Regulations on Financial Matters

2.

• (a) Every member of the University shall pay a University fee at the appropriate annual rate for each academic year in which he or she is working in OxfordMatters:

  • (i) For the Degree of BA or the Degree of M.Biochem. or the Degree of M.Chem. or the Degree of M.Math.Comp.Sci. or the Degree of M.Earth Sc. or the Degree of M.Eng. or the Degree of M.Math. or the Degree of M.Comp.Sci. or the Degree of M.Comp.Phil. or the Degree of M.Phys. or the Degree of M.Phys.Phil. or the Degree of M.Math.Phil. (Those working for an honour school requiring the study of one or more languages for an academic year outside Oxford or for Law with Law Studies in Europe, or for an honour school requiring a period of study shorter than a year outside Oxford, or for Part II in Chemistry or Materials Science or Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, or for Part II in the Honour Schools of Engineering Science  or Engineering, Economics, and Management or Materials, Economics, and Management, shall be deemed for all the purposes of this clause to be working in Oxford for the degree of BA or the Degree of M.Biochem. or the Degree of M.Chem. or the Degree of M.Eng., whether or not their work is being undertaken in Oxford);

  • (ii) for the Degree of BFA;

  • (iii) for the Degree of BCL or Magister Juris;

  • (iv) for a second Final Honour School;

  • (v) for the First Examination for the Degree of BM;

  • (vi) for the Diploma in Theology;

  • (vii) for the Diploma in Legal Studies;

  • (viii) for the Certificate in Diplomatic Studies;

  • (ix) for the Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomatic Studies;

  • (x) for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education; or

  • (xi) for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (those working for the certificate shall be deemed for all the purposes of this clause to be working in Oxford, whether or not their work is being undertaken in Oxford).

• (b) The fees shall be paid as follows:

  • (i) in the case of those members of the University whose fees are paid under the terms of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (or under corresponding arrangements approved by the Scottish Executive, Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Assembly or the States Assembly of Jersey, States Assembly of Guernsey or Isle of Man Government) the fees shall be paid in accordance with the arrangements laid down in those regulations;

  • (ii) in all other cases, fees shall be collected in accordance with the provisions of §3 below;

  • (iii) on application by their society, and subject to the approval of Council's Education Committee, some part of the University fee for an academic year may subsequently be returned to those who do not work in Oxford for the whole of that year. The general rule agreed by Council is that, for each complete term not spent working in Oxford, one third of the annual fee shall be returned.

3. Every member of the University shall pay a University fee at the appropriate annual rate for each term from and including the term in which he or she begins to work for the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine up to and including the term in which he or she completes all the stages of the examination, or ceases to work for the examination.

4.

• (a) Subject to the provisions of cl. 5 below, every member of the University shall pay a University fee at the appropriate annual rate for each term in which he or she is registered as a Probationer Research Student or is working for one of the qualifications listed below, from and including the term in which he or she is first so registered or begins working for such qualification, up to and including the term in which he or she takes the examination or (in the case of a degree or diploma by thesis only) submits his or her thesis:

  • (i) the Degree of B.Phil.;

  • (ii) the Degree of M.Sc.;

  • (iii) the Degree of M.St.;

  • (iv) the Degree of MBA;

  • (v) the Degree of MPP;

  • (vi) the Degree of M.Litt.;

  • (vii) the Degree of M.Phil.;

  • (viii) the Degree of M.Th.;

  • (ix) the Degree of M.F.A.;

  • (x) the Degree of D.Phil.;

  • (xi) the degree of Eng.D,;

  • (xii) any diploma or certificate other than:

    • (a) the Diploma in Theology;

    • (b) the Diploma in Legal Studies;

    • (c) the Postgraduate Diploma in Education;

    • (d) the Postgraduate Certificate in Education;

    • (e) the Certificate in Management Studies;

    • (f) the Certificate in Theology;

    • (g) the Certificate in Diplomatic Studies;

    • (h) the Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomatic Studies; or

    • (i) certificates issued by the Board of Studies in Education under the provisions of the appropriate regulation.

• (b) Where the examination comprises a written examination followed by the submission of a dissertation, the relevant term is that in which the written examination is taken, save that the relevant term for a student for the Degree of M.Th. is that in which his or her dissertation is submitted (subject to the provisions of cl. 5 of this subsection). A thesis submitted other than during Full Term shall be deemed for the purposes of this clause to have been submitted during the preceding term.

