Fees & funding

Tuition Fees

In 2011-12, the tuition fees are £3,440 for EU (including UK) students, and £11,450 for non-EU students.

Funding

Funding is available for well-qualified applicants: see the projects and research themes pages for further details of specific funded projects. The School currently supports approximately ten new PG research students each year.  Tuition fees are paid by the funding body, and students receive maintenance stipends at the UK Research Councils' rate of £13,590 per annum (in 2010-11) plus a London Allowance of £2,000 per annum, for a period of 3.5 years. 

The main sources of funding are the Doctoral Training Accounts (DTAs) of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and of Queen Mary, University of London itself.  The criterion for eligibility for the EPSRC DTA is a little technical, but roughly speaking, stipends are available only to applicants who have been resident in the UK for at least three years (for purposes other than education, in the case of applicants from outside the EU). EU applicants who do not satisfy the residency condition may be offered fees-only awards.  Please refer to the EPSRC website for precise rules. The College DTA is open to all.

Joint Queen Mary/China Scholarship Council studentships will be available for suitably qualified applicants from eligible Chinese Universities. For more details see here.