Postgraduate Progression Award

Our Postgraduate Progression Awards offer final year undergraduates at the University of Birmingham a fee discount of £1,500 for postgraduate taught study.

The Postgraduate Progression Award

As a Birmingham graduate, we want to support you in taking the next steps in your journey as you continue to study and develop your career. With the familiarity of the University of Birmingham, you will have access to our resources, facilities and support networks to shape and secure your future. As one of the UK’s Top 15 universities, we can assure you that you will receive our wellbeing and careers support, community and resources to assist you in your development.

The tuition fee discounts for our progressing undergraduate students are our commitment to you, in appreciation of your choice to stay with us for your postgraduate degree.

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Applications for 2024 entry

Applications are open for final year undergraduate students at the University of Birmingham who will be commencing a postgraduate taught degree in the 2024-2025 academic year. The deadline to apply is 23:59 (UK time) on 30 August 2024.

Who is the fee discount available to?

The tuition fee discount is available to those students graduating with an undergraduate degree from the University of Birmingham in 2024, and progressing directly to a postgraduate taught programme with us in September 2024 or January 2025 (for the 2024-2025 academic year).

A £1,500 discount will be applied for full and part-time Postgraduate Taught programmes.

How to apply

You can complete our short application form to apply for the tuition fee discount, which will be applied to your fees ahead of your first payment.

The fees discount is an awards scheme and therefore you must submit an application to study and complete the application form.

If you have not yet applied to a programme:

You should apply for your chosen programme through the normal process, via the course page. Once you have submitted your application, complete the simple form below with details of your undergraduate degree and intended postgraduate programme.

If you have already applied to a postgraduate programme:

Simply complete the form and include the programme you have already applied for, as well as your previous undergraduate programme.