Tuition fees

The fees for each postgraduate course will vary depending upon the duration of the course, whether it's based in a lab or not, and the level of the course. Please see individual course pages for the current fees for each of our postgraduate courses.

Campus-based courses

Each course page gives the fee for the current or next academic year. For students starting during or before the 2021/22 academic year there is one fee for UK/EU students and another for ‘international students (ie students from outside the EU)’. From September 2022 onwards there will be one fee for UK students and another for international students, so all new EU Students will pay international fees unless they meet specific residence criteria to pay home fees. Where you can apply for a Postgraduate Diploma and/or Certificate separately, that may cost less than the full degree, or may have the same fee.

Field trips and other 'extras' may be included in the fee or may incur an additional fee - please see the course page or contact the appropriate department.

For degrees 'With Industry' there is an additional cost for the industrial placement. You will not have to pay this if, for whatever reason, you do not take up a placement and continue on the regular degree.

If you did your undergraduate degree at the University of Leicester you will be entitled to a 20% discount  on postgraduate fees with us. There is also a range of postgraduate scholarships in specific disciplines.

Additional Tuition Fees

Campus based students are charged tuition fees on an annual basis for when you are a registered student. Your tuition fee is not a set course. Therefore, if you require additional time to complete or re-sit your modules in another academic year, additional tuition fees are charged.

This will be pro rata, based on the annual fee for the next year’s tuition fee and for the additional time that you are registered to complete your modules/course.

Examples of additional tuition fees being charged:

• You pass your resits and move onto the next year. A fee is charged in the next academic year.
• You fail your resits and go into a repeat year. A fee is charged in the next academic year.

Examples of no additional tuition fees being charged:

• You fail your resits and go into a Resit Without Residence (RWR) year. No fee is charged in the next academic year.
• You fail your resits and go into a Resit With Residence year. No fee is charged in the next academic year.
• You are in a resit period over the summer and complete your modules within two months of your original end date and do not enter a new academic year, where no additional fees will be charged.

Distance learning courses

Each course page gives the fee for the current or next academic year. There is one fee for UK/EU students and another for 'international students' (ie. from outside the EU). Where you can apply for a Postgraduate Diploma and/or Certificate separately, that may cost less than the full degree, or may have the same fee.

If you did your undergraduate degree at the University of Leicester you will be entitled to a 20% discount on postgraduate fees with us. There is also a range of postgraduate scholarships in specific disciplines.

Finance advice 

For information and advice regarding Federal funding and loans for eligible US Citizens, please contact usloans@leicester.ac.uk

For general advice about student funding including student loans, awards and grants, contact one of our Student Finance Advisers on +44 (0)116 223 1185 or welfare@leicester.ac.uk