Tuition Fees

Financial matters are a concern for all students, and it is advised to plan ahead thoroughly to ensure you have the finances to complete your studies. In addition to paying tuition fees for the programme you are undertaking, you will need to cover your living expenses. As such you are encouraged to ensure that your Tuition Fee Status Assessment is correct and explore the possibility of securing funding.

The Courtauld Institute’s Tuition Fee rates are set annually and cover enrolment, tuition and supervision for each academic year or term that you are enrolled as a student. Tuition fees are subject to change each academic year.

The fees below apply to the 2027/28 academic year. Students on programmes lasting more than one year will pay tuition fees for each year of enrolment, subject to any annual fee increases.

Undergraduate Fees 2027/28
Programme	UK Fee	Overseas Fee
BA History of Art	£9,780*	£32,000

Postgraduate Taught Fees 2027/28
Programme	UK Fee	Overseas Fee
Graduate Diploma in the History of Art Full-Time	£16,275	£32,000
Graduate Diploma in the History of Art Part-Time	£8,138	£16,000**
MA History of Art	£17,100	£36,600
MA Curating	£19,100	£38,350
MA Art and Business	£26,000	£42,350
MA Conservation of Easel Paintings	£19,100	£38,350
MA Conservation of Wall Paintings	£19,100	£38,350
MA Art History and Conservation of Buddhist Heritage	£19,100	£38,350
MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image	Please refer to the KCL website***	Please refer to the KCL website***
MA Preventive Conservation	£ 19,100	£ 38,350

Postgraduate Research Fees 2027/28
Programme	UK Fee	Overseas Fee
PhD Research Full-Time	£7,300	£27,800
PhD Research Part-Time	£3,650	£13,900**
PhD Writing-up Year	£800	£800

Fee increases 2027/28
Tuition fee increases are reviewed annually. In common with many higher education institutions, The Courtauld faces increasing costs associated with delivering teaching, student support, facilities and services. As a result, tuition fees may increase in line with the terms and conditions applicable to your programme of study. For new students, the fees will be published at least ten months in advance of the start of the year to which they relate.

For continuing students, so you can plan your likely future expenditure, increases in fees will be determined as follows.

UK home undergraduate students
The Government sets the maximum tuition fee higher education institutions can charge UK home students in any academic year. Your tuition fees may increase up to the maximum amount permitted by UK law or regulation for that academic year.

The maximum regulated tuition fee for UK Home undergraduate students will increase from £9,525 to £9,780 for the 2027-28 academic year. The Courtauld has decided to apply this increase and therefore the tuition fee for your programme will be £9,780 for the 2027-28 academic year. Further information about fee increases can be found here.

Tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in accordance with the terms and conditions of your programme.

International undergraduate students
The tuition fee for International undergraduate students will increase from £28,350 to £32,000 for the 2027-28 academic year, an increase of £3,650.

Tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in accordance with the terms and conditions of your programme.

UK home postgraduate students
For UK Home postgraduate taught students, tuition fees will be published at least ten months in advance of the start of the year to which they relate. For students on a 3-year programme, we may increase your tuition fees in the second and subsequent years of your course.

For continuing UK Home postgraduate taught students, any annual increase in tuition fees will be no more than 7%, or 5% above the Retail Price Index (RPI), whichever is higher at the time the decision is made.

International postgraduate taught students
The increase will be no more than 7%, or 5% above the Retail Price Index (RPI) at the time the decision is made, whichever is the higher.

UK home postgraduate research students undertaking a PhD
For continuing students, increases will be no more than 7% or 5% above the RPI at the time the decision is made, whichever is the higher.

Future fee increases
Tuition fees may increase in subsequent years of study (subject to the maximum tuition fee caps set by the Government). However, any increase for a subsequent year of study will not exceed 7% of the tuition fee charged for the previous year of the same programme.

Undergraduate Student Loans
Information about student finance amounts and maintenance for 2026-27 can be found here
If you have questions about your tuition fees or how these changes may affect you, please contact Student and Academic Services.

**Overseas Part-Time Fees: Please be aware that it is not possible to undertake Part-Time study if you require a Student VISA to study with us, due to VISA regulation restrictions

***MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image: Please see King’s College London CAMI MA page to see details of fees and funding.

How to Pay Fees

Fee status

Publicly funded higher-education institutions in the UK typically charge two tiers of fees – a lower ‘UK’ fee, and a higher ‘Overseas’ fee.

Your fee status can be determined by various criteria, often tied to residency as well as nationality or citizenship.

Find out about fee status here.

General Associated Programme Costs

Programmes in the History of Art and Conservation departments often include local, UK and occasionally international study trips and fieldwork. Travel grants are available to cover the cost of these study trips, and there is a budget for exhibition entrance charges. Students will need to cover local travel costs in London for site or exhibition visits. International students may have to apply for visas for international travel, and module leaders will be in touch as early as possible to make students aware of this.

Other associated programme costs are typical to programmes in the humanities, such as the use of a laptop or computer, printer credits, travel to campus or local visits and graduation. Students may wish to purchase their own copies of some relevant reading materials, but all set texts are supplied through the Courtauld Institute’s Library and Virtual Learning Environment. See our Library webpage for more details on the range of resources available.

For further information about associated programme costs, please see the individual Programme webpages, or contact the Programme Leader.