MSc application, admissions and Fees

Entry Requirements

There is a maximum of 13 places on the MSc programme. Students will normally possess a first degree in a natural or social science subject, or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of scientific experience and understanding.

Language skills

MSc students must be able to converse and write fluently in English. The university entry standards for English language are as follows:

IELTS
6.5

TOEFL
575 (written test)
232 (computer based test)
90 (internet based test)

Application

To download an application form click here

Before submitting the application form, please make sure you have familiarised yourself with how the College works. You can get more information from other pages of the website including about the college.

The deadline for receipt of applications for the 2008/09 MSc programme was 30 April 2008. Applications submitted after this deadline may be considered (see below) but we cannot guarantee that any MSc places will be available.

The deadline for applications for the 2009/10 MSc programme is
30 April 2009. The downloadable application form will be updated in 2009.

Admissions

If you have applied for entry in September 2008, the College will have contacted you in the second half of May, by which time we will have short-listed those applicants we would like to interview. You may be asked to come to the College for an interview, or to conduct a telephone interview if you are not geographically well placed to come to the College. Subject to the quality and calibre of the interviewees, we will select our MSc students and offer places. We may also consider late applications if we have not been able to fill our places after the interview selection process.

Schumacher College is simply one of the finest teaching and learning environments to be found anywhere in the World.
David Abram, author of
The Spell of the Sensuous

Fees

There are two components to the MSc in Holistic Science course fees:

1 Schumacher College fees include all tuition, food and accommodation from 4 September 2008 to 29 March 2009. For all MSc students these fees maximally total £9,705** and are payable to The Dartington Hall Trust upon enrolment. Students may continue to use College facilities (i.e., the library, MSc classroom and computers) throughout the course programme beyond 29 March 2009 through to late July 2009, when the Dartington International Summer School begins. [Insert link to this section on the MSc in Holistic Science Term Dates 2008/09 page] From late July until
31 August, MSc students may still use the MSc classroom and computers, but the library will be available only by prior arrangement with Schumacher College.

2 The dissertation fee, payable to the University of Plymouth upon enrolment.

Fee status EU/UK students: £1,760
Fee status International students: £4,400

Details of how to pay the fees will be sent to new MSc students when they are formally accepted on to the MSc course in June 2008.

Fees summary

The comprehensive fees for 2008/09 are summarised below as follows:

Component EU/UK student International student
Core modules, term 1* £5,355 £5,355
2 x short courses, term 2 £4,350** £4,350**
Subtotal (Schumacher fees) £9,705 £9,705
Dissertation (University fees) £1,760 £4,400
TOTAL £11,465 £14,105

Students will need to ensure they have accommodation and subsistence funds from the end of March to the end of the course programme, when accommodation will no longer be available in the College. As well, students will need to budget for travel, books not held in the library, specialist research or University materials, bench fees, clothing, stationery and other additional items and services (e.g., photocopying) that fall outside of course fees.

*At the College’s discretion students may live outside of the College during the core modules, when students may apply for a small rebate. However, to maximise students’ experience of Schumacher College’s community-learning environment we normally expect students to live on-site in the accommodation provided. It is a requirement of the short courses that students are resident in the College.

**This includes all tuition, food and accommodation during the two three-week short courses and also food and accommodation for the remaining six weeks of the second term when no short course is being attended. Students may opt to leave the College during these six weeks and thereby reduce their fees. For further information about this please go to Food and Accommodation for MSc Students

Fee Status

Once a student is formally accepted on to the MSc Programme, their application details are scrutinised by the University of Plymouth Registry who conduct a fee assessment in order to determine the student’s fee status. A student will fall under one of three categories: UK, EU, or International. The fee status depends upon a number of factors including where the student has been living during the past three years. Students who are UK nationals and have lived in the UK for their entire life would normally be classified as a UK student. However, students should be aware that even if they are a EU national by birth, it does not necessarily follow that their fee status will be UK or EU. More detailed information on the regulations may be found at www.ukcosa.org.uk.

Schumacher College is part of the Dartington Hall Trust, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and as a charity (company no. 1485560, charity no. 279756). Registered office: The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EL, UK.