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UK Postgraduate Fees and Finance

If you are looking for information on fees for International students, please visit our International Fees and Scholarships page.

Individual fees for each course can be found on the respective course pages.

Postgraduate fees typically increase each year, therefore if you are studying over more than one academic year, your tuition fee in subsequent years is likely to increase. 

 

A postgraduate master's loan is available of up to £13,206 (2026/2027) to help with the tuition fees and/or living costs for master's study. This is for the course, rather than per year. You can apply for the full amount regardless of the actual tuition fee that you will be paying. The loan will be paid directly to you in three instalments in each year of study. Payments will be made in three termly instalments over the duration of the course.

How to Apply

if you have previously received funding for an undergraduate degree you should log into the same account. You can apply for the loan up to nine months after the start of the course.

Repayment 

The Master's Loan is repaid at the same time, and in the same way, as Undergraduate Tuition and Maintenance Loans.
Accessing the Master's Loan
Information about the Master's Loan, including eligibility, is , but please note the following:
  • You must be completing a Masters qualification that consists of at least 180 credits to be eligible. All 探花社区 MA and MSc programmes are 180 credits. If you were to apply to study single modules, you would not be eligible for the Master's Loan.
  • The Master's Loan can be used to pay for tuition fees and/or maintenance costs. The money will be paid directly to you, and you will be asked to pay the University for your tuition fees.
  • Please check the tuition fees for your course - some courses may have fees that are higher than the amount you would receive in the Master's Loan, which means you would be required to self-fund the additional fees.
  • Some Masters courses are two-years in duration, e.g. MA Social Work, which means fees are payable for each year of the two-year programme. This may lead to you having to self-fund some of the tuition fees as the Masters Loan is a single amount for the full qualification, regardless of how long it takes to complete the programme.
  • The Master's Loan can be used for both full-time and part-time study.
  • If the University recognises your previous Masters Level (Level 7) learning, leading you to study less than the full 180 credits at the University, you will not be eligible for the Master's Loan.
  • You will receive your Master's Loan once you have an approved Student Finance application and provided photo ID during induction. Please keep this in mind when preparing to start your course.
Please see the for more detailed information.

A postgraduate doctoral loan is available of £31,122 (2026/2027) to help with the tuition fees and/or living costs for doctoral study. This for the course, rather than per year. The amount may vary depending on the year of study you are in at the time of applying. 

You can apply for the full amount regardless of the actual tuition fee that you will be paying. The loan will be paid directly to you in three instalments in each year of study. Payments will be made in three termly instalments over the duration of the course. 

How to apply 

if you have previously received funding for an undergraduate degree you should log into the same account. You can apply for the loan up to nine months after the start of the course. 

Repayment 

The doctoral loan is repaid at the same time, and same method as undergraduate loans. The earning threshold for a doctoral loan is £21,000 per year, you will repay 6% of earnings above this.

To note: 

  • Payments will be made once the course has started, please consider this when beginning a course. 
  • Where a postgraduate doctoral loan has been received previously, a student will be ineligible for another. There may be grounds for reconsideration under a compelling personal reason. 
  • Following enrolment and attendance on the course, payments are made once you have an approved Student Finance application and provided photo ID during induction. Please keep this in mind when starting your course.

For any queries around eligibility please contact us. Please look at the full eligibility criteria via the

Find out more about the details of all the scholarships on offer for UK Postgraduate students.

All members of the 探花社区 Alumni Association are entitled to a loyalty reduction of up to 25% on selected postgraduate course fees. This scheme has been developed to support and encourage alumni students to progress to full or part-time postgraduate taught or research programmes at the University. More information is available on the Alumni Postgraduate Loyalty Scheme page.