Postgraduate tuition fees for 2019 entry
Postgraduate fees vary depending on course, mode and level of study.
Find out if you need to pay a deposit towards your tuition fees in order to secure your place of study.
Postgraduate taught fees
For postgraduate taught course fees please see the individual course entry.
Part-time students
Unless otherwise stated, part-time fees are shown as the cost for one year of study, and fees will be payable for each subsequent year of study. For an approximate total cost therefore, fees should be multiplied by the number of years of study.
Continuing students
The fees listed are for students starting their courses in 2019/20. Fees for continuing students may be different. Please contact fees@cardiff.ac.uk if you have any queries.
Standalone modules
Fees for standalone modules for 2019 entry:

Tuition fees for postgraduate taught modules for 2019/20
This table lists the fees for postgraduate taught modules for the academic year 2019/20.
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Deposits
For further details on deposits please see our deposits for postgraduate taught programmes page.
All applicants to School of Medicine and School of Dentistry programmes are required to pay a deposit of £1,000 with the exception of Clinical Dental courses and MSc Clinical Dermatology which require a deposit of £5,000.
Applicants to courses in the Centre for Professional Legal Studies, in our School of Law and Politics will be subject to a separate deposit process and information regarding this will be communicated separately by the Centre.
Students from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
Standard fees for students from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Please contact fees@cardiff.ac.uk for your specific course fee.
Students from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man | Full time (£) tuition fee per annum | Part time (£) tuition fee per annum |
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Arts courses | 9,000 | 4,500 |
Science courses | 10,500 | 5,250 |
Clinical courses | 24,675 |
Postgraduate research fees
Name | Type | Last updated |
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Postgraduate research home/EU fees 2019/20 | 19/11/2018 | |
Postgraduate research international fees 2019/20 | 19/11/2018 |
Paying tuition fees
You can pay your tuition fees in one of the following ways:
- payment in full before or on enrolment
- payment by direct debit in three instalments (normally payable in November, January and April), or in one instalment if the sum due is £300 or less
- if direct debit is not an option, payment of one-third of the fee before or on enrolment, followed by payment of one-third of the fee in January and April.
For more information on paying fees, please see our new student pages.
Fees status for international students
Tuition fees status is determined during the processing of applications, so we are unable to confirm this in advance or advise on fees status decisions.
If you are unsure of your fee status, refer to our guiding principles of fee assessment.
The alumni discount is available for Cardiff University graduates who are planning to start an eligible master's programme in 2023/24.