It’s important that you are equipped with all the information about the costs of studying a postgraduate degree.
Costs fall into three main categories:
- Tuition fees
- Maintenance costs
- College charges
Tuition fees
- You will pay your Tuition fees annually for each year of your course.
- The amount that you pay depends on your fee status and on whether you have studied at degree level before.
- Your fee status depends on your nationality, where you live and how long you have lived there.
- Your fee status will be assessed during the admissions process. If you are made an offer, your offer letter will outline whether you have been assessed as having home fees status or overseas fee status.
Look at the comprehensive guide from the UK Council for International Student Affairs which contains all the situations where a student is considered to have home fees status.
The tuition fees that you will pay also depend on your chosen course. Learn more about the current postgraduate tuition fees for your course.
Maintenance Costs
Maintenance costs, or living costs, are the expenses that you are likely to incur while living in Cambridge studying for your degree. The University of Cambridge recommends that all postgraduate students should budget for a minimum of £1,585 for living expenses each month. This includes money for your accommodation, food, social activities, buying any study materials you might need and personal items. For a full-time student, this is equal to £19,020 per year.
