Postgraduate Students

Alumni Discount

If you have completed a BA, BSc or LLB award as a student at the University of Worcester and then study a full-time Masters or PhD course at Worcester within two years of graduation, you are entitled to a 20% discount off your tuition fees. 

If you have completed a BA, BSc or LLB award as a student at the University of Worcester and then study a full-time Masters or PhD course at Worcester more than two years after graduating, or if you study a part-time Masters or PhD course regardless of when you graduated, you are entitled to a 10% discount off your tuition fees.

This discount does not apply to our graduate entry Medicine MBChB course.

Postgraduate Tuition Fees

For MA/MSc courses, with exceptions, fees for 2025/26 will be £9,450 for full-time students and £1,050 per 20 credit module for part-time study. However, there are set fees for particular Masters courses that differ from this. 

For MPhil/PhD study, fees for 2025/26 will be £4,950 for full-time students and £2,475 per annum for part-time study.

Click link to left of this page for full list of tuition fees.

Postgraduate Masters Loans

Eligible Postgraduate students can apply to Student Finance England for a Postgraduate Loan.

Students must be studying a taught or research Postgraduate course, worth 180 credits, leading to a Masters qualification. Full time courses must last no longer than two years and part time ones no longer than four years. Applicants must be under age 60 on the first day of the first academic year of the course, normally live in England and not have studied a Master's degree or PhD before.

EU students are eligible if pre-2021 entry or settled status. International students are not eligible for the Postgraduate Loan unless they have the right to reside permanently in the UK, for example if they have been granted refugee status.

Postgraduate Loans do not depend upon household income and new applicants in 2025/26 can apply for up to £12,858 for the duration of the course as a contribution towards course and living costs. If you are studying for 2, 3 or 4 academic years, the loan will be divided equally across each year of your course. Each year’s amount will be paid in three instalments.

You need to apply within 9 months of the first day of the last academic year of the course.

Where appropriate the Department for Work and Pensions will count 30% of the Postgraduate Loan as income in the calculation of means tested benefits.

Find further information at: www.gov.uk/masters-loan

Postgraduate Doctoral Loans

Eligible students can apply to Student Finance England for a Postgraduate Doctoral Loan of up to £30,301 for year 2025/26 to help with course fees and living costs. The loan is not based on income and is paid directly to the student, divided equally across each year of the course in three instalments a year. The payments may be taken into account by the DWP when calculating any benefits received.

Applicants must not have studied a Doctoral course before and must be under age 60 on the first day of the first academic year of the course. They must be Home or pre-2021 entry or settled status EU students that have lived in England for at least three years before the start of the course for reasons other than study.

Find further information at: www.gov.uk/doctoral-loan

Studentships and Research Grants

Studentships and research grants are available to Postgraduate students from Research Councils, such as the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and from various educational charities.

Click on links to left of this page for further information.

Repayments

Loans for both Postgraduate loans will be repaid concurrently with the undergraduate loan, at a rate of 6% on earnings over £21,000. 

Interest will begin accruing as soon as the first payment is made to the student by the Student Loans Company.

Postgraduate Masters loans begin to be repaid from the April after students graduate and Doctoral Loans either the first April after they leave the course or four years after it started when annual income is over £21,000.

Postgraduate funding for Social Work Students

Postgraduate funding for Social Work students is explained on the Social Work Students page of this website.

Additional Support

• Eligible Postgraduate students may apply for financial help from the University’s Access to Learning Fund.
• There are several Educational Trust Funds & Charities that provide funds to postgraduate students.
• The Disabled Students’ Allowance is also available for postgraduate students.

See links to left of this page.

Further information on sources of Postgraduate funding can be found on the Prospects website.