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Fees

Tuition fees for 2010-11:

  • Home/EU non-ELQ students - Year 1 MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert programme:  £3660
  • Home/EU ELQ students - Year 1 MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert programme:  £4026
  • International students - Year 1 MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert programme:  £6354

Notes:  ELQ = equivalent learning qualification.  If you hold an equivalent learning qualification then your fee is the ELQ fee above.  If you do not hold an equivalent learning qualification then your fee is the non-ELQ fee above.  The UK government has reduced the subsidy they provide to students who already hold an equivalent qualification, hence the distinction..  The MSc consists of 4 taught modules followed by 1 research module.  Completion of first 2 modules is a Postgraduate Certificate, completion of the first 4 modules is a Postgraduate Diploma. 

Fee liability and information for international students

The college provides information for international students at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/for/prospective/international.  This includes information on determining if you are liable for Home/EU or Overseas fees,  financial support for international students and much more.

How to pay

The college also provides information on the fee payment methods available and the payment deadlines at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/fin/fees/paying.

Other costs (estimated):

  • Textbooks: 
    • three recommended [list prices checked on http://www.fetchbook.info  on 29/09/10:  (1) Chang (2005) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3rd edition, paperback) - £43.94; (2) Longley et. al (2010) Geographic Information Systems and Science (3rd edition) - £42.50; and (3) Heywood et. al (2006) An Introduction to Geographical information Systems (3rd edition) - £66.33]; and
    • list of 7 optional books:  dependant upon how many, if any, you wish to buy.
  • Software costs:
    • ArcGIS 9.3
      • free to a UK address
      • £130 per annum to a non-UK address
    • IDRISI Taiga - (US)$147.50 plus shipping
  • Students not sitting examinations at Birkbeck:  Examination invigilation fee set by agreed examination centre, not Birkbeck - on average £50 per examination paper, but costs of anything from £0-£200 per examination paper were found on the websites of overseas examination invigilation centres.
  • Optional:  extra library services for distance learning students: £1 item.
Main office: Department of Geography, Environment and Development Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX; tel: 020 7631 6531; fax: +44 (0) 20 7631 6498; email: geds@bbk.ac.uk