Everything you need to know about Postgraduate Research fees at Northumbria University for Home, UK students. Navigate between the tabs to find out more about our fees for different academic years.

2026/27 Postgraduate Research Fee Information for UK Applicants

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

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 UK Fees Per Year	Part-Time UK Fees Per Year
Band 1	Applies to PGR projects that can be completed within standard University-wide PGR resource provision.	£5,238	£3,143
Band 2	Typically applies to primarily desk-based PGR projects with modest requirements beyond standard University-wide PGR resource provision.*	£6,515	£3,920
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.	£8,780	£5,275
Band 4	Shares the typical costs of Bands 2 & 3 and also includes access to premium facilities and/ or consumables.	£12,170	£7,310

Fees Details for PhD by Published Work

Part-Time and Full-Time UK Fees

PhD Published Work

(staff-only fee)

£1,230

PhD Published Work

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

£7,000

*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

2025/26 Postgraduate Research Fees Information for UK Applicants

This information is for students applying to study at Northumbria University in the academic year 2025/26.

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 UK Fees Per Year	Part-Time UK Fees Per Year
Band 1	Applies to PGR projects that can be completed within standard University-wide PGR resource provision.	£4,969	£2,981
Band 2	Typically applies to primarily desk-based PGR projects with modest requirements beyond standard University-wide PGR resource provision.*	£6,072	£3,643
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.	£8,280	£4,968
Band 4	Shares the typical costs of Bands 2 & 3 and also includes access to premium facilities and/ or consumables.	£11,589	£6,953

Fees Details for PhD by Published Work

Part-Time and Full-Time UK/EU Fees

PhD Published Work

(staff-only fee)

£1,230

PhD Published Work

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

£7,000

*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.