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When planning to undertake a research degree, you will need to think carefully about:
- Fees – what you need to pay
- - the costs involved, in terms of tuition fees and living expenses
- Funding
- - and the opportunities there may be to obtain funding for your degree
- Additional Funding
- - that may be available depending on your circumstances.
OU research degree areas
- Acoustics
- Art History
- Business and Management
- Chemistry and Analytical Sciences
- Children, Young People and Families
- Classical Studies
- Computing
- Design
- Development Studies
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Economics
- Education and Educational Technology
- English
- Geography
- Health, Social Work and Social Care
- History
- Languages and Applied Linguistics
- Life Sciences
- Materials Engineering
- Mathematics
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics and Astronomy
- Planetary and Space Sciences
- Politics and International Studies
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Social Policy and Criminology
- Sociology
- Statistics
Your questions
The Research Degrees Team is here to advise you about our research degree programme and the OU experience.
- research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1908 654882
Employers' questions
The Research Degrees Team is happy to advise about supporting students through our research degree programmes.
- research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1908 654882