Postgraduate fees and finance

Taught postgraduate programmes 

Tuition fees for Home and distance learning students vary and are set in bands depending on the facilities and resources required. For specific fee information, please check our individual course pages and click on the fees tab.

Tuition fees for part-time students are charged pro-rata to the full-time fee and calculated on the number of credits taken per year.

 

Taught postgraduate fee bands 2025/26

Band 1	Classroom based subjects	£9,165
Band 2	Technical and laboratory-based subjects	£10,609
	Master of Business Administration	£11,000
	Law LPC	£10,900
	Law LPC and LLM combined	£12,300

Research postgraduate programmes

For some courses, you may have to pay additional study costs to cover facilities and equipment. A pro-rata fee is charged to part-time students. 

 

Research postgraduate fee bands 2025/26

Qualification	Full time	Part time
PhD	£4,950	£2,475
PhD by Published Work	N/A	£2,475*
Professional Doctorate Education	£4,950	£2,475
Professional Doctorate Health Psychology	£6,300	£3,150
Professional Doctorate Healthcare Science	£6,300	£3,150
Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)	N/A	£6,500

*PhD by Published Work route is reserved for individuals or partner organisations with a strategic relationship to the University of Staffordshire.  This is to ensure alignment with institutional goals, foster collaborative research, and support partnership working.

Postgraduate fee bands for International students 2025/26

Taught postgraduate standard	£16,750
Nursing & Healthcare Programmes	£19,000
Law LPC	£14,000
Law LPC and LLM combined	£16,750
MBA	£16,750

International research postgraduate fee bands 2025/26

Qualification	Full time	Part time
PhD International	£16,750	£8,375*
PhD International Distance Learning	N/A	£8,375*
PhD by Published Work	N/A	£2,475**
Professional Doctorate Education	£16,750	£8,375*
Professional Doctorate Health Psychology	£16,750	£8,375*
Professional Doctorate Healthcare Science	£16,750	£8,375*
Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)	N/A	£9,000

* The campus-based Part Time PhD option is not available to those on a Student Visa.

**PhD by Published Work route is reserved for individuals or partner organisations with a strategic relationship to the University of Staffordshire.  This is to ensure alignment with institutional goals, foster collaborative research, and support partnership working.