International Postgraduate Research Fees

2027/28 Postgraduate Research Fee Information for International Applicants

This information is for students with Overseas fee status applying to study at Northumbria University in the academic year 2027/28.

Click here for the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) guidance on tuition fee eligibility.

Please note - A standard Full-Time course is 3 years, a standard Part-Time course is 5 years .

Band Details for PhD and MPhil Programmes

Bands | Band Details | Full-Time International Fees Per Year | Part-Time International Fees Per Year

Full-Time International

Fees Per Year

Part-Time International

Fees Per Year

Band 1 | Applies to PGR projects that can be completed within standard University-wide PGR resource provision. | £18,900 | £11,340

Band 1

Applies to PGR projects that can be completed within standard University-wide PGR resource provision.

Band 2 | Typically applies to primarily desk-based PGR projects with modest requirements beyond standard University-wide PGR resource provision. | £20,300 | £12,180

Band 2

Typically applies to primarily desk-based PGR projects with modest requirements beyond standard University-wide PGR resource provision.

Band 3 | Applies to PGR projects with project-related requirements as identified for Band 2 and typically also including intensive fieldwork, or intensive access to specialist facilities such as laboratories, studios and associated specialist equipment, software and consumables. | £23,100 | £13,860

Band 3

Applies to PGR projects with project-related requirements as identified for Band 2 and typically also including intensive fieldwork, or intensive access to specialist facilities such as laboratories, studios and associated specialist equipment, software and consumables.

Band 4 | Shares the typical costs of Bands 2 & 3 and also includes access to premium facilities and/ or consumables. | £27,300 | £16,380

Band 4

Shares the typical costs of Bands 2 & 3 and also includes access to premium facilities and/ or consumables.

Fees Details for PhD by Published Work

Part-Time and Full-Time International Fees

PhD Published Work (staff-only fee) | £1,230

PhD Published Work

(staff-only fee)

£1,230

PhD Published Work (for alumni, those with a formal academic association, or partner organisations) | £7,000

PhD Published Work

(for alumni, those with a formal academic association, or partner organisations)

Typical project-related requirements include

For further information regarding Postgraduate Research Fees, please see the individual course pages .

Last updated: 21/10/2026

• Travel and subsistence for off-campus data collection, project meetings, conferences/research symposia (match-funded by appropriate RIS/external funding).
• Fees/charges for conferences (match-funded by appropriate RIS/external funding), publication, health, safety and well-being requirements, specialist services such as translation.
• Consumables of modest cost to support data collection/analysis activity and to meet health and safety requirements.
• Specialist hardware or software of modest cost specific to the project.

2026/27 Postgraduate Research Fee Information for International Applicants

This information is for students with Overseas fee status applying to study at Northumbria University in the academic year 2026/27.

Click here for the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) guidance on tuition fee eligibility.

Please note - A standard Full-Time course is 3 years, a standard Part-Time course is 5 years .

Band Details for PhD and MPhil Programmes

Bands | Band Details | Full-Time International Fees Per Year | Part-Time International Fees Per Year

Full-Time International

Fees Per Year

Part-Time International

Fees Per Year

Band 1 | Applies to PGR projects that can be completed within standard University-wide PGR resource provision. | £18,430 | £11,055

Band 1

Applies to PGR projects that can be completed within standard University-wide PGR resource provision.

Band 2 | Typically applies to primarily desk-based PGR projects with modest requirements beyond standard University-wide PGR resource provision. | £19,795 | £11,875

Band 2

Typically applies to primarily desk-based PGR projects with modest requirements beyond standard University-wide PGR resource provision.

Band 3 | Applies to PGR projects with project-related requirements as identified for Band 2 and typically also including intensive fieldwork, or intensive access to specialist facilities such as laboratories, studios and associated specialist equipment, software and consumables. | £22,525 | £13,515

Band 3

Applies to PGR projects with project-related requirements as identified for Band 2 and typically also including intensive fieldwork, or intensive access to specialist facilities such as laboratories, studios and associated specialist equipment, software and consumables.

Band 4 | Shares the typical costs of Bands 2 & 3 and also includes access to premium facilities and/ or consumables. | £26,620 | £15,970

Band 4

Shares the typical costs of Bands 2 & 3 and also includes access to premium facilities and/ or consumables.

Fees Details for PhD by Published Work

Part-Time and Full-Time International Fees

PhD Published Work (staff-only fee) | £1,230

PhD Published Work

(staff-only fee)

£1,230

PhD Published Work (for alumni, those with a formal academic association, or partner organisations) | £7,000

PhD Published Work

(for alumni, those with a formal academic association, or partner organisations)

Typical project-related requirements include

• Travel and subsistence for off-campus data collection, project meetings, conferences/research symposia (match-funded by appropriate RIS/external funding).
• Fees/charges for conferences (match-funded by appropriate RIS/external funding), publication, health, safety and well-being requirements, specialist services such as translation.
• Consumables of modest cost to support data collection/analysis activity and to meet health and safety requirements.
• Specialist hardware or software of modest cost specific to the project.

For further information regarding Postgraduate Research Fees, please see the individual course pages .

Last updated: 25/03/2026

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