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For undergraduate study, the typical published international fee is £18,500 a year at Birkbeck, University of London and £18,300 at Robert Gordon University, so the two cost about the same. For postgraduate study, the typical published international fee is £20,850 a year at Birkbeck, University of London and £19,060 at Robert Gordon University: Robert Gordon University is about £1,790 a year cheaper. These are medians of the international tuition fees each university publishes for its courses; the fee for a specific course is on its course page.

Both universities teach 20 subject areas: Law, Sociology & Criminology, Business Studies, Media & Film Studies, Computer Science, Management, Accounting, Hospitality, Events & Tourism, Information & Library Studies, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Counselling & Psychotherapy, Design & Fashion and 8 more.

Law graduates earn a median £22,500 three years after graduating from Birkbeck, University of London, and £23,500 from Robert Gordon University. Student satisfaction with teaching is 94% at Birkbeck, University of London and 86% at Robert Gordon University. Figures are medians across each university's undergraduate courses in the subject, from Discover Uni.

Birkbeck, University of London lists 361 courses on CourseOptions and Robert Gordon University lists 151 courses.

Birkbeck, University of London teaches 49 subject areas that Robert Gordon University does not, including Business & Management (General), Politics & International Relations, History, Physical Geography & Climate, Ancient Languages, Economics, History of Art & Design, Psychology (General) and 41 more.

Robert Gordon University teaches 31 subject areas that Birkbeck, University of London does not, including General Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pharmacy, Adult Nursing, Architecture, Building & Construction, Chemical Engineering, Fine Art and 23 more.