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Postgraduate research courses 2023/24

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/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Biosciences

Code/type	Qualification	Title	UK home fee	International fee
D63R	MRes	Brewing Science	£9,250	See note ^
D61U	MRes	Food Science and Engineering	£9,250	See note ^
D61R	MRes	Food Sciences	£9,250	See note ^
D61T	MRes	Sensory Science	£9,250	See note ^
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,712	See note ^
All other MRes courses	MRes		£4,712	See note ^
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,712	See note ^^

^ International fee: £28,700 or £34,000 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: £28,700 for low-cost projects, £34,000 for high-cost lab-based, £39,000 for technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs, or £50,000 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/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Chemistry

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	See note ^
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	See note ^
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	See note ^

^ International fee: £28,700 or £34,000 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/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Computer Science

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£27,200
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£27,200

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Cultural, Media and Visual Studies

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Cultures, Languages and Area Studies

Code/type	Qualification	Title	UK home fee	International fee
V90R	PhD	Black Studies	£4,712	£20,500
All DocEuro courses	DEuro		£4,712	£20,500
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,712	£20,500

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Economics

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Education

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All EdD courses	EdD	£4,712	£20,500
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All other PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Engineering

Code/type	Qualification	Title	UK home fee	International fee
H70U	EngD	Manufacturing Engineering	£3,880	£21,500
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,712	See note ^
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,712	£27,200
All other EngD courses	EngD		£4,712	£27,200
All PhD courses (Nottingham UK based)	PhD		£4,712	See note ^
All PhD courses (Nottingham UK/Ningbo based)	PhD		£4,712	See note ^^

^ International fees: £20,500 for social sciences based or £27,200 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/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Geography

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	See note ^
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	See note ^
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	See note ^

^ International fees: £20,500 for social sciences based or £27,200 for science based.

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Health Sciences

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All DHSci courses	DHSci	£4,712	£20,500
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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History

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Law

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Life Sciences

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All DM courses	DM	£4,712	See note ^
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	See note ^
All MRes courses	MRes	£9,250	£27,200
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	See note ^

^ International fees: £21,500 for low-cost, £28,700 for lab-based, £34,000 for high-cost lab-based or £39,000 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/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Medicine

Code/type	Qualification	Title	UK home fee	International fee
C89G	PhD	Applied Psychology (Greece)	£9,225	£25,000
C81K	DClinPsy	Clinical Psychology	See note ^	See note ^
C89E	MSc (by Research)	Forensic and Criminological Psychology	£11,300	£25,000
C81Q	DForenPsy	Forensic Psychology – full programme	£11,300	£25,000
C89Q	DForenPsy	Forensic Psychology – top-up	£11,300	£25,000
C81N	DForenPsy	Forensic Psychology (part-time)	£6,780	£15,000
B13V	MRes	Molecular Pathology, Bioinformatics and Diagnostics	£14,000	£28,700
C89W	DocWHW	Workplace Health and Wellbeing	£4,712	£25,000
All DM courses	DM		£4,712	See note ^^
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,712	See note ^^
All other MRes courses	MRes		£4,712	See note ^^
All other PhD courses	PhD		£4,712	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: £20,500 for low-cost, £25,000 for medium-cost in applied psychology and paediatric pharmacology, £28,700 for lab-based, £34,000 for high-cost lab-based, £39,000 for technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs or £50,000 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/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Music

Code/type	Qualification	Title	UK home fee	International fee
W30T	MRes	Music	£4,712	£20,500
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes		£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD		£4,712	£20,500

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Pharmacy

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	See note ^
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	See note ^
All other PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	See note ^

^ International fees: £25,000 for research in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy or £28,700 for other research. For details, contact pharmacy-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Philosophy

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Physics and Astronomy

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£27,200
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£27,200
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£27,200

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Politics and International Relations

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Psychology

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All DAppEdPsy courses	DAppEdPsy^	£11,195	£28,700
All DAppPsych courses	DAppPsych	£11,300	n/a
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£27,200
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£27,200

^ 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/type	Qualification	Title	UK home fee	International fee
L39S	PhD	Energy and Environment	£4,712	TBC
All DPM courses	DPM		£4,712	£20,500
All DPP courses	DPP		£4,712	£20,500
All MPhil courses	MPhil		£4,712	£20,500
All other PhD courses	PhD		£4,712	£20,500

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Theology and Religious Studies

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	£20,500
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	£20,500
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	£20,500

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Veterinary Medicine and Science

Code/type	Qualification	UK home fee	International fee
All DVetMed courses	DVetMed	£4,712	See note ^
All DVetSurg courses	DVetSurg	£4,712	See note ^
All MPhil courses	MPhil	£4,712	See note ^
All MRes courses	MRes	£4,712	See note ^
All MVM courses	MVM	£4,712	See note ^
All MVS courses	MVS	£4,712	See note ^
All PhD courses	PhD	£4,712	See note ^

^ International fees: £25,000 for low-cost, £28,700 for lab-based, £34,000 for high-cost lab-based or £39,000 for exceptional technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs. For details, contact veterinary-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.

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