Postgraduate research courses 2024/25
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 |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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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 |
|
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All other MRes courses |
MRes |
|
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
|
£4,786 |
See note ^^ |
^ International fee: £30,200 or £35,750 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: sb-general-admin@nottingham.ac.uk.
^^ International fee: £30,200 for low-cost projects, £35,750 for high-cost lab-based, £41,000 for technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs, or £52,500 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: sb-general-admin@nottingham.ac.uk.
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Business School
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Chemistry
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
^ International fee: £30,200 or £35,750 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 |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Computer Science
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
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Cultural, Media and Visual Studies
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
Code/type | Qualification | Title | UK home fee | International fee |
V90R |
PhD |
Black Studies |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All DocEuro courses |
DEuro |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Economics
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Education
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All EdD courses |
EdD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All other PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Engineering
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
All other EngD courses |
EngD |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
All PhD courses (Nottingham UK based) |
PhD |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All PhD courses (Nottingham UK/Ningbo based) |
PhD |
£4,786 |
See note ^^ |
^ International fees: £21,500 for social sciences based or £28,600 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 |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Geography
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
^ International fees: £21,500 for social sciences based or £28,600 for science based.
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Health Sciences
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All DHSci courses |
DHSci |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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History
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Law
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Life Sciences
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All DM courses |
DM |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
^ International fees: £22,600 for low-cost, £30,200 for lab-based, £35,750 for high-cost lab-based or £41,000 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 |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Medicine
Code/type | Qualification | Title | UK home fee | International fee |
C89G |
PhD |
Applied Psychology (Greece) |
£9,700 |
£26,250 |
C81K |
DClinPsy |
Clinical Psychology |
See note ^ |
See note ^ |
C89E |
MSc (by Research) |
Forensic and Criminological Psychology |
£11,850 |
£26,250 |
C81Q |
DForenPsy |
Forensic Psychology – full programme |
£11,850 |
£26,250 |
C89Q |
DForenPsy |
Forensic Psychology – top-up |
£11,850 |
£26,250 |
C81N |
DForenPsy |
Forensic Psychology (part-time) |
£7,110 |
£15,750 |
C89W |
DocWHW |
Workplace Health and Wellbeing |
£4,786 |
£26,250 |
All DM courses |
DM |
|
£4,786 |
See note ^^ |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
|
£4,786 |
See note ^^ |
All other MRes courses |
MRes |
|
£4,786 |
See note ^^ |
All other PhD courses |
PhD |
|
£4,786 |
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: £21,500 for low-cost, £26,250 for medium-cost in applied psychology and paediatric pharmacology, £30,200 for lab-based, £35,750 for high-cost lab-based, £41,000 for technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs or £52,500 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/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Music
Code/type | Qualification | Title | UK home fee | International fee |
W30T |
MRes |
Music |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Pharmacy
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
All other PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
See note ^ |
^ International fees: £26,250 for research in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy or £30,200 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 |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Physics and Astronomy
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
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Politics and International Relations
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Psychology
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All DAppEdPsy courses |
DAppEdPsy^ |
TBC |
£30,200 |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£28,600 |
^ 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 |
£4,786 |
TBC |
All DPM courses |
DPM |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All DPP courses |
DPP |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All other PhD courses |
PhD |
|
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Theology and Religious Studies
Code/type | Qualification | UK home fee | International fee |
All MPhil courses |
MPhil |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All MRes courses |
MRes |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
All PhD courses |
PhD |
£4,786 |
£21,500 |
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Veterinary Medicine and Science
International fees: £26,250 for low-cost, £30,200 for lab-based, £35,750 for high-cost lab-based or £41,000 for exceptional technically intensive or specialised projects with high consumable costs. For details, contact veterinary-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk.
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