Dear MRes Applicant,

We are delighted that you hold an unconditional offer to study on our MRes programme at Newcastle University and are looking forward to hearing from you to officially accept your offer - please email Dawn Hull: .

The fee for the MRes course for 2016-2017 is £5,665. This is fixed and will not change for this year. If you pay the whole fee when you register, you will qualify for a 2% discount. Otherwise you can pay half when you register and the rest in January 2017. For Newcastle University alumni who are self-funding, we offer a 20% tuition fee discount. Details can be found at this webpage: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/fees/. If you are receiving sponsorship to cover part or all of your fees, you will need to provide a letter of sponsorship from your sponsoring organisation.

We are very keen that you accept our offer and come to Newcastle in September.

·  As this recent survey shows we are ranked amongst the world’s elite Universities: (https://my.ncl.ac.uk/staff/nuconnections/item/rated-among-the-world-s-elite-institutions).

·  We are in the top 10 Universities in the UK for employability: (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/employability/).

·  We are ranked in the top 20 for global research power with 78% of our research classified as world leading.

·  Newcastle University is featured in a new film which showcases the strengths of the North to investors and businesses from all over the world. The video (https://youtu.be/1Dr0JYpcFtw) demonstrates the sectors of excellence in the region.

If you decide not to come to Newcastle to study, it would be very helpful if you could notify us, or Dawn Hull () as early as possible, so that we can offer your place to another applicant.

We hope that this information is helpful but if you have any questions please contact us on one of the email addresses shown below. We look forward to welcoming you in September.

Yours sincerely,

Prof Zosia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ()

Dr Simon Whitehall ()

MRes Recruitment and Admissions Team