Research degree fees

The tables below show full-time fees for new degree students in 2019-20. If you are studying part-time at twice the standard duration (ie 72 months for a PhD) then you will pay half of the relevant fee each year. Our fees for 2020-21 will be published by October 2019.

You're an international fee-payer if you're from a non-EU country. We'll assess your fee status when you apply to Essex and you can contact us to enquire about your fee status.

We offer a wide range of scholarships, studentships and bursaries to make funding your studies easier.

If you're an Essex graduate or studied abroad here and your PhD is your first postgraduate course with us, you could be eligible for our alumni loyalty discount.

How to pay your fees and our fee payment policies

PhD, MPhil, MAD and MSD

Full-time fee for 2019-20

Department/Centre	Home/EU fee	International fee
Biological Sciences Psychology	£4,630	£17,040
Art History Computational Finance and Economic Agents Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Economics Essex Business School Government Health & Social Care History Human Rights ISER Languages and Linguistics Law Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies Mathematical Sciences Philosophy Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences Sociology	£4,630	£14,720

Completion, extension and other fees

For all subject areas and all fee status categories
Completion Period (up to three terms)	£250 per term
Further Completion for students first registered prior to 2008-09 (up to three terms)	£500 per term
Exceptional extension to maximum period, following Completion period, for students first registered from 2008-09	£500 per term
Extension fee for Doctorate in Applied Psychology	Part-time fees per term
PGR re-examination or re-submission	£200

Professional Doctorates

Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

Programme	Home/EU fee	Overseas fee
Doctorate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - 3 years part-time	£3,970	£8,520
Doctorate in Analytical Psychotherapy - 3 years part-time	£3,800	£7,360
Doctorate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - 3 years part-time	£3,800	£7,360

Health and Social Care

Subject	Home/EU fee Year 1 and 2	Home/EU fee Year 3+
Counselling psychology Nursing Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Public health (health visiting) Social care practice management Health care education Social care education Health services management Social services management	TBC	TBC

Pre-registration courses

Pre-registration taught degrees

Programme	Home/EU fee	Overseas fee
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology - 3 years full-time	£17,061 plus up to £5,000 bench fees	£20,000 plus up to £5,000 bench fees

Additional expenses

• Additional expenses to be expected by Postgraduate Research students (.pdf)

Annual fee changes

For students commencing their studies at the University of Essex from the 2018-19 academic year, your fees will increase by up to 5% for each academic year of study.

Tuition fee policies and how to pay

• How to pay your fees and our fee payment policies
• Our tuition fee notes (.pdf) explain how we set and manage fees during your studies
• We publish a full list of our tuition fees