Postgraduate Prospectus

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What tuition fees do
I have to pay?
Our tuition fees for 2012-13 are:
Home and International
EU fee fee per
per annum* annum*
Masters £4,650 to £10,950 to
courses £8,250 £12,950
MBA £15,950 £15,950
Research £3,730** £10,950 to
degrees £12,950
Certificates £1,860 to £4,380 to
and Diplomas £6,600 £10,360
*Guidance in determining whether you are regarded as
a Home, EU or international student for fees purposes
is given on page 214.
**2011-12 fee provided as guidance, as 2012-13 fee
not known at time of going to print.
only available for the first year and if you
are wholly self funding your tuition fee.
For more information, please see:
www.essex.ac.uk/loyalty.
Living expenses
The amount of money you require for living
expenses (accommodation, food, books,
clothing, local travel and entertainment) will
vary according to your interests and means.
The most up-to-date fees can be found at:
www.essex.ac.uk/fees.
Our tuition fees include all academic tuition
or supervision, use of our Library and IT
facilities, registration, initial examination and
graduation, and subscription towards the
cost of student societies and other social
amenities. Fees do not include residence or
living costs, or special re-examination fees.
Research students in our Department of
Biological Sciences may be required to
pay ‘bench fees’ for laboratory materials,
depending on the area of research. Bench
fees will be included with any offer of study.
We reserve the right to review the fees
chargeable for each academic year.
Loyalty discounts
We offer our graduates and former study
abroad students a ten per discount on your
first year of tuition fee. You must be
registered for your first postgraduate study
period at Essex, following completion of
your Bachelors (for Essex graduates) or
study abroad programme (for study abroad
students), whether it is a taught course or
a research degree. Our loyalty discount is
Payment of tuition fees
Tuition fees can be paid in full at the start
of the academic year or in three equal
instalments in October, January and April.
If you are a non-EEA student requiring
our sponsorship for visa applications,
you must pay your first instalment as
a non-refundable deposit in order to be
assigned your CAS. All our other students
must pay the first instalment in order to
register. We have a discount scheme if you
are paying three terms in full, in advance.
You will be sent details when your place is
confirmed. Payments must all be in Sterling
and can be made with credit or debit cards,
cheques, cash or bank transfer.
Tuition fees for subsequent years of study
All fees quoted during your admission
process relate to your first year of study
only. In any second or subsequent years of
study (eg on your research degree or if you
are undertaking your Masters part-time),
you pay the fee published for the relevant
academic year. Our fees are normally
published 12 months before the start of
our academic year. For example, our fees
for 2013-14 should be published by
September 2012.
As a guide, for 2011-12, we recommend
you should have at least £700 per month
for living expenses. This applies to single
students living in our University-owned
accommodation, and allows for an
adequate standard of living but does
not take account of personal interests,
such as sports or hobbies involving special
expenses, nor does it include the cost of
international travel. If you are accompanied
by dependants, costs will be considerably
higher. Information on costs will be included
in your offer letter and up-to-date
information on the cost of living is available
at: www.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance.
Our estimated average living costs for
twelve months are:
Single student living in
University accommodation: £8,325
Student with spouse living in
University accommodation: £12,750
Student with spouse
and one child in private
accommodation: £19,250
Student with spouse
and two children in
private accommodation: £22,500
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