Postgraduate fees, funding and money advice

As a postgraduate student, you will be charged a tuition fee for each year of your course. Tuition fees for masters courses vary and if you are a current master’s student you will have been sent information regarding your fees prior to your course start.

For applicants to LJMU, information regarding tuition fee charges can be found on the specific course information pages on our website. Once you've found a course that you’re interested in, you'll find all the information about fees and funding on the course information page.

You can pay your tuition fees in instalments over the year and if you are taking out a master's loan you can align your tuition fee payments to the same dates you will receive your masters loan.

If you need to check the information about your fees or are unsure of any aspect of your tuition fees, please contact Registry Services who will be able to help you.

For information on postgraduate loans you may be eligible for, visit the following websites:

• GOV.UK - Master's Loan: Overview
• Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) - Postgraduate funding - Full time
• Student Finance Wales - Master's courses, postgraduate finance
• Student Finance Northern Ireland - What type of student are you?

The way you repay your masters loan depends on where in the UK you normally live.

Students from Northern Ireland and Scotland will have the loans added to their undergraduate balance and will make one monthly repayment off the whole balance once your income goes over the threshold. Currently this threshold is £24,900 for Northern Ireland and £31,395 for students funded by Scotland.

Students from England and Wales will make a separate payment off their PG loan balance once their income goes over the PG loan repayment threshold – this is currently £21,000.

For more information, regarding loan repayments see the Student Loans Company website.