Fees and funding for doctoral study
Information on fees, funding, and additional costs while you study for a doctorate in the School of Education.
Postgraduate research fees
Find information about relevant fees for postgraduate research.
The Sheffield EdD
Staff from the University of Sheffield applying to the Sheffield EdD do not pay fees for Part 2 of the programme.
Scholarships
You can apply for a number of centrally managed postgraduate scholarships.
The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) Pathway Awards is one of these scholarships, as well as University of Sheffield Research Scholarships (subject to availability).
Deadline
The deadline for both the WRDTP Pathway awards and the University of Sheffield Research Scholarships (subject to availability) is Wednesday 22 January 2025 at 5pm UK time. In order to be eligible, you will need to have received an offer of study by this date.
If you wish to apply for an award, you will also need to submit a separate application for a doctorate.
The deadline for PhD applications to the School of Education in order to be considered for scholarship support is Monday 6 January 2025 at 12 noon UK time.
The deadline for PhD applications to the Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) in order to be considered for scholarship support is 3rd January 2025 at 12 noon UK time.
Scholarship applications are completed through our Postgraduate Online Application form.
Additional costs
There are some additional items which are not included in the course fee. Some general examples are listed below:
- Travel for site visits DBS update service registration for professional programmes
- Additional travel costs
- Printing of your dissertation
- Any resubmission or extension fees
- Accommodation and living costs
- Stationery
- Optional books or texts – personal copies will not be included in the tuition fee
- Optional field trips - where students have the option to go to alternative destinations, they may have to contribute part of the cost
- Electrical equipment eg laptops, digital cameras and calculators
- Resitting exams including professional accreditation exams
- Travel, accommodation, relocation and living costs for employment experience, industrial placements and clinical placements.
- Year and semesters abroad - travel, accommodation, relocation, living costs, health insurance, visas, vaccinations, ancillary materials and textbooks etc
- General printing and photocopying, including for dissertations and coursework
- Other charges for the Sheffield Graduate Award, replacement U-Cards/transcripts/degree certificates, late registration