MSc Cybersecurity UK Tuition Fees for International Students: 2027 Figures
What does a UK cybersecurity master’s actually cost an international student? The honest answer is a wide range, and the published figures are higher than many older guides suggest. This guide lists the international fees we could read on university pages for 2027 entry, shows which are official and which come from listing sites, and says where we could not find a figure.
International fees we could read
| University and course | International fee per year | Entry year | Where the figure comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Holloway, MSc Information and Cyber Security | £25,500 | 2027/28 | Royal Holloway page |
| Surrey, MSc Cyber Security (full time, September) | £26,900 (February start £25,900; with placement £28,200 a year over 2 years) | 2027 | Surrey page |
| Queen’s Belfast, MSc Applied Cyber Security with Professional Internship (2 years) | £27,600 | 2026/27 | Queen’s page |
| Cranfield, Cyber Defence and Information Assurance | £27,900 | 2027-28 | Cranfield page |
| Lancaster, MSc Cyber Security (on campus) | £30,900 | 2027 | Lancaster page |
| Cardiff, MSc Cyber Security and Technology | £33,950 (deposit £3,000) | 2027 | Cardiff page |
| York, MSc Cyber Security | £33,900 | 2027/28 | York page |
| Southampton, MSc Cyber Security | £36,800 | 2027/28 | Southampton page |
| Warwick, MSc Cyber Security Engineering | £39,330 | 2027/28 | A counselling site quoting Warwick’s fee table |
| Manchester, MSc Cyber Security | £41,400 (deposit £2,500) | 2027 | Manchester page |
| UCL, MSc Information Security | £44,400 (deposit 10% of the first-year fee) | 2027/28 | UCL page |
| Edinburgh, MSc Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust | £45,410, described as provisional | 2027 | A listing site; Edinburgh’s page did not show a figure |
We did not find a confirmed 2027/28 figure for Kent, where listing sites quote £23,500 for 2026 entry, so Kent is not in the table.
What the spread means
As a simple illustration using the table, the gap between the lowest and highest figures is £18,900 a year (£44,400 for UCL against £25,500 for Royal Holloway). Fees also rise year to year, and several universities say so on their pages, so use the figure for your own entry year.
Costs the tuition figure leaves out
- Deposits. Cardiff, Manchester and UCL publish deposits for international offer holders, as shown above.
- Placement charges. Kent says its placement-year fee was £1,850 for a 12-month placement in 2026/27, and Queen’s says internship students pay a placement charge. Royal Holloway charges its year in industry at 20% of the course fee.
- Visa funds. GOV.UK says London living costs are £1,529 a month and outside London £1,171, for up to nine months, rising to £1,570 and £1,203 for applications from 30 November 2026 under Statement of Changes HC 584, as reported by immigration law firms. Use our calculator.
- Visa fee and health surcharge. These are charged on top. Check GOV.UK for the current amounts.
Ways to reduce the cost
York says it offers a 10% discount to its own graduates and works with Chevening. Surrey’s February start can help if you miss the September cycle. For funding routes, see our guides to GREAT Scholarships and money for your first months.
Correction, November 2026
An earlier version of this guide gave rough price brackets, such as £35,000 to £40,000 for Manchester and UCL, £27,000 to £33,000 for Surrey, Southampton and Birmingham, and £18,000 to £22,000 for several named universities. The brackets were out of date or unsupported against current university pages, so they were replaced by the table above. We did not re-check the lower-cost universities that were named, so they were removed.
What we could not confirm
Fees marked as coming from a listing site or counselling site should be confirmed on the university’s own page. We have not included Kent, Birmingham or the lower-cost universities that earlier versions named.
Sources and checks
- Royal Holloway, Information and Cyber Security MSc, University of Surrey, Cyber Security MSc and Cranfield University, Cyber Defence and Information Assurance, read on 5 November 2026
- Lancaster University, Cyber Security MSc, Cardiff University, Cyber Security and Technology and University of York, MSc Cyber Security, read on 5 November 2026
- University of Southampton, Cyber Security MSc, University of Manchester, MSc Cyber Security, UCL, Information Security MSc and Queen’s University Belfast, Applied Cyber Security with Professional Internship, read on 5 November 2026
- GOV.UK, Student visa: money you need, read on 5 November 2026
Figures checked: November 2026. This is general information, not financial advice. Fees change every year, so confirm them on each university’s page.