PGR overview

The research programme includes a normal period of registration where full tuition fees are payable. The project you devise should be broad enough to be explored at some length but sufficiently restricted to be capable of completion and submission within your registration period. This means that you should be aiming, from the outset, to submit your thesis by the end of your registration period. 

You should not plan to extend into your 'submission pending period' (previously known as 'writing up period' but this period is available if it becomes necessary for you have a little more time.  Additional submission pending fees are payable for use of the submission pending period. Students are required to pay the submission pending fee, in full, at the beginning of the submission pending period and will be refunded any overpayment, on a pro rata basis, if they submit before the end of their time limit.

Tuition and submission pending fees

All students have a supervisory team, usually made up of a primary and a secondary supervisor. You will already know who your primary supervisor is and are likely to have had at least some contact with them before you arrive. You will be given information about your secondary supervisor when you begin your studies. When you arrive you and your supervisors should agree a schedule of work. During the course of your research, you will have regular meetings with your supervisor(s) to discuss your progress with your research and development. In addition to these meetings, all students will have annual and bi-annual reviews. Over the course of May and June in your first year (second year for part-time students) you will also undertake a Confirmation Review process to have your status as a PhD student confirmed.