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To continue to provide the high standard of tuition, maintain the study environment, whilst investing in developing the course and new courses and area of expertise, Keele, like all universities, have annual course fees.
The fee covers the cost of your tuition, training, examinations and assessments, graduation and membership of the National Union of Students. These fees must be paid at the start of your programme, in full or in two installments. The fee depends on whether you are classed as a home or overseas student: the criteria for definition are set by the UK Government. For further and current information, please go to www. ukcisa. org. uk
It is important that you plan correctly how much you will be spending over the duration of your course. For most students, tuition fees typically increase a few percent each year, but your living expenses may vary. Tuition fees for overseas students on research degrees are fixed and are not currently subject to annual increases.
Postgraduate taught masters Details of course fees can be found on the website at keele. ac. uk / studentfunding / tuitionfees
Postgraduate loans These are available for eligible applicants starting taught and research masters courses. If you are thinking of coming to Keele this year to begin your postgraduate study, you could qualify for a postgraduate loan( NB: in 2017 this was up to £ 10,280 from the UK government). PHD loans will also be available in 2018.
For more information, you can visit www. gov. uk / postgraduate-loan or follow Student Finance England via their social media sites: twitter. com / SF _ England facebook. com / SFEngland youtube. com / SFEFILM
Postgraduate research degrees Details of course fees can be found on the website at keele. ac. uk / pgresearch. Please note that full fee information will be available in September 2017 for 2018 entry. If you choose to study a part-time course, the fee will remain the same for each year of study. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to keele. ac. uk / studentfunding / tuitionfees
Keele bursaries and scholarships for postgraduate taught students There are a range of bursaries and scholarships available for students who are progressing to certain PGT courses at Keele and paying either home or overseas tuition fees. For further information visit keele. ac. uk / studentfunding / bursariesscholarships
KPA bursaries The Keele Postgraduate Association( KPA) Bursary Scheme is open to all postgraduates at Keele, whether home students or not. Awards can range from £ 50 to a maximum of £ 500.
Bursaries can fund activity outside the student’ s course, which supplements their learning, enhances their academic experience, enriches their education or broadens their opportunities. Activity costs such as conference attendance, accommodation and travel can be awarded, including activities abroad – although the Bursary cannot fund foreign travel. For more information visit kpa. org. uk / kpa-bursary
Studentships Keele University has a number of studentships available that are funded internally or from external sponsors such as research councils or from industry. If you are interested in any of the studentships available you can apply online. keele. ac. uk / pgresearch / studentships
Research council funding The main sources of research funding in the UK are the research councils, each covers different fields of study. Most research council studentships are awarded for doctoral study( PhDs, or occasionally professional doctorates). For details of studentships and scholarships for research find out more at: keele. ac. uk / pgresearch / feesandfinance keele. ac. uk