• (c) Candidates who continue to work for one of the qualifications listed in this clause after attempting an examination shall pay a University fee for each term in which they receive tuition or supervision; but if they receive no further tuition or supervision, they shall pay no further University fees but shall pay the fee prescribed in §7 below when they re-enter. Candidates whose thesis submitted for the degree of M.Litt., M.Sc., or D.Phil., has been referred back shall pay no further University fees, but shall pay the fee prescribed in §7 below when they apply for re-examination; and candidates whose dissertation for the degree of M.Sc. in Education did not satisfy the examiners shall pay the fee prescribed in §7 below before a revised or new dissertation for Part II of the examination is examined. For the purposes of this clause, 'term' shall include any period of forty-two days' residence reckoned as a term of residence under the Regulations for Residence in the University provided that not more than three University fees shall be payable in the same academical year.

• (d) The fee shall be collected in accordance with §3 below.

5.

• (a) The number of termly University fees payable under cl. 4 above by those working for the degree of D.Phil. shall not exceed nine provided that:

  • (i) [for candidates admitted for a DPhil from 1 September 2006 onwards] Candidates for the D.Phil. may count towards this figure up to three termly University fees paid while working for the degree of M.Phil., M.St. in Legal Research, or B.Phil. provided that the candidate has been given leave to supplicate for that degree;

  • (ii) Candidates for the D.Phil. who have held the status of Probationer Research Student, or of Student for the Degree of M.Sc. by Research or M.Litt. or for the Diploma in Law, before transferring to work for the degree of D.Phil. shall be deemed for the purpose of this subsection to have been working for the D.Phil. from the term in which they began working for the course from which they have transferred, and may count towards their D.Phil. fee liability any fees paid while holding their previous status, subject to the payment on transfer of any consequent additional fees for which they are liable. A candidate is not deemed to be 'transferring to work for the Degree of D.Phil.', when he or she is admitted for the Diploma in Law or as a D.Phil. student after satisfying the examiners for the Degree of M.Sc. by Research or M.Litt.;

• (b) The number of termly University fees payable by candidates for the Doctor of Engineering shall not exceed twelve.

• (c) The number of termly University fees payable under cl. 4 above by those working for any qualification other than the degree of D.Phil. or Eng.D. shall not exceed six in respect of each qualification, provided that:

  • (i) Candidates who transfer from the D.Phil. to the M.Litt. or M.Sc. by Research may count up to six University fees paid while working towards the D.Phil. (including fees paid while holding the status Probationer Research Student) towards this figure;

  • (ii) Candidates receiving tuition or supervision after attempting an examination shall continue to pay University fees for each term in which they receive tuition or supervision;

  • (iii) Candidates under (iv)–(vii) below who receive tuition or supervision after failing an examination or who require an extension of time shall continue to pay University fees for each term in which they receive tuition or supervision;

  • (iv) Part-time Students for the Degree of Master of Science in Education shall pay not more than twelve University fees (at the half rate);

  • (v) Students for the Degree of Master of Science in Evidence-Based Health Care, Experimental Therapeutics, Software and System Security, Software Engineering, Surgical Science and Practice, or Sustainable Urban Development shall pay not more and not fewer than six termly programme fees irrespective of the period for which they are registered for that degree;

  • (vi) Part-time students for the Degree of Master of Theology shall not pay more than six University fees (at the half rate) while working for Part II of that degree;

  • (vii) Students for the Degree of Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law shall pay not more than six University fees; and

  • (viii) Part-time students for the MSc in Mathematical Finance shall pay not more than two tuition fees covering seven terms of study, payable at the start of the first and second years of the course respectively; students requiring an extension of time shall pay a fee of £500 for each term in which they continue to receive tuition or supervision.

• (d)   the number of termly University fees payable by candidates registered for a D.Phil. through one of the following doctoral training programmes shall not exceed twelve: Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems; Cardiovascular Medicinal Chemistry; Cyber Security; Environmental Research; Healthcare Innovation; Industrially Focused Mathematical Modelling; Interdisciplinary Bioscience; Life Sciences Interface; New and Sustainable Photovoltaics; Oil and Gas; Partial Differential Equations: Analysis and Applications; Science and Technology of Fusion Energy; Synthesis for Biology and Medicine; Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science; Systems Biology;

• (e)   the number of termly University fees payable by candidates registered for a D.Phil. through one of the following doctoral training programmes shall not exceed twelve: Biomedical Imaging; Statistical Science; Synthetic Biology. Candidates registered for one of these doctoral training programmes, who are admitted by the University of Warwick, Bristol. or Nottingham, and who hold the status of Probationer Research Student at Oxford, shall not normally pay more than three termly University fees while at Oxford;

