How much does postgraduate study cost in the UK?

How much does postgraduate study cost in the UK?

At postgraduate level, the average international fee for classroom based programs in 2014-15 is £12,390 ($18,470), although the majority of courses range from between £10,000 and £13,000 ($14,900-$19,380) - approximately £4,000 more than home students.

Here is a list of tuition fees charged by top 50 universities in the UK on master's level studies.

2016 Times Ranking Institution Taught Research MBA
1 University of Cambridge 23,187 44,960
2 University of Oxford 19,888 18,653 47,925
3 Imperial College London
4 University of St Andrews 15,440
5 Durham University 18,000 14,900 19,000
6 University of Warwick 16,660– 32,300 34,400
7 University of Essex 15,500 15,500 22,500
8 University of Surrey 13,300 13,900– 17,700 21,100
9 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 18,600–30,384
10 University College London (UCL) 17,250
11 Lancaster University 14,200 14,200 27,000
12 University of Bath 15,000 28,000
13 Loughborough University 14,300 22,600
14 University of Leeds 14,000 15,750 18,000– 24,500
15 University of York 15,150
16 University of Southampton 15,160 15,936 23,500
17 University of Birmingham 14,140 16,070 21,510
18 University of East Anglia 14,200 14,200 19,500
19 University of Sussex 14,450 14,450 16,800
20 University of Bristol 14,800
21 University of Sheffield 14,500 16,500 21,000
22 University of Edinburgh 16,500 27,100
23 University of Kent 12,890 19,975
23 Newcastle University 12,680 20,000
25 University of Nottingham 14,420 14,420 24,000
26 University of Glasgow 14,500 22,600
27 King's College London (KCL) 17,040
28 University of Leicester 13,500 21,665
28 University of Manchester 14,500 20,500 40,000
30 Aston University 13,500 15,000 25,250
31 Queen's University, Belfast 13,430 19,000
32 University of Reading 14,165 18,500– 35,750
33 Cardiff University 14,000 18,660
34 Queen Mary, University of London 13,950
35 University of Exeter 14,450 14,450 16,800
36 Royal Holloway, University of London 13,900 13,900 19,900
37 University of Dundee 12,950– 16,800
38 Heriot-Watt University 13,420 16,950
38 University of Liverpool 12,200 15,700 17,800
38 University of Buckingham 14,140 14,140 15,860
41 City University London 14,000 14,500 39,500
41 Swansea University 12,100– 18,000 12,100– 18,000 20,000
43 Keele University 13,000– 14,000 13,000– 14,000
44 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) 16,880
45 University of Aberdeen 13,000 16,200 16,200
46 University of Strathclyde 11,000– 16,700 11,000– 16,700 28,000
47 Coventry University 10,689 11,453 13,013
48 St George's, University of London 16,500
49 Harper Adams University
50 University of Stirling 11,900 11,900 15,900
 

The G5 is a grouping of elite universities including Imperial College London, the London School of Economics, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford and University College London. The group was founded in 2004.

Taking a master’s degree course in the UK normally costs between 13,000 to 15,000 pounds. However, if you want to study at a G5 university, the lowest tuition fee is 17,250 pounds at University College London.

An MBA degree generally costs 2,000 pounds more than a normal degree. The University of Oxford tops the list with an MBA programme charging 47,925 pounds tuition fee.

The University of Surrey has become the cheapest university in the top 10 list, which charges on average lower than 13,300 pounds for most courses provided by the university. The University of Kent and Newcastle University also stand out as top 30 UK universities charging relatively low tuition fees around 12,000 pounds.

 

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