Education

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
X3BN PhD Nottingham-Beijing Split-Site n/a See note ^
All EdD courses EdD   £4,496 £19,000
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All other PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


^
 For details on the fees for the Nottingham-Beijing Split-Site PhD, contact the school.

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Engineering

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
H70U EngD Manufacturing Engineering £3,597 £20,000
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 See note ^
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £25,000
All other EngD courses EngD   £4,496 £25,000
All PhD courses (Nottingham UK based) PhD   £4,496 See note ^
All PhD courses (Nottingham UK/Ningbo based) PhD   £4,496 See note ^^


^ International fees: £19,000 for social sciences based or £25,000 for science based.

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

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English

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Geography

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 See note ^
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 See note ^
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 See note ^


^ International fees: £19,000 for social sciences based or £25,000 for science based.

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Health Sciences

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All DHSci courses DHSci   £4,496 £19,000
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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History

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Law

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Life Sciences

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All DM courses DM   £4,496 See note ^
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 See note ^
All MRes courses MRes   £9,250 £25,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 See note ^


^ 
International fees: £20,000 for low-cost, £26,500 for lab-based, £31,500 for high-cost lab-based or £36,000 for exceptional technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs. For details, contact life-sciences-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Mathematical Sciences

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Medicine

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
C89G PhD Applied Psychology (Greece) £8,500 £23,000
C81K DClinPsy Clinical Psychology See note ^ See note ^
C89E MSc (by Research) Forensic and Criminological Psychology £10,500 £23,000
C81Q DForenPsy Forensic Psychology  full programme £10,500 £23,000
C89Q DForenPsy Forensic Psychology  top-up £10,500 £23,000
C89N DForenPsy Forensic Psychology  top-up programme £6,300 £13,800
C81N DForenPsy Forensic Psychology (part-time) £6,300 £13,800
B13V MRes Molecular Pathology, Bioinformatics and Diagnostics £13,000 £26,500
C89W DocWHW Workplace Health and Wellbeing £4,496 £23,000
All DM courses DM   £4,496 See note ^^
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 See note ^^
All other MRes courses MRes   £4,496 See note ^^
All other PhD courses PhD   £4,496 See note ^^


^
Successful applicants for this course are employed by the NHS as trainee clinical psychologists and course fees are covered by the funding body. For details, contact medicine-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk.

^^ International fees: £19,000 for low-cost, £23,000 for medium-cost in applied psychology and paediatric pharmacology, £26,500 for lab-based, £31,500 for high-cost lab-based, £36,000 for technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs or £46,500 for exceptional technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs. For details, contact medicine-pgr@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Modern Languages and Cultures

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Music

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
W30T MRes Music £4,496 £19,000
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Pharmacy

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 See note ^
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 See note ^
All other PhD courses PhD   £4,496 See note ^


^
International fees: £23,000 for research in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy or £26,500 for other research. For details, contact pharmacy-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Philosophy

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Physics and Astronomy

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £25,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £25,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £25,000


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Politics and International Relations

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Psychology

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All DAppEdPsy courses DAppEdPsy^   £10,999 £26,500
All DAppPsych courses DAppPsych   £10,500 n/a
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £25,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £25,000


^
Applicants who are resident in the UK can 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. For details, contact ruth.keetley@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Sociology and Social Policy

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
L39S PhD Energy and Environment £4,496 To be confirmed
All DPM courses DPM   £4,496 £19,000
All DPP courses DPP   £4,496 £19,000
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All other PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Theology and Religious Studies

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 £19,000
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 £19,000
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 £19,000


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Veterinary Medicine and Science

Code/typeQualificationTitleUK home feeInternational fee
All DVetMed courses DVetMed   £4,496 See note ^
All DVetSurg courses DVetSurg   £4,496 See note ^
All MPhil courses MPhil   £4,496 See note ^
All MRes courses MRes   £4,496 See note ^
All MVM courses MVM   £4,496 See note ^
All MVS courses MVS   £4,496 See note ^
All PhD courses PhD   £4,496 See note ^


^ International fees: £23,000 for low-cost, £26,500 for lab-based, £31,500 for high-cost lab-based or £36,000 for exceptional technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs. For details, contact veterinary-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

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