Tuition fees

Fees for research degrees 2020-2021

Tuition fees for full-time and part-time postgraduate research degrees running in 2020-2021.

The tuition fee shown in the table is for one year only.

Tuition fees increase every year in the majority of cases.

Overseas applicants who begin their programme of study in academic year 2022-23 onwards will pay a fixed rate of tuition fee depending on the year they started their programme.

Fees for PhD and MPhil degrees

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) set the tuition fees for Home/EU students studying PhD or MPhil degrees. These tuition fees are usually confirmed later than the tuition fees for Overseas/International students.

Showing rows 1 to 50, total number of results 413.

Programme nameProgramme CodeSchoolHome/EUInternationalAdditional Programme Costs
Accounting (PHD) - 3 Years (Full-time)PRPHDACCOU1FBusiness School£4,407.00£20,100.00£200.00
Accounting (PHD) - 6 Years (Part-time)PRPHDACCOU1PBusiness School£2,204.00£10,050.00£100.00
African Studies (ANTHUSIA) (PhD) (UoE lead) - 3 Years (Full-time)PRPHDAFRST5FSchool of Social and Political Science£4,407.00£20,100.00
African Studies (ANTHUSIA) with University of Aarhus (PhD) - 3 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDAFRST6FSchool of Social and Political Science£4,407.00£20,100.00
African Studies (ANTHUSIA) with University of Oslo (PhD) - 3 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDAFRST7FSchool of Social and Political Science£4,407.00£20,100.00
African Studies (PhD) (Full-time)PRPHDAFRST1FSchool of Social and Political Science£4,407.00£20,100.00
African Studies (PhD) (Part-time)PRPHDAFRST1PSchool of Social and Political Science£2,204.00£10,050.00
African Studies (PhD) - 4 YearsPRPHDAFRST2FSchool of Social and Political Science£4,407.00£20,100.00
African Studies (PhD) with Aarhus University (non-UoE Lead) - 3 YearsPRPHDAFRST3FSchool of Social and Political Science£4,407.00£20,100.00
African Studies (PhD) with Aarhus University (UoE Lead) - 3 YearsPRPHDAFRST4FSchool of Social and Political Science£4,407.00£20,100.00
Agriculture and Food Security (PhD) - 3 Years (Full-time)PRPHDAGFOS1FRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies£4,407.00£23,500.00Yes, costs vary
Agriculture and Food Security (PhD) - 6 Years (Part-time)PRPHDAGFOS1PRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies£2,204.00£11,750.00Yes, costs vary
Algebra and Number Theory (PhD) (Full-time)PRPHDMATST1FSchool of Mathematics£4,407.00£20,100.00£1,000.00
Algebra and Number Theory (PhD) (Part-time)PRPHDMATST1PSchool of Mathematics£2,204.00£10,050.00
Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine (PhD)(UoE not lead)PRPHDANAPM1FDeanery of Clinical Sciences£4,407.00£23,500.00Yes, costs vary
Analysis (PhD) (Full-time)PRPHDMATST2FSchool of Mathematics£4,407.00£20,100.00£1,000.00
Analysis (PhD) (Part-time)PRPHDMATST2PSchool of Mathematics£2,204.00£10,050.00
Anatomical Sciences (Biomedical Sciences) (PhD) - 3 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDANASC1FDeanery of Biomedical Sciences£4,407.00£23,500.00
Anatomical Sciences (Biomedical Sciences) (PhD) - 6 Years (Part-Time)PRPHDANASC1PDeanery of Biomedical Sciences£2,204.00£11,750.00
Applied and Computational Mathematics (PhD) (Full-time)PRPHDMATST3FSchool of Mathematics£4,407.00£20,100.00£1,000.00
Applied and Computational Mathematics (PhD) (Part-time)PRPHDMATST3PSchool of Mathematics£2,204.00£10,050.00
Applied Photonics (Non-UoE Lead with Heriot- Watt, Dundee, Glasgow, St. Andrew's & Strathclyde) (PhD with Integrated Study) - 4 Years (Full-time)PRPHDAPLPH1FSchool of Engineering£4,407.00£23,500.00
