Fees and Funding
Fees and funding for postgraduate studies
Fees
The fees for full-time postgraduate study at the University of Sheffield for 2009-10 are as follows (the university has not yet published the details of fees for 2010-11, but this year's fees will provide a fairly accurate guide to what they will be): For 'home students (this covers most EU students) taking the MA the fee is £3390 per annum. For 'overseas' (non-EU) students the fee is £10920 per annum.(Overseas students will have to study full-time, as they will not be able to obtain immigration clearance to study part-time.)
You can find out more about fees and finances on the University's student services (SSiD) pages:
Information on fees for postgraduate courses
Funding
Arts and Humanities Research Council funding
AHRC Funding
Most UK nationals who are offered a place on one of our postgraduate programmes will be eligible to apply for a full AHRC studentship (covering both maintenance and tuition fees).
EU nationals accepted to study on our postgraduate programmes will also be eligible for AHRC studentships: many EU students will be eligible for full funding (covering both tuition fees and maintenance), while others will be eligible for partial funding (covering tuition fees only).
Find out more from the AHRC website
The Doctoral Scheme: Only students studying for PhDs are eligible for these three year awards.
More about PhD funding on the AHRC website
Important note:
The deadline for applications for both AHRC and University of Sheffield studentships is: January 15th 2010 (by %pm, UK time). All applications must be emailed to pgr-scholarships@sheffield.ac.uk and they must contain all of the required information to be eligible for consideration. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications by the University's Research and Innovation Services, by March 2010.
Funding from Sheffield
Studentships
The University of Sheffield offers a range of studentships of its own, which may provide either full or partial funding.
For further information see:
Research and Innovation Services
Income from teaching:
The Department offers a limited amount of paid teaching in philosophy. Those in the second year of their PhD are eligible to run tutorials for first year undergraduates, and some in the third or fourth year of the PhD are invited to run lecture courses.
Other Funding
The following page contains links to other possible sources of funding for postgraduate students.
If you know of any that are not on the list, please email us.