UK Postgraduate Fees and Finance

Postgraduate fees typically increase each year, therefore if you are studying over more than one academic year, your tuition fee in subsequent years is likely to increase. Individual fees for each course can be found on the respective course pages.

 

A postgraduate master's loan is available of up to £12,858 (2025/2026) to help with the tuition fees and/or living costs for master's study. This is for the course, rather than per year. You can apply for the full amount regardless of the actual tuition fee that you will be paying. The loan will be paid directly to you in three instalments in each year of study. Payments will be made in three termly instalments over the duration of the course.

How to Apply

You can apply online, if you have previously received funding for an undergraduate degree you should log into the same account. You can apply for the loan up to nine months after the start of the course.

Repayment 

The master’s loan is repaid at the same time, and same method as undergraduate loans. The earning threshold for master’s loan is £21,000 per year, you will repay 6% of earnings above this. 

To note: 

• Student’s must be completing a standalone master’s course that consists of at least 180 credits to be eligible.
• Recognition of prior learning that results in less than 180 credits studied on the course will deem a student ineligible for the loan.
• Funding is available for full-time and part-time students. However, a part-time course must not be more than twice the full-time equivalent. Courses may have an option of longer for part-time routes, please consider the impact on funding this may have.  
• Payments will be made once the course has started, please consider this when beginning a course. 
• Where a postgraduate master’s loan has been received previously, a student will be ineligible for another. There may be grounds for reconsideration under a compelling personal reason.  

For any queries around eligibility please contact us. Please look at the full eligibility criteria via the student finance website.

A postgraduate doctoral loan is available of £30,301 (2025/2026) to help with the tuition fees and/or living costs for doctoral study. This for the course, rather than per year. The amount may vary depending on the year of study you are in at the time of applying. 

You can apply for the full amount regardless of the actual tuition fee that you will be paying. The loan will be paid directly to you in three instalments in each year of study. Payments will be made in three termly instalments over the duration of the course. 

How to apply 

You can apply online, if you have previously received funding for an undergraduate degree you should log into the same account. You can apply for the loan up to nine months after the start of the course. 

Repayment 

The doctoral loan is repaid at the same time, and same method as undergraduate loans. The earning threshold for a doctoral loan is £25,000 per year, you will repay 9% of earnings above this. 

To note: 

• Payments will be made once the course has started, please consider this when beginning a course. 
• Where a postgraduate doctoral loan has been received previously, a student will be ineligible for another. There may be grounds for reconsideration under a compelling personal reason. 

For any queries around eligibility please contact us. Please look at the full eligibility criteria via the student finance website.

Find out more about the details of all the scholarships on offer for UK Postgraduate students.

All members of the University of Suffolk Alumni Association are entitled to a loyalty reduction of up to 25% on selected postgraduate course fees. This scheme has been developed to support and encourage alumni students to progress to full or part-time postgraduate taught or research programmes at the University. More information is available on the Alumni Postgraduate Loyalty Scheme page.