Fees & scholarships

Find out how much this programme costs and what help may be available to you.

Fees

The Master of Family Medicine programme has annual fees. The estimated fees for September 2025 entry are:

Award name	Study mode	Estimated fees for September 2024 entry
Masters	Intermittent, part time (6 years)	£15,200
Masters	Part-time (3 years)	£15,200 (£5,070 per year)

Tuition fees increase every year in the majority of cases.

For students whose studies commenced in 2022-23 or earlier, tuition fees will increase each year. You should take this annual tuition fee increase into consideration when you estimate your fees for a degree.

From 2023-24 tuition fees for new entrants were fixed for the duration of their programme. If you applied to start from August 2024 onwards, the fee charged has been fixed at the level charged on the year of entry.

Link to more information about fees

Scholarships

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships (CSC) are available for candidates from certain Commonwealth countries who would like to undertake part-time, distance learning on postgraduate programmes offered at Universities in the UK. CSC Scholarships will open shortly for 2025 applications and more details will follow soon. You can find more details on the 2025 CSC Scholarships by visiting the link below.

Link to more information on the 2025 CSC Scholarship

The Carl and Gillean Kjeldsberg Online Scholarships in Family Medicine

We are delighted to announce applications for our new Carl and Gillean Kjeldsberg Scholarships for the Masters in Family Medicine are now open.

These scholarships are awarded to outstanding African health workers who are living and working in any African country and who have a passion to strengthen family medicine and primary health care within their country and region.

The full Scholarship will cover the three years of the Masters programme, and will be dependent on satisfactory completion of all courses each year according to University regulations.

Applications this this scholarship are not yet open. The deadline for submission of applications will be the end of June 2025. Please look out for website updates in March 2025.

The Glenmore Postgraduate Scholarship

The scholarships will be awarded to applicants who are accepted for admission in the following academic year on an eligible Human Medical programme. The Glenmore Postgraduate Scholarship would particularly welcome applications from students from Africa. Scholarships are now open for 2025 applications and the closing date to apply is Thursday 29th May 2025. Please visit the Glenmore Scholarship page for more information.

Awards by Region

A number of Scholarships are available and are awarded specifically by region.

Link for more details

Graduate Scholarship Scheme

There is a 10% discount in postgraduate tuition fees for all alumni who have graduated with an undergraduate degree from the University of Edinburgh. This applies to the self-funding element of the postgraduate tuition fee and is available to both home and overseas students.

Link to Graduate Scholarship Scheme