Study guide
Master's programs in United Kingdom
6499 master's programs across 138 universities. Median tuition runs £29,150. 8 fellowships can fund study here.
£29,150
Median tuition
£3,230 to £393,750
6499
Programs
in our catalog
138
Universities
49%
Avg acceptance
Post-study work rights
UK master's graduates qualify for the Graduate Route visa, which grants 2 years of unrestricted work rights after graduation (3 years for PhDs).
Language of instruction
Nearly all programs are taught in English. International applicants typically need IELTS 6.5+ or TOEFL 92+.
Most-offered fields
673
Business & Management
366
Data Science & AI
294
Law
214
Environmental & Earth Sciences
198
Finance
170
Biology & Life Sciences
Notable programs
A diverse sample across universities, drawn from our best-documented programs.
Business Administration
Lancaster University · Lancaster
£33,000
12mo
MSc Dental Implantology
University of Bristol · Bristol
£57,500
36mo
Architecture (Professional)
Loughborough University · Loughborough
£61,400
24mo
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Design Pathway
Goldsmiths College - University of London · London
£393,750
15mo
MA Social Work
Bournemouth University · Poole
£37,000
24mo
Physics with Extended Research MSc
Imperial College London · London
£109,600
24mo
Advanced Clinical Practice MSc
Bangor University · Bangor
£54,000
36mo
MRes Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies
University of Portsmouth · Portsmouth
£119,850
12mo
Lowest-tuition programs
Sorted by listed international-student tuition, diversified across universities.
MSc Spatial Planning and Development
University of Reading
£19,450
MSc Artificial Intelligence with Speech and Multimodal Interaction
Heriot-Watt University
£20,200
MSc Global Marine Resource Management
University of Southampton
£9,573
Enhanced Professional Practice, MSc
Swansea University
£9,750
Deaf Education MA / PGDip
University of Birmingham
£4,500
MSc Pharmaceutical Quality & Good Manufacturing Practice
University of Strathclyde
£13,800
Best Interests Assessor PG credit
University of Manchester
£3,900
Clinical Geriatrics (MSc)
Cardiff University
£15,700
Annual living cost
$15,091
Median across programs in United Kingdom, in USD for cross-country comparison. Major cities (London, Oxford, Cambridge) run higher.
Fellowships
Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation
Inlaks Shivdasani Scholarship
Deadline March
$120K
World Bank Group / Government of Japan
Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship
Deadline March
$40K
US Department of Education
Fulbright-Hays DDRA
Deadline January
$38K
Imperial College London
Imperial President's PhD Scholarships
Deadline January
$34K
Saudi Ministry of Education
King Abdullah Scholarship Program
Deadline June
$30K
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Truman Scholarship
Deadline February
$30K
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation / University of Cambridge
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Deadline October
$28K
Rhodes Trust
Rhodes Scholarship
Deadline October
$26K
Official sources
- UKCISA
UK Council for International Student Affairs
- Graduate visa (gov.uk)
Official post-study work route