# PhD fee structure

**Source**: https://registryservices.ed.ac.uk/tuition-fees/policy/postgraduate-research/fees-phd
**Parent**: https://registryservices.ed.ac.uk/tuition-fees/fee-status/definitions

How fees are charged for full-time and part-time PhD programmes, as well as PhDs by publication.

## Full-time study

For full-time study, you will pay a total of **three or four full-time annual fees** (as appropriate) for the period of prescribed study under supervision.

## Part-time study

For part-time study, you will pay a total of **six or eight part-time annual fees** (as appropriate) for the period of prescribed study under supervision.

Part-time tuition fees are 50% of the full-time fee applicable for the programme of study in each academic session.

## Submitting your thesis early

If you submit your thesis early, you must pay the remaining years’ fees due for the PhD programme on submission.

## PhD by publication

If you submit for a PhD by publication, you will need to pay an examination fee on submission.

| Year | Exam fee |
| --- | --- |
| 2024/25 | £2,785 |
| 2025/26 | £2,925 |

## PhD programme fees

PhD programme fees for each year of study can be found on our postgraduate research fees page.

[Postgraduate research fees](https://registryservices.ed.ac.uk/tuition-fees/find/postgraduate-research)

This article was published on
2024-07-29