Applied Photonics (UoE Lead with Heriot- Watt, Dundee, Glasgow, St. Andrew's & Strathclyde) (PhD with Integrated Study) - 4 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDAPLPH2FSchool of Engineering£4,407.00£23,500.00
Applied Psychology in Agriculture (PHD) (Full-time)PRPHDAPSYA1FSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences£4,407.00£20,100.00
Applied Psychology in Agriculture (PHD) (Part-time)PRPHDAPSYA1PSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences£2,204.00£10,050.00
Archaeology (PhD) (Full-time)PRPHDARCHA1FSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology£4,407.00£20,100.00
Archaeology (PhD) (Part-time) - 6 YearsPRPHDARCHA1PSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology£2,204.00£10,050.00
Architectural History (PhD) - 3 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDARCHS1FEdinburgh College of Art£4,407.00£20,100.00
Architectural History (PhD) - 6 Years (Part-Time)PRPHDARCHS1PEdinburgh College of Art£2,204.00£10,050.00
Architecture (AHRC) (PhD) - 3.5 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDARCHI5FEdinburgh College of Art£4,407.00£20,100.00
Architecture (AHRC) (PhD) - 4 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDARCHI4FEdinburgh College of Art£4,407.00£20,100.00
Architecture (PhD) (Full-time)PRPHDARCTC1FEdinburgh College of Art£4,407.00£20,100.00
Architecture (PhD) (Part-time)PRPHDARCTC1PEdinburgh College of Art£2,204.00£10,050.00
Architecture by Design (PhD)PRPHDARCDS1PEdinburgh College of Art£2,204.00£10,050.00
Architecture by Design (PhD) (Full-time)PRPHDARCDS1FEdinburgh College of Art£4,407.00£20,100.00
Art (AHRC) (PhD)PRPHDARTEC4FEdinburgh College of Art£4,407.00£20,100.00
Art (AHRC) (PhD) - 3.5 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDARTEC5FEdinburgh College of Art£4,407.00£20,100.00
Art PhD - 3 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDARTXX1FEdinburgh College of Art£4,407.00£20,100.00
Art PhD - 6 Years (Part-Time)PRPHDARTXX1PEdinburgh College of Art£2,204.00£10,050.00
Astronomy (PhD) (Full-time)PRPHDASTRO1FSchool of Physics and Astronomy£4,407.00£23,500.00
Astronomy (PhD) (Part-time)PRPHDASTRO1PSchool of Physics and Astronomy£2,204.00£11,750.00
Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (Environmental Sustainability) (Joint with Macquarie - UoE Non Lead) (PhD) - 3 Years (Full-time)PRPHDAESES2FSchool of Geosciences£4,407.00£23,500.00£1,000.00
Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (PhD)PRPHDECORM1FSchool of Geosciences£4,407.00£23,500.00£1,000.00
Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (PhD) (Part-time)PRPHDECORM1PSchool of Geosciences£2,204.00£11,750.00£500.00
Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (PhD) with Aarhus UniversityPRPHDATENS1FSchool of Geosciences£4,407.00£23,500.00£1,000.00
Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (PhD) with McGill UniversityPRPHDATENS2FSchool of Geosciences£4,407.00£23,500.00£1,000.00
Biological Sciences (Non-UoE Lead with Nagoya University) (PhD)PRPHDBSNAG2FSchool of Biological Sciences£4,407.00£23,500.00
Biological Sciences (UoE Lead with Nagoya University) (PhD)PRPHDBSNAG1FSchool of Biological Sciences£4,407.00£23,500.00
Biomedical Artificial Intelligence (PhD) - 3 Years (Full-Time)PRPHDBIOAI1FSchool of Informatics£4,407.00£23,500.00£1,000.00
Cancer (Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre) (PhD) - 3 Years (Full-time)PRPHDCECRC1FDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences£4,407.00£23,500.00Yes, costs vary