Tuition fees for taught postgraduate programmes
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.
Tuition fees for 2023-2024
A list of the tuition fees for all postgraduate taught courses for 2023-2024 can be found below.
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4-week Academic English Pre-sessional Course/Academic English Qualification Course
- £2,250
6-week Academic English Pre-sessional Course (distance learning)
- £2,415
10-week Academic English Pre-sessional Course/Academic English Qualification Course
- £4,665
10-week Academic English Pre-sessional Course/Academic English Qualification Course (blended learning)
- £4,665
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Art History (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
History of Photography (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Animal Behaviour (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Marine Ecosystem Management (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Marine Mammal Science (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Sustainable Aquaculture (distance learning)
- MSc: £27,230
- Postgraduate Diploma: £18,155
- Postgraduate Certificate: £9,075 (for September 2023 entry)
- Postgraduate Certificate: £8,480 (for January 2023 entry)
- Non-graduating CPD: £1,665 per 10-credit module
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Catalysis (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Chemical Science (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
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Classics (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Artificial Intelligence (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Computer Science (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Computing and Information Technology (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Data-intensive analysis (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Human Computer Interaction (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Information Technology (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Information Technology with Management (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Software Engineering (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
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Analytic and Exegetical Theology (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Bible and the Contemporary World (part-time and by distance learning) (PGDip/MLitt)
- Home: £2,470 per module, £3,710 MLitt dissertation module
- Overseas: £5,230 per module, £7,840 MLitt dissertation module
Bible and the Contemporary World (full-time, campus-based) (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Biblical Languages and Literature (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Sacred Music (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Systematic and Historical Theology (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Theology and the Arts (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Geochemistry (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Strategic Earth Resources (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
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Economics (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Finance (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Finance and Economics (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
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Creative Writing (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Creative Writing (MFA - Year 1)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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 2024-2025 (which will usually be confirmed by January 2024). Please see tuition fees for research postgraduate programmes for current fee levels.
Medieval English (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Playwriting and Screenwriting (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Romantic and Victorian Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literary Culture (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Women, Writing and Gender (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Film Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
International Master in Audiovisual and Cinema Studies (IMACS)
- Home: £20,395
- Overseas: £41,950
This is the full programme fee for a two-year programme.
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Early Modern and Reformation History (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Intellectual History (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Iranian Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Legal and Constitutional Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Medieval History (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Medieval Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Middle Eastern History (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Modern History (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
The Book: History and Techniques of Analysis (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Transnational, Global and Spatial History (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Data-Intensive Analysis (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Energy Ethics (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Gender Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Global Social and Political Thought (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Health Data Science (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Information Technology with Management (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Legal and Constitutional Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Medieval Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Museum and Heritage Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Sustainable Development (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
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International Education (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
International Education - Distance Learning (MSc)
- Home and Overseas: £11,120
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International Political Theory (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
International Security Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Peacebuilding and Mediation (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Strategic Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Terrorism and Political Violence (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Terrorism and Political Violence by distance learning (MLitt)
- Home: £2,245 per module, £4,490 MLitt dissertation module.
- Overseas: £4,540 per module, £9,070 MLitt dissertation module.
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Banking and Finance (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Finance and Management (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Information Technology with Management (MSc)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
International Business (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Management (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
Marketing (MLitt)
- Home: £13,470
- Overseas: £27,230
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Applied Statistics and Datamining (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Data-Intensive Analysis (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Mathematical Biology (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Mathematics (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Statistical Ecology (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Statistics (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Medieval English (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Medieval History (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Medieval Studies (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Comparative Literature MLitt
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
German and Comparative Literature MLitt (collaborative course with the University of Bonn)
- Home: £tbc for 2023 entrants at Bonn who will be starting their second year at St Andrews in 2024.
- Overseas*: £21,390 for 2023 entrants at Bonn who will be starting their second year at St Andrews in 2024.
* In the context of our strategic partnership with the University of Bonn, we are pleased to be able to offer a Strategic Partner Home Fee Scholarship to all eligible entrants from Germany. The scholarship will cover the difference between Home and Overseas fees.
Additional fees may apply for study at the University of Bonn; for more information, please see the Bonn web pages.
Modern Languages MLitt
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Conversion in Philosophy (GradDip)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Philosophy (MLitt)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Astrophysics (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
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Comparative, Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology: Origins of Mind (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Neuroscience (MRes)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Psychology Conversion (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
Research Methods in Psychology (MSc)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £27,230
The Psychology of Dementia Care (PGCert)
- Distance learning: £2,680 (or £893 per module)
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Anthropology, Art and Perception (MRes)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
Social Anthropology (MRes)
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (PG Certificate)
For January 2023 entry:
- Home: £3,465
- Overseas: £7,130
- By distance learning (Home/Overseas): £3,465
For September 2023 entry:
- Home: £3,705
- Overseas: £7,845
- By distance learning (Home/Overseas): £3,705
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (PG Diploma)
For January 2023 entry:
- Home: £6,930
- Overseas: £14,260
- By distance learning (Home/Overseas): £6,930
For September 2023 entry:
- Home: £7,410
- Overseas: £15,690
- By distance learning (Home/Overseas): £7,410
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (MSc)
For January 2023 entry:
- Home: £10,395
- Overseas: £21,390
- By distance learning (Home/Overseas): £10,395
For September 2023 entry:
- Home: £11,120
- Overseas: £23,530
- By distance learning (Home/Overseas): £11,120