Fees and funding: PGDE Secondary

Find details of tuition fees and opportunities for scholarships and financial support for our PGDE Secondary programmes.

Tuition fees and costs

Annual tuition fees are listed on the Postgraduate Study Programme Fees pages related to your desired pathway, exit level and duration of study.

Note that fees remain the same for PGDE Secondary students who wish to qualify for 'dual subjects'. Eg, please take fees for 'German' as indicative of fees for 'German and French'.

Fee status and government funding

The PGDE attracts the same levels of UK government support as an undergraduate degree programme. Therefore, tuition fees for eligible students from Scotland are expected to be paid by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS). Check your fee status to see whether you are eligible. 

Student Awards Agency Scotland (SASS) funding

Students from Scotland and the EU should apply for tuition fee and living cost support to the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS).

Remember to select 'Undergraduate' as your course type when you apply to SAAS.

Students from the rest of the UK may be eligible for SASS funding, please visit the SAAS website to check eligibility.

Government funding for students from the rest of the UK

Students from the rest of the UK should apply for tuition fee and living cost support from their appropriate funding body depending on where they normally live:

Scholarships and funding

Scholarship opportunities are subject to change each year. Therefore, we encourage students to seek out funding opportunities from the University and external funding bodies.

School scholarships

Saroj Lal Scholarship

One scholarship will be awarded to an applicant accepted onto a PGDE or MSc Transformative Learning and Teaching programme from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background

Saroj Lal Scholarship

Tom and Maureen Fairlie Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to a PGDE student who intends to contribute to the development of mathematics or science-based subjects in Scottish secondary schools.

Tom and Maureen Fairlie Scholarship

University and external funding

Teaching Bursary in Scotland

Government bursaries will be available to career changers wishing to undertake Initial Teacher Education courses in Scotland that lead to the award of registered teacher status in the hardest-to-fill subjects. For details on eligible subjects visit the Teaching Bursary in Scotland website.

Teaching Bursary in Scotland

Scholarships, loans and other funding

The University offers a range of scholarships, loans and funding schemes.

Scholarships, loans and other funding

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