Additional Charges

Additional charges include:

• Administrative Charges 
• Fees for Students on Continuation
• Tuition Fee Deposits for Postgraduate Taught Programmes

Administrative Charges 

Administrative Charges for Examinations 

For initial Degrees, Diplomas and Higher Degrees, no examination fee is normally payable for the first written examination attempt, the first submission of a thesis, or the first submission of a musical exercise. Exceptions:

• Additional charge for students taking examinations in centres other than Durham: £50
• Higher Doctorates (DD, DLitt, DSc, DMus) Application Fee: £500
• Higher Doctorates (DD, DLitt, DSc, DMus) Examination Fee: £700 

Administrative Fees for Re-Examinations (in whole or part) 
Doctoral Level: PhD, EdD, MD, DThM and DBA

• On submitting a revised thesis: £120
• For a second oral or written examination: £90 

Masters by Research: MPhil, MLitt, MMus, MEd, MA, MSc, MJur, MTh, MProf.

• On submitting a revised thesis: £50
• PGCE final placement resit (any period of the 12 week placement, per week): £130  

General Administrative Charges

• Late Registration: £70
• Late Payment of Residence: £70
• Late Payment of Tuition Fees: £70
• Failure to apply for tuition fee loan: £100
• Returned cheques and rejected direct debits: £25
• Amendment to sponsorship details: £25
• Reinstatement after withdrawal by University for non-payment of debt: £200  

Other Charges Appearing in the General Regulations: 

• Discipline: maximum fine imposed by VC or PVC for student disciplinary offence: £225
• Motor Vehicles: fine per wheel clamping: £50
• Motor Vehicles: subsequent offence: £100
• Cycles: breach of regulations: £50
• Display of promotional material: £50

Fees for Students on Continuation 

Continuation fees are payable by all postgraduate research students who have completed course requirements for particular Higher Degrees or Diplomas but who still have to submit theses or dissertations or to enter for written examinations to complete examination requirements, in order to maintain registration for the Degree/Diploma concerned.

Notes 

• Postgraduate student continuation fees are not charged in the first three months (the “grace period”).
• Students requiring an extension to the period of continuation of more than 12 months on medical grounds may apply to the Curriculum and Learning Assessment Office for an exemption from the increased continuation fee.
• Commencing 1st October 2023, continuation fees will be re-introduced following a period of suspension between 2020-2023 owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continuation fees will be set at 10% of the Home tuition fee (applicable to both Home and Overseas students) for the first year of the continuation period and will be followed by 15% for the second year. Calculations based on the 2022/23 Home tuition fee, continuation fees for all students will be approximately £460 for the first year and £690 for the second year. 2023/24 PGR fees are due to be published circa April/May 2023.