Tuition Fees

Tuition fees for Science Research Degrees - Plant and Environmental Science, Biological Sciences and Life Sciences are Band 2 disciplines

Fee tables (Fees for 2012/2013 will be published in Spring 2012) 

Living Expenses

Beyond the academic fees that you pay for your programme of study, the other main cost for postgraduate students will be your living expenses.

Childcare

Help and financial support is available for students with children who are undertaking postgraduate study. See Childcare Provision

Funding and scholarships:

A number of funding opportunities are available for research students. Most funding opportunities and scholarship competitions take place between November and May for courses starting the following academic year.

• Postgraduate Opportunities in the School of Life Sciences - APPLY NOW FOR BBSRC, NERC and MRC FUNDED PHDs
  
• Sources of Scholarships and Funding
  
• Chancellor's Scholarship now open for applications for entry in 2012-13. This scholarship offers full UK/EU tuition fees only awards and full UK/EU tuition fees plus stipend awards.
  
• Chancellor's International Scholarship now open for applications for entry in 2012-13. This scholarship offers full overseas tution fees and a stipend in line with UK Research council stipends.

• NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Centenary Award - In 2012 rural insurer NFU Mutual is once again offering the Centenary Award for UK postgraduate students in agriculture. The award gives annual bursaries to pay up to 75% of course fees for selected post graduate students in agriculture (Masters or PhD).

• Fulbright and Marshall Scholarships for applicants from the United States
• Career Development Loans - loans available to UK postgraduates through a partnership between the Learning and Skills Council and three high street banks.
• The Perry Foundation - awards and postgraduate scholarships to support research projects that are of definable benefit to UK agriculture.
• DIUS - Scholarships for excellence (China) - a scheme jointly funded by the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China to enable young and outstanding PhD students and post doctoral researchers in science and technology to study and conduct cutting edge research in each other's country.
• British Council Learning - this website can help you find funding for your chosen course through its own scholarship schemes and links to approved websites. Students should also refer to information on their British Council country home page for available scholarship programmes: www.britishcouncil.org
• Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) - an international programme under which member governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries.

• Karim Rida Said Foundation for MSc degrees
  Scholarships for Jordanian, Lebanese, Syrian or Palestinian (including Palestinians inside Israel) resident in the Middle East. The KRSF is able to provide full or partial scholarships for masters' degrees at universities around the UK depending on the level of financial need or whether other grants are available to applicants.

• British Chevening Scholarships for MSc courses
  

  Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and administered by the British Council, these prestigious awards enable overseas students to undertake postgraduate study in the United Kingdom.

• UK Council for International Student Affairs
  The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) is the UK’s national advisory body serving the interests of international students and those who work with them.
• Postgrad Solutions UK Postgraduate Study Bursaries - offering two bursaries each to the value of £500. These are open to both international and UK students, and aim to help students fund their chosen postgraduate study options.
• Clinical Research Training Fellowships - At pre-doctoral/entry level, the fellowship provides a personal salary for the fellow (up to but not including a consultant’s salary), research training support grant of up to £15,000 per year