• (f)   the number of termly University fees payable by candidates registered for a D.Phil. through one of the following doctoral training programmes shall not exceed twelve: Diamond Science and Technology; Gas Turbine Aerodynamics; Renewable Energy Marine Structures; Science and Application of Plastic Electronic Materials. Candidates for these programmes may count towards this figure up to the equivalent of three termly University fees paid to the relevant partner university;

• (g)   the number of termly University fees payable by candidates registered for a D.Phil. through the doctoral training programme in Theory and Modelling in Chemical Sciences shall not exceed twelve. Candidates registered for a D.Phil. through this doctoral training programme may count up to three termly University fees paid while working for the M.Sc. in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry towards this figure;

• (h) Fee requirements relating to full-time students undertaking graduate study shall also apply to part-time students holding the same status, save that part-time students shall be required to pay half the applicable full-time fee over twice the applicable length of time for full-time students, except where the fee for the part-time programme is otherwise specified in the regulations, and except where the applicable period is otherwise specified under cl. 5(c) above.

• (i)

  • (i) Where admission as a graduate student is reckoned from a term earlier than that in which the application for admission was approved, on the grounds that:

    • (a) A term or terms had been spent at another university on a course of study directly relevant to the work subsequently undertaken for the degree of M.Litt., M.Sc., or D.Phil., and

    • (b) The earlier study had not led to the award of a qualification of any university, and was under the supervision of a person who has subsequently taken up an appointment at Oxford,

  • (ii) Subject to the approval of Council's Education Committee, any fees payable under cl. 4 above in respect of such term or terms may be remitted either wholly or in part. For the purposes of determining the appropriate fee level, the student will usually be deemed to have commenced the programme of study in the term to which their admission has been antedated.

  (j) The number of termly University fees payable by candidates for a D.Phil. in the Medical Sciences Doctoral Training Centre who have been admitted to a four-year doctoral programme shall not exceed twelve.

• (k) The number of termly University fees payable by candidates for a D.Phil. in Biomedical Sciences under the NIH-Oxford programme shall not exceed six.

6. Subject to the approval of Council's Education Committee, where a clinical student has already spent at least three terms working full-time for the Degree of M.Sc. by research and has paid at least three University fees in respect thereof, any further fees payable in respect of the M.Sc. course for terms in which he or she is also working as a clinical student at a university clinical school outside Oxford may be remitted.

7. Every member of the University shall pay such other fees applicable to him or her as may be prescribed by any statute or regulation.

2. Every personRegulations on theFinancial RegisterMatters: ofPart Recognized Students or on the Register of Visiting Students shall pay a University fee at the appropriate annual rate on the basis set out below, and as published at www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/fees/information/universityrates/ or available from the Planning and Resource Allocation Section for each term in which he or she is studying in the University.

• (a) For Recognised Students, fees shall be payable at 50% of the 'overseas' graduate research fee rate specified for the relevant subject area; in cases where a Recognised Student is studying across subject areas with different fee rates, the applicable fee rate shall be that which applies to the larger portion of their studies; in the case of two subjects equally weighted, the fee rate shall be that which applies to the subject that carries the higher fee; in the case of three subjects weighted equally, the fee rate shall be that which applies to the subject that carries the mid-level fee.

  (b) For Visiting Students, fees shall be payable at 50% of the 'overseas' undergraduate fee rate specified for the relevant subject area; in cases where the subject is not offered at undergraduate level, fees shall be payable at 50% of the 'overseas' graduate research fee rate as specified for the relevant subject area; in cases where a Visiting Student is studying across subject areas with different fee rates, the applicable fee rate shall be that which applies to the larger portion of their studies; in the case of two subjects equally weighted, the fee rate shall be that which applies to the subject that carries the higher fee; in the case of three subjects weighted equally, the fee rate shall be that which applies to the subject that carries the mid-level fee.

3. Every person described in cll. 1 and 2 above shall pay such other fees applicable to him or her as may be prescribed by any statute or regulation.

2. Annual University fees shall be paidRegulations on orFinancial beforeMatters: the seventh day of Michaelmas Full Term (or of the term in which the student commences his or her course, as the case may be) unless the Bursar of the student's college or the Head of the student's department for programmes where fees are usually paid directly to the department, certifies in writing that:

• (a) The college has approved the student's application to pay by instalments, the first such instalment having been paid; and/or

• (b) The student has applied for, and is prima facie eligible for, a contribution to his or her fee from his or her local authority (or other fee-paying body), and the college is of the opinion that no contribution will be required from the student;

• (c) The student's programme did not commence on the first day of the relevant term, and payment is due on the seventh day after the actual commencement of the student's programme.

3.

