Postgraduate Taught Tuition Fees for 2015/16

What are tuition fees for?

Studying at a UK University means that you need to pay an annual fee for your tuition, which covers the costs associated with teaching, examinations, assessment and graduation.

The fee that you will be charged depends on whether you are considered to be a UK, EU or overseas student. Visiting students will be charge a pro-rata fee for periods of study less than a year.

Our annual tuition fee is set for a 12 month session, which usually runs from October to September the following year. 

How does Lancaster set overseas tuition fees?

Overseas fees, alongside all other sources of income, allow the University to maintain its abilities across the range of activities and services. Each year the University’s Finance Committee consider recommendations for increases to fees proposed for all categories of student and this takes into account a range of factors including projected cost inflation for the University, comparisons against other high-quality institutions and external financial factors such as projected exchange rate movements.

What support is available towards tuition fees?

Lancaster University's priority is to support every student in making the most of their education. Many of our students each year will be entitled to bursaries or scholarships to help with the cost of fees and/or living expenses. You can find out more about financial support, studentships, and awards for postgraduate study on our website.

Our Postgraduate Taught Tuition Fees for 2015/16 are:

Postgraduate Taught Programme   Full-time Part-time
UK/EU Overseas UK/EU Overseas
Accounting and Finance MRes £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Accounting and Financial Management MRes £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Accounting and Financial Management MSc £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Advanced Financial Analysis MSc £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Advanced Marketing Management MRes £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Advanced Marketing Management MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Advanced Social Work MA n/a n/a £3,125 n/a
Aerospace Engineering PGCert n/a n/a £2,060 n/a
Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Art by research MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Bioethics and Medical Law MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Biomedical Training for Industry PGCert n/a n/a £2,625 £4,733
Biomedicine MSc £7,380 £17,880 £3,690 £8,940
Business Administration MBA £27,000 £27,000 n/a n/a
Business Administration (Executive) - Fee for two years of study MBA n/a n/a £19,500 £19,500
Child Welfare MRes £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Child Welfare Practice PGCert £2,083 £4,733 £1,042
Clinical Research MSc n/a n/a £7,088 £14,196
Clinical Research PGCert n/a n/a £2,363 £4,732
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Primary Care PGDip £6,300 n/a £3,150 n/a
Communication Systems MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Computer Science MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Conflict, Development and Security MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Contamination, Risk Assessment and Remediation MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Contemporary Arts Consultancy MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Creative Writing MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Creative Writing (Distance Learning) - year 1 MA n/a n/a £4,440 £7,540
Creative Writing (Distance Learning) - year 2 MA n/a n/a £3,700 £7,100
Cyber Security MSc £8,497 £17,880 £4,249 n/a
Data Science MSc £6,830 £17,880 n/a n/a
Data Science for the Environment MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Design Management MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Developmental Disorders MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Developmental Psychology MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Diplomacy and Foreign Policy MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Diplomacy and International Law MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Diplomacy and International Law (Distance Learning) MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 £7,100
Diplomacy and International Relations (by Distance Learning) MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 £7,100
Diplomacy and Religion MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Discourse Studies MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
E-Business and Innovation MSc £10,000 £16,000 n/a n/a
Ecology and Conservation MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Economics MSc £10,000 £16,000 n/a n/a
Electronic Engineering MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Energy and the Environment MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Engineering Project Management MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Engineering Project Management MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
English Language (by distance) MA n/a n/a £2,400 £5,335
English Language and Literary Studies MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
English Literary Research MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
English Literary Studies MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Practice MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Environment and Development MA £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Environment and Development MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Environment and Law LLM £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Environment, Culture and Society MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Environmental Management and Consultancy MA £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Environmental Pollution and Protection MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Environmental Science and Technology MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Environmental and Biochemical Toxicology MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Film Studies by research MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Finance MRes £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Finance MSc £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Financial Analysis MSc £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Gender and Women's Studies MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Gender and Women's Studies and English MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Gender and Women's Studies and Sociology MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
History MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Human Resource and Knowledge Management MSc £10,000 £16,000 n/a n/a
Human Resources and Consulting MA £10,000 £16,000 n/a n/a
Human Rights and the Environment LLM £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Information Technology, Management and Organisational Change MRes £10,000 £16,000 n/a n/a
Information Technology, Management and Organisational Change MSc £10,000 £16,000 n/a n/a
International Business and Corporate Law LLM £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
International Business and Strategy MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
International Human Rights Law LLM £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
International Human Rights and Terrorism Law LLM £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
International Innovation (Computer Science) - fee for two years of study MSc £9,100 £20,800 n/a n/a
International Innovation (Design) - fee for two years of study MSc £9,100 £20,800 n/a n/a
International Innovation (Engineering) - fee for two years of study MSc £9,100 £20,800 n/a n/a
International Innovation (Entrepreneurship) - fee for two years of study MSc £13,300 £20,800 n/a n/a
International Innovation (Environmental Science) - fee for two years of study MSc £9,100 £20,800 n/a n/a
International Law LLM £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
International Law and International Relations LLM/MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
International Relations MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
International Relations MRes £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Language Testing (Distance) MA n/a n/a £3,125 £7,100
Language and Linguistics MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Languages and Cultures (by research) MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Law LLM £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Law PGDip £4,167 n/a n/a n/a
Law by Research LLM £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Leadership Practice and Responsibility MSc n/a n/a £12,500 £12,500
Leadership Practice and Responsibility PG Dip n/a n/a £10,000 £10,000
Leadership Practice and Responsibility PG Cert n/a n/a £5,000 £5,000
Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Management MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Management Science MRes £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Management Science and Marketing Analytics MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Marketing MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Mechanical Engineering MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Mechanical Engineering PGDip £5,123 £13,410 £2,561 n/a
Mechanical Engineering with Project Management MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Media and Cultural Studies MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Medical Biotechnology and Leadership MSc £7,380 £17,880 £3,690 £8,940
Money, Banking and Finance MRes £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Money, Banking and Finance MSc £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Nuclear Science and Engineering PGCert n/a n/a £2,060 n/a
Operational Research and Management Science MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Philosophy MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Philosophy PGCert £2,083 £4,733 £1,042 n/a
Philosophy and Religion MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Political Theology for Peace (Distance) PGCert of Achievement £693 £1,574 n/a n/a
Politics MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Politics and International Relations PGCert £2,083 £4,733 £1,042 n/a
Politics and Philosophy MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Politics, Philosophy and Management MSc £10,000 £16,000 n/a n/a
Politics, Philosophy and Religion MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Project Management MSc £10,500 £17,000 n/a n/a
Psychological Research Methods MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Psychology of Advertising MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Quaker Studies (distance learning) PGCert £2,083 £4,733 £1,042 £2,367
Quakerism in the Modern World (distance learning) MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 £7,100
Quantitative Finance MSc £15,500 £20,000 n/a n/a
Quantitative Methods for Science, Social Science and Medicine MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Quantitative Methods for Science, Social Science and Medicine PGCert £2,277 £5,960 £1,139 n/a
Quantitative Methods for Science, Social Science and Medicine PGDip £4,553 £11,920 £2,277 n/a
Religion and Conflict MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Religious Studies MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Religious Studies PGCert £2,083 £4,733 £1,042 n/a
Resource and Environmental Management MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Safety Engineering (Industry-Based) MSc n/a n/a £5,950 n/a
Safety Engineering (Industry-Based) PGCert n/a n/a £2,060 n/a
Safety Engineering (Industry-Based) PGDip n/a n/a £4,463 n/a
Social Psychology MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Social Work MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Social Work (Year 1) PGDip £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Social Work (Year 2) PGDip £4,685 £10,645 £2,345 n/a
Sociological Research MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Sociology MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Sources and Approaches in Regional and Local History PGCert £2,083 £4,733 £1,042 n/a
Statistics MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Statistics PGDip £4,553 £11,920 n/a n/a
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Sustainable Water Management MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages by Distance (fee for whole programme) MA n/a n/a £6,250 £9,925
Theatre and Performance by research MA £6,250 £14,200 £3,125 n/a
Volcanology and Geological Hazards MSc £6,830 £17,880 £3,415 n/a