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Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences postgraduate research tuition fees 2026/27

Fees for new students starting full or part-time postgraduate research courses in the 2026/27 academic year.


Factsheet

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ these fees

These fees are for new students starting in the 2026/27 academic year only. Tuition fees are liable to increase annually for all Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students.

For standard PhD courses, you can choose to pursue your PhD full time or part time. If you want to study part time, you can choose between three full-time equivalent (FTE) modes of study. All other part-time doctoral programmes are only available as 0.5 FTE.

Annual fee increases

Once you have started your studies, you should budget for an increase of up to 8% each year for every further year of study; we will not increase your fees each year by more than this percentage. The amount you need to pay will be set out when you re-register with the University at the beginning of each academic year.

If you want to know the specific tuition fees for your course before you re-register, contact Student Finance at stu-fin@bath.ac.uk

If you defer your entry, you will pay the fees for the year that you start your course and these may be more than 8% higher than the previous year.

Understanding your fee status

If you're an EU national your fee status may be Home or Overseas, depending on your circumstances.

Department of Economics

Full-time Home Overseas
PhD Economics £5,238 £24,450
Part-time Home Overseas
PhD Economics (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Economics (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Economics (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560

Department of Education

Full-time Home Overseas
PhD Education £5,238 £24,450
Part-time Home Overseas
PhD Education (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Education (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Education (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560
EdD fee per unit £2,535 £2,535
EdD fee per unit credited (prior study only) £1,895 £1,895
EdD fee per unit credited (prior study and assessment) £1,250 £1,250
EdD fee for Research Enquiry (supervised) £13,115 £13,115
EdD fee for Research Enquiry (published papers) £13,115 £13,115

Department for Health

Full-time Home Overseas
PhD Health £5,238 £24,450
PhD Health and Wellbeing £5,238 £24,450
Part-time Home Overseas
PhD Health (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Health (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Health (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560
PhD Health and Wellbeing (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Health and Wellbeing (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Health and Wellbeing (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560
MD Doctor of Medicine (annual fee) £2,619 £12,225
Professional Doctorate in Health (annual fee) £3,305 £9,170

Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies

Full-time Home Overseas
PhD Politics, Languages and International Studies £5,238 £24,450
Part-time Home Overseas
PhD Politics, Languages and International Studies (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Politics, Languages and International Studies (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Politics, Languages and International Studies (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560

Department of Psychology

Full-time Home Overseas
PhD Psychology £5,238 £24,450
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology To be confirmed1 £30,900
PhD Sustainable Futures £5,238 £24,450
Part-time Home Overseas
PhD Psychology (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Psychology (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Psychology (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560
PhD Sustainable Futures (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Sustainable Futures (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Sustainable Futures (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

Full-time Home Overseas
PhD Social and Policy Sciences £5,238 £24,450
PhD Global Political Economy £5,238 £24,450
PhD Security, Conflict and Human Rights £5,238 £24,450
PhD Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences £5,238 £24,450
Part-time Home Overseas
PhD Social and Policy Sciences (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Social and Policy Sciences (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Social and Policy Sciences (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560
PhD Global Political Economy (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Global Political Economy (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Global Political Economy (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560
PhD Security, Conflict and Human Rights (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Security, Conflict and Human Rights (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Security, Conflict and Human Rights (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560
PhD Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences (0.5 FTE) £2,619 £12,225
PhD Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences (0.6 FTE) £3,143 £14,670
PhD Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences (0.8 FTE) £4,190 £19,560
Professional Doctorate in Policy Research and Practice (Administered on behalf of the Institute for Policy Research) £7,0052 £8,4602

Discounted fees for staff and Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ alumni

If you're a Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ graduate or staff member, you may be eligible for discounted postgraduate tuition fees. Find out about fee discounts for:

Paying your tuition fees

How to pay your tuition fees
  1. The Home fee is set annually with Health Education/NHS England and will be published when available. ↩

  2. Annual fee is subject to annual increase. Accommodation for the two-week residential and attendance at the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) conference is free for Professional Doctorate in Policy Research and Practice (PDPRP) students. ↩

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