Tuition fees - how much are they

Tuition Fees - How Much Are They?

This page provides information about fees for postgraduate research degrees. For more information about fees for postgraduate taught degrees, please check our course records.

Tuition fees are grouped according to the subject area shown in the table below.

General Principles

Fees are per annum unless otherwise stated. All figures are GBP (£) unless otherwise stated.
Fees are set by year of entry, and unless noted specifically otherwise, remain the same for the duration of a course.
EU students starting in 2020/21 will pay the home fee for the duration of their course.
EU students starting in 2021/22 will pay the overseas fee for the duration of their course.

Standard Fee Bands

Until 2017/18, all programmes were grouped by Department into fee bands. From 2018/19, at Postgraduate Taught level, and from 2019/20 at Undergraduate level, unregulated fees are set by programme and not banded.

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Postgraduate Research

Standard Full-Time Fees for 2023/24 entry

Band	Location	Home/Islands*	Overseas
1	Classroom	4,712	23,600
2	Laboratory	4,712	28,800
3	Premium Classroom	4,712	23,600

Standard Part-Time Fees for 2023/24 Entry

Band	Location	Home & Islands	Overseas
1	Classroom	2,600	13,000
2	Laboratory	2,600	15,800
3	Premium Classroom	2,600	13,000

Fees are set on a pro-rata basis of the standard full-time fee plus 10% (rounded up to the nearest 100 where appropriate). The figures in the table above are based on 0.5FTE.

Arts and Humanities

Department/Subject	Band
Liberal Arts	1
Classics and Ancient History	1
English Language Centre	1
English Studies	1
Department of History	1
School of Modern Languages and Cultures	1
Music	1
Philosophy	1
Theology and Religion	1

Social Sciences and Health

Department/Subject	Band
Anthropology	3
Sport	1
Sociology	1
Archaeology	3
Durham University Business School	1
Education	3
Foundation Centre	1
Geography	3
Government and International Affairs	3
Durham Law School	1
Combined Honours in Social Sciences	3

Sciences

Department/Subject	Band
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	2
Chemistry	2
Computer Science	2
Earth Sciences	2
Engineering	2
Mathematical Sciences	1
Natural Sciences	2
Physics	2
Psychology	2

Full-time Postgraduate Research

Exceptional Postgraduate Research Full-Time Fees for 2023/24 entry

Band	Code	Title	Home/Islands	Overseas
	X3A182	Master of Professional Practice Education	TBC	11,800
TE2	V6A282	DThM Doctor of Theology and Ministry (Equiv. PGT Fee*)	9,500	24,750
E23	V6A101	Integrated Studies in Theology and Religion Year 1 (Equiv. PGT Fee*)	11,800	24,750
E23	V6A101	Integrated Studies in Theology and Religion Years 2 – 4 (Equiv. Standard PGR Fee**)	TBC	23,600
	N2R201	PhD in Management (with Integrated Studies) – Year 1 fee PhD in Management (with Integrated Studies) – Year 2 fee	13,900 TBC	23,900 23,900
	N5R201	PhD in Marketing (with Integrated Studies) – Year 1 fee PhD in Marketing (with Integrated Studies) – Year 2 fee	13,900 4,407	23,600 23,600

*Due to the high teaching element of these programmes, fees are levied at the taught fee band in appropriate years.

**Students will be charged in years 2 – 4 at the PGR rates applying to students beginning standard PhD courses in the same year as the first (Master’s) year of the Integrated Studies course.