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10% Research Alumni Discount Scheme

Key facts Overview Eligibility Application process Terms and conditions of financial support
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Key facts

Start dates

September 2026 / January 2027 / March 2027 / May 2027 / June 2027

Available to home or international students?

Home / International

Study level

Research Degree; Postgraduate

Award value

10% discount

Eligible course awards

DCM, EdD, MRes, MPhil, PhD, Masters by Research, PhD Studentship

Number of awards

All applicants who meet the criteria

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Overview

Our alumni discount is available to any student who has graduated from Oxford Brookes University with an ordinary or honours degree and wishes to stay on or return for an additional degree. If you are a taught Master's graduate who enrols on another taught master's or an MPhil/PhD programme, you can receive a 10% discount on your tuition fees for each year of study.

Eligibility

Eligibility criteria

To qualify you must:

  • Be a graduate of an Oxford Brookes University postgraduate degree, completed a pre-sessional English course, International Foundation or Pre-Master’s course, or completed an incoming Study Abroad or exchange programme.
  • Hold an offer and enrol on a research degree at Oxford Brookes University. The majority of courses qualify for the discount, but please check the exception list below.

Exceptions

  • You will not be eligible for the discount if your previous study only includes occasional study courses, Modular Associate programmes, and certificate or diploma courses.
  • If you transfer from one course to another as part of normal progression arrangements, you are not eligible for the alumni discount on the second or subsequent course. For example: a student who commences on an MPhil and is then transferred to a PhD is not eligible for a discount for the PhD, as this is regarded as one research programme.
  • This discount is not applicable to students who are sponsored.
  • The discount will not be applied to the following programmes: 
    • Pre-sessional programmes in English Language 
    • English Language Foundation Programmes 
    • Modular Associate programmes 
    • occasional study programmes 
    • exchange programmes
    • continuing professional development programmes 
    • Diploma or certificate courses (Note: Graduate Diploma in Law does apply)
    • MBA ACCA members already paying a discounted fee
    • Masters in Applied Design in Architecture (MArchD)
    • Courses where a student has exited with a Certificate or Diploma level qualification and returns to complete a “top up” course for the master’s qualification
    • Any Continuing Professional Development (Healthcare) course. 

This funding is available to students studying on the following courses:

Research Degree

Postgraduate

Application process

Please complete the application form. 

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Terms and conditions of financial support

The following regulations pertain to the alumni discount:
  • The discount is available to students who commence a new research degree at the University, having graduated from a previous Oxford Brookes degree. 
  • If the discount changes part way through your degree (e.g. a new percentage discount is introduced), you will remain on the tuition fee discount applied at the start of your degree.
  • Research degree students will receive a 10% discount for each year of study.
  • The discount is not transferable. The University does not permit the discount to be used for any other purpose.
  • The University reserves the right to vary or withdraw the discount at its sole discretion.
  • This discount cannot be coupled with the international scholarship within the same academic year. This alumni discount will take precedence over the international scholarship as the higher value discount. 
  • This discount commences for those students who enter a degree programme from September 2026.