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,
For students starting in 2024/25, and unless noted specifically otherwise, fees will remain the same for the duration of a course.
For students starting their programme in 2025/26 (and later), fees will be subject to an annual inflationary increase and are expected to rise throughout the programme of study. The fee listed on the course database is for the first year of the course only; fees for subsequent years will be confirmed not less that 3 months before the start of the academic year to which the increase is intended to apply and will be published on the Finance webpages.
In deciding the annual level of increase the University will take into account inflationary pressures on the costs of delivery.
Tuition fees will rise annually by up to the higher of;
1. 6%, or,
2. the latest annual percentage increase in the Consumer Prices Index.
EU students will pay the overseas fee for the duration of their course.

Scholarships

For further information relating to scholarships please e-mail scholarships.advice@durham.ac.uk or follow the link to find out more.

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Postgraduate Research

Standard Full-Time Fees for 2025/26 entry

Band	Location	Home/Islands*	Overseas
1	Classroom	TBC	25,500
2	Laboratory	TBC	30,750
3	Premium Classroom	TBC	25,500

Standard Part-Time Fees for 2025/26 Entry

Band	Location	Home & Islands	Overseas
1	Classroom	TBC	13,600
2	Laboratory	TBC	16,500
3	Premium Classroom	TBC	13,600

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 with a further £500 reduction calculated for the part-time fee equivalent

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
Modern Languages & Cultures	1

Social Sciences and Health

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

Sciences

Department/Subject	Band
Department of Biosciences	2
Chemistry	2
Computer Science	2
Earth Sciences	2
Engineering	2
Mathematical Sciences	1
Natural Sciences	2
Physics	2
Psychology	2

Business School

Department/Subject	Band
Department of Accounting	1
Department of Economics	1
Department of Finance	1
Department of Management & Marketing	1

Full-time Postgraduate Research

Exceptional Postgraduate Research Full-Time Fees for 2025/26 entry

Band	Code	Title	Home/Islands	Overseas
	X3A182	Master of Professional Practice Education	TBC	12,750
TE2	V6A282	DThM Doctor of Theology and Ministry (Equiv. PGT Fee*)	11,000	28,250
E23	V6A101	Integrated Studies in Theology and Religion Year 1 (Equiv. PGT Fee*)	13,000	28,250
E23	V6A101	Integrated Studies in Theology and Religion Years 2 – 4 (Equiv. Standard PGR Fee**)	TBC	25,500
	N2R201	PhD in Management (with Integrated Studies) – Year 1 fee* PhD in Management (with Integrated Studies) – Year 2***	14,500 TBC	24,500 25,500
	N5R201	PhD in Marketing (with Integrated Studies) – Year 1 fee* PhD in Marketing (with Integrated Studies) – Year 2 fee***	14,500 TBC	24,500 25,500
E38	L1I101 N2I101 N3I101 N3I201 N4I101 N5I101	Integrated Studies in: Economics Management Finance Islamic Finance Accounting Marketing Year 1 (equivalent PGT fee – Home Only)*	10,000 14,500 10,000 10,000 15,500 14,500	17,900 24,500 17,900 17,900 32,750 24,500
E38	L1I101 N2I101 N3I101 N3I201 N4I101 N5I101	Integrated Studies in: Economics Management Finance Islamic Finance Accounting Marketing Years 2–4 fee (equivalent standard PGR fee)	TBC	25,500
E85	F4A201	PhD in Heritage & Preservation Studies (Distance Learning) (**the respective Home or Overseas fees apportioned over 5-years.)	29,500	34,000

*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.

***Year 2 fees for these programmes are set at the standard PGR fees.

****Programme fees for F4A201 (PhD in Heritage & Preservation Studies | Archaeology) will have the respective Home or Overseas apportioned over 5-years.