• (a) In the event that any fee or continuation charge payable by the student, or the relevant instalment towards such a fee, remains unpaid after the due date of payment it shall be the duty of the Bursar of the student's college, or the Registrar for programmes where fees or charges are usually paid directly to the University, or the Head of the student's department for programmes where fees or charges are usually paid directly to the department, to notify the student concerned that, in the event that the fees or charges due have not been paid in full within four weeks from the date of such notification, the student shall ordinarily be liable for suspension from access to the premises and facilities of the University (including the Examination Schools and other places of examination). The student shall be informed that, apart from in exceptional circumstances, they will be suspended from the end of such four-week period until such time as outstanding fees or charges have been paid, at which point they may apply for reinstatement, or until two terms have elapsed, at which point they will be removed from the Register of Students. The Bursar or Head shall also inform the Registrar that he or she has so notified the student concerned; and if the fees or charges due have not been paid in full within the specified four-week period, the Bursar or Head shall inform the Registrar of the position, whereupon, subject to the other provisions of this clause, the University shall have the right, having considered the circumstances of the case, to suspend the student concerned from access to the premises and facilities of the University. If the fees or charges due have not been paid in full within two terms of the date of any suspension imposed under this clause, the University shall have the right, having first considered the circumstances of the case, to remove the student from the Register of Students. A student may apply to Education Committee for reinstatement to the Register of Students. Any such reinstatement, which is not automatic, will be conditional upon payment of all outstanding fees.

• (b) On application by their society, or by the Head of the student's department for programmes where fees are usually paid directly to the department, and subject to the approval of Council's Education Committee, some part of the fee for an academic year may subsequently be returned to those who do not work in Oxford as a result of suspension or withdrawal, for the whole of that year. The general rule agreed by Council is that, for each complete term not spent working in Oxford, one third of the annual fee shall be returned. In addition, if a student withdraws or suspends their status on or before Monday of WeekPart 4 of any term the fees payable in respect of that term will generally be reimbursed to the student. Certain programmes which have been granted permission to charge non-refundable deposits and programmes within the Department for Continuing Education, the Mathematical Institute, and the Saïd Business School may operate different refund policies.

• (c) Applications for the remission or waiver of University fees, for the resolution of issues relating to the non-payment of University fees, and for all other questions of doubt or difficulty relating to the liability of individual students for University fees, including those covered under cll. 2 and 3 (a) and (b) above, and for questions of doubt or difficulty relating to the charging of deposits for course fees, or for tuition fee reductions or bursaries as covered in §6, or for liability for the continuation charge as covered in §4 shall be determined by the Fees Panel. The Panel shall be chaired by the Assessor and consist of two members nominated by Conference of Colleges, two members nominated by Council's Education Committee, and the Assessor-elect. Applications for dispensation from residence requirements, other than those specified above, shall be determined by the Proctors, on condition that if the Fees Panel or the Proctors, as the case may be, are unable to agree on how to deal with any individual application they shall refer the application to Council's Education Committee for decision.

• (d) There shall be no appeal against a decision of the Fees Panel. A student may, however, make a further application under the procedures outlined above for relief from suspension or such terms as may have been imposed by a Fees Panel if the Bursar of his or her college supports an application on the basis that the student's financial circumstances have changed for reasons beyond his or her control.

2. A student who is paying University fees in respect of any given term shall not be liable for a continuation charge in the same term.

3. The continuation charge first became payable in 2013-14 and the rate will be reviewedRegulations on anFinancial annualMatters: basis.Part The5 rate for the current academic year is available from www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/fees/information/maxlib/otherfees/ or from the Planning and Resource Allocation Section. Divisions may remit the continuation charge (subject to approval by Council’s Planning and Resource Allocation Committee) for graduate research students on a specified course or courses of study, provided that the remission applies to all students on that course in a specified term or terms of study.

2. Council's Education Committee shall have power to approve exchange arrangements with other universities under which no fees are payableRegulations on eitherFinancial side.Matters: AnyPart of the University fees prescribed in §1 or §2 above, which would otherwise have been payable by any person working in Oxford under those exchange arrangements shall be remitted.

2. All students described in cl.1 above, who are entitled to receive support from a funding agency as described in cl. 6 below, will be eligible to be assessed for an Oxford bursary, subject to cl. 4. Bursary levels will be at the rates determined from time to time by Council's Education Committee and Planning and Resource Allocation Committee. Bursary amounts are set outRegulations on the University website. Special regulations for members of the University described in cl.1 (d), and (g) are set out in cll. 11 to 134.

