Postgraduate Fees for international students

For 2025/26, standard fees for international students are:

• £25,850 a year for non-laboratory courses and International Foundation Programmes (Band 1)
• £30,950 a year for subjects with significant laboratory study or workshop content (Band 2).

For 2024/25, standard fees for international students are:

• £22,350 a year for non-laboratory courses and International Foundation Programmes (Band 1)
• £26,950 a year for subjects with significant laboratory study or workshop content (Band 2).

Although the majority of the University’s courses are charged at the standard Band 1 or Band 2 level, certain courses attract a premium course fee. These include Henley Business School courses. Please visit the Henley Business School website for full information.

Part-time fees are calculated at 50% of the standard fee, or pro rata for modular programmes.

A number of our courses will also require a deposit to be paid in order to secure your place. This will be stated on your offer of admission should it be required.

Other costs

In addition to living, accommodation, and course-related costs (such as such as books, stationery and printing materials), you'll also need to budget for travel to and from your home country, plus the cost of a visa application and the immigration health surcharge. Please contact our Immigration Advice Team for more details. You should make sure you have enough money to cover all costs well in advance of coming to Reading. There may be support available. Consult your local British Council/Education Counselling Service office.

We also offer international students a range of generous scholarships to help support your studies.

For students who are experiencing unexpected financial hardship please contact the Student Financial Support team on +44 (0) 378 5555 or email studentfunding@reading.ac.uk.

Postgraduate research

Fees for postgraduate research students can be found on our Doctoral and Researcher College website.

How to pay

Find out more about how to pay your fees.

If you completed your undergraduate degree with us, you're entitled to a discount on your master's degree at Reading. You'll automatically receive £1,500 off the cost of your full-time tuition fees, or if you're a part-time student studying over two years, you'll receive a £750 discount each year.

Read more information on alumni discounts.

Find out more about tuition fees and your financial obligations as a student by reading the University's Fees Policy.

If you spend a full academic year studying abroad or working on a placement as part of your master's degree, you’ll only pay partial tuition during the year away from Reading. This is currently set at 15% of the normal tuition fee and applies to home and international students.

You’ll still need to budget for local living costs (such as accommodation, food, travel, visa fees and medical insurance), which may be more expensive if you spend the year abroad. Home-fee students can apply to be considered for a placement bursary to help with expenses. 

This applies only to situations where the full year is spent abroad or on placement. Where only a part of the year is spent abroad or on placement, the full tuition fee is payable to the University of Reading as normal.

International students compete for a range of scholarships and awards every year. The opportunities for funding that are available depend on your nationality and the course you wish to study.

Financial awards may include:

• Master's scholarships
• Chevening scholarships
• Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme
• Felix scholarships
• GREAT scholarships
• University PhD Studentships
• Henley Business School master's scholarships