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What you can expect to pay

The amount you pay for a qualification or course will be dependent on where you live and the choices you make. Please see Fees 2012 for more information. 

Unlike some other institutions, our course fees include relevant materials, tuition, assessment and any embedded residential schools. Sometimes there will be books you have to buy yourself or borrow from a local library, but we’re careful to limit the cost as far as we can.

The only extra things you may need to budget for are a computer and travel to tutorials or to residential schools. You’ll also be responsible for any telephone or internet service provider charges your suppliers may make.

We offer a flexible payment option that allows you to spread the cost of your study. See Ways to pay.

Financial support may be available

Don’t forget that financial support towards the cost of studying may also be available. See Financial support for more information.

Postgraduate costs

Because of the modular structure of our degrees the prices can vary but the table below gives an indication of our price bands based on current fees:

£3000 - £6,000 Arts and Humanities
Education
Health Care
Mathematics
Psychology
Science
Social Sciences
£6000 - £10,000 Computing
Engineering
Environment
Information Systems
Development management
Systems Practice
£16,000 MBA

For more information, visit the description for the qualification you are interested in, select the courses (modules) that make up that qualification, and check the current prices of those courses. See our Postgraduate prospectus.

More advice

We can help you achieve your ambitions for postgraduate study in a refreshing and flexible way. If you need more information or expert friendly advice, don’t hesitate to contact us. Click www.open.ac.uk/study or call 44 (0)845 300 60 90. 

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To find out if you are eligible to pay UK course fees see our Where can I study section.

See our Helping with paying for study section to find out if you are eligible for financial support.

Fees 2012

See fee and funding options for study from September 2012.

 

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Courses start from £115 and even if you don't qualify for financial support you can spread the cost of you course fees by paying in monthly instalments.

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