3. All students described in cl. 1, who are entitled to receive support from a funding agency as described in cl. 6 below, who commenced their programme of study on or after 1 September 2012, and who would otherwise be liable for full University fees as described in §1,will be eligible to be assessed for a reduction in University fees, hereafter referred to as a ‘tuition fee reduction’ subject to cl. 4. The level of the tuition fee reduction will be at the rates determined from time to time by Council's Education Committee and Planning and Resource Allocation Committee. The different levels of tuition fee reduction are set out on the University website. Special regulations for members of the University described in cl. 1 (d) and (g) are set out in cll. 11-134. Students will not be entitled to a cash equivalent of a tuition fee reduction.

4. If a student who is eligible to be charged University fees at the 'home' (and EU) rate is not entitled to means-tested maintenance support from his or her funding agency, he or she will not be eligible to be assessed for a bursary or tuition fee reduction in that academic year. Students who are entitled to be assessed by the Student Finance Services Non UK Team, and who are entitled, in accordance with the criteria set out in §1, cl. 1, to be charged fees at the appropriate 'home' (and EU) rate, are eligible to be assessed for a bursary or tuition fee reduction, subject to the conditions referred to in cl. 10 below.

5. Students who are repeating a year of their studies at Oxford will be eligible to be assessed for a bursary and/or tuition fee reduction, subject to cl. 4. Students repeating their first year or transferring to year one of a new course described in cl. 1 who were eligible for an additional start-up bursary in their first year of study will not be eligible for any further start-up bursary.

6. Requirements for the assessment of a student's household income are as follows:

• (a) A member of the University as described in cl. 1 can only be considered for a bursary or tuition fee reduction if he or she is first financially assessed by his or her funding agency and if consent has been given for the University to access this information. Financial assessmentsMatters: will only be accepted from Student Finance England, Student Finance Northern Ireland, Student Finance Wales, the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, the Student Finance Services Non UK Team, the Student Loans Company (SLC) or the National Health Service (NHS). The University will only base a student's bursary and/or tuition fee reduction upon income information provided to it via the above agencies;

• (b) Special regulations for financial assessments apply to members of the University who are working in Oxford for the Preliminary Examination in Medicine and Second Examination for the degree of BM. These are set out in cll. 11 and 12;

• (c) 'Home' students are obliged to accept any maintenance grant they become eligible for as a result of financial assessment by their funding agency in order to be eligible to be assessed for a bursary and/or a tuition fee reduction. 'Home' (and EU) students are not required by the University to take out a maintenance loan or tuition fee loan from their funding agency to be eligible to be assessed for a bursary or for a tuition fee reduction respectively.

7. The annual deadlines for the assessment of bursaries and tuition fee reductions shall be as follows:

• (a) To be assessed for an Oxford bursary and/or tuition fee reduction students must comply with the application deadlines set by their funding agency. Students who fail to comply with requests to provide information to their agency will not be assessed by the University after the deadlines listed in (b) and (c) below;

• (b) To be assessed, or reassessed, for an Oxford bursary students must ensure that they have provided all information to their funding agency in time to ensure their assessment is complete and available to the University from the SLC or other approved agency by 30 May of the academic year in which they wish to be considered for a bursary;

• (c) To be assessed, or reassessed, for a tuition fee reduction students must ensure that they have provided all information to their funding agency in time to ensure their assessment is complete and available to the University from the SLC or other approved agency by 20 December of the academic year in which they wish to be considered for a tuition fee reduction;

• (d) Any student who wishes to be considered for a bursary and/or tuition fee reduction, or for a change in their bursary and/or tuition fee reduction after the dates listed in (b) and (c) above must submit a case to the Student Fees and Funding section (Examination Schools, Oxford OX1 4BG) detailing the delay relating to their financial assessment by 30 May of that academic year. The student must confirm when he or she applied for funding, what difficulties he or she had in being assessed correctly, the action he or she took to rectify this, and provide any corresponding evidence. The student will be expected to respond in a timely manner to any requests for further information from Student Fees and Funding. The student must also provide the final financial notification for that year as soon as it is available and no later than 20 December of the following academic year. If the student is in their final year of study, the deadline for submission of the financial support notification is Friday of Week 9 of Trinity Term of that year.

8. The arrangements for adjustments to bursaries during an academic year are as follows:

• (a) Each of the regulations in this clause will be subject to the dates and regulations listed in cl.Part 7;

• (b) Students who have received an overpayment of their bursary following a revised household income assessment will not be asked to repay any funds, unless the bursary was obtained due to incorrect information being knowingly submitted to the student's funding agency by the student or his or her sponsor;

• (c) If a student's revised household income assessment results in an increased bursary entitlement, subsequent bursary payments will be adjusted upwards to reflect the student's increased entitlement