As a student at the University of St Andrews, you will be expected to pay fees every year that you are in attendance. Fees may increase annually during the course of your study. The amount you will have to pay depends on the degree you are studying for and your fee status.
Fee status
Your fee status will determine the level of tuition fees you will have to pay. You should query your fee status if you are unsure which fee category will apply to you.
If you wish to query your fee status, you must do this prior to receiving a decision on your application. Acceptance of an offer constitutes acceptance of the conditions outlined in the offer, including fee status. You may request a review of your fee status by emailing fees@st-andrews.ac.uk, and the Fees and Funding team will ask you to complete a fee status questionnaire.
Information regarding fee status can be found on the UKCISA website. UKCISA is the UK's national advisory body serving the interests of students and those who work with them.
Tuition fees for 2021-2022
A list of the tuition fees for all postgraduate taught courses for 2021-2022 can be found below.
4-week Academic English Pre-sessional Course for Postgraduate or Undergraduate Offer-holders
£2,000
6-week Academic English Pre-sessional Course for Unconditional Postgraduate Offer-holders (distance learning)
£2,150
10-week Academic English Pre-sessional Course for Postgraduate Offer-holders
£4,150
10-week Academic English Pre-sessional Course for Postgraduate Offer-holders (blended learning)
£4,150
Art History (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Museum and Gallery Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
History of Photography (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Animal Behaviour (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Marine Ecosystem Management (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Marine Mammal Science (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Sustainable Aquaculture (distance learning)
MSc: £24,240
Postgraduate Diploma: £16,160
Postgraduate Certificate: £8,080 (for January 2022 entry)
Postgraduate Certificate: £7,690 (for January 2021 entry)
Non-graduating CPD: £1,480 per 10-credit module
Catalysis (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Chemical Science (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Classics (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Artificial Intelligence (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Computer Science (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Computing and Information Technology (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Data-Intensive Analysis (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Human Computer Interaction (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Information Technology (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Information Technology with Management (MSc)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Software Engineering (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Analytic and Exegetical Theology (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Bible and the Contemporary World (part-time and by distance learning) (PGDip/MLitt)
Home: £2,200 per module, £3,300 MLitt dissertation module
Overseas: £4,530 per module, £6,780 MLitt dissertation module
Bible and the Contemporary World (full-time, campus-based) (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Biblical Languages and Literature (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Sacred Music (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Systematic and Historical Theology (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Theology and the Arts (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Geochemistry (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Strategic Earth Resources (MSc)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Economics (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Finance (MSc)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Finance and Economics (MSc)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Creative Writing (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Creative Writing (MFA - Year 1)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
The MFA is a two-year programme. Fees quoted above are for the first year. In the second year, fees will be charged in line with the equivalent research fee for 2022-2023 (which will usually be confirmed by January 2022). Please see tuition fees for research postgraduate programmes for current fee levels.
Medieval English (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Playwriting and Screenwriting (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Postcolonial and World Literatures (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Romantic and Victorian Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literary Culture (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Women, Writing and Gender (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Film Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
International Master in Audiovisual and Cinema Studies (IMACS)
Home: £18,150
Overseas: £37,345
This is the full programme fee for a two-year programme.
Economic and Social History (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Environmental History (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Intellectual History (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Iranian Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Legal and Constitutional Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Medieval History (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Medieval Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Middle Eastern History (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Modern History (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Scottish Historical Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
The Book: History and Techniques of Analysis (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Transnational, Global and Spatial History (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Conservation Studies (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Digital Health (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Gender Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Global Social and Political Thought (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
International Development Practice (MSc)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
International Political Theory (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
International Security Studies (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Peacebuilding and Mediation (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Strategic Studies (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Terrorism and Political Violence (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Terrorism and Political Violence by distance learning (MLitt)
Home: £2,000 per module, £3,990 MLitt dissertation module.
Overseas: £4,040 per module, £8,080 MLitt dissertation module.
Banking and Finance (MSc)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Finance and Management (MSc)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Human Resource Management (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
International Business (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Management (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Information Technology with Management (MSc)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Marketing (MLitt)
Home: £11,990
Overseas: £24,240
Applied Statistics and Datamining (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Mathematical Biology (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Mathematics (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Statistical Ecology (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Statistics (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Medieval Studies (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Health Psychology (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Comparative Literature MLitt
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
German and Comparative Literature MLitt (collaborative course with the University of Bonn)
Home: £1,995* for 2020 entrants at Bonn who will be starting their second year at St Andrews in 2021. Fees for students starting at Bonn in 2021 is tbc.
Overseas: £20,370
Additional fees may apply for study at the University of Bonn; for more information, please see the Bonn web pages.
Modern Languages MLitt
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Conversion in Philosophy (GradDip)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Philosophy (MLitt)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Astrophysics (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Comparative, Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology: Origins of Mind (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Neuroscience (MRes)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Psychology Conversion (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Research Methods in Psychology (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
The Psychology of Dementia Care (PGCert)
Distance learning: £2,385 (or £795 per module)
Anthropology, Art and Perception (MRes)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Social Anthropology (MRes)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Social Anthropology and Amerindian Studies (MRes)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Social Anthropology with Pacific Studies (MRes)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Sustainable Development (MSc)
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £24,240
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (PG Cert)
For January 2021 entry:
Home: £3,150
Overseas: £6,470
For September 2021 entry:
Home: £3,300
Overseas: £6,790
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) - Distance Learning (PG Cert)
Home and Overseas (for January 2021 entry): £3,150
Home and Overseas (for September 2021 entry): £3,300
The following fees are the same for the TESOL degrees with the following specialisms:
Assessment and Evaluation
English for Academic Purposes
English Medium Instruction
Teaching Young Learners
Technology for Teaching.
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (MSc)
For January 2021 entry:
Home: £9,450
Overseas: £19,400
For September 2021 entry:
Home: £9,900
Overseas: £20,370
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - Distance Learning (TESOL) (MSc)
Home and Overseas (for January 2021 entry): £9,450
Home and Overseas (for September 2021 entry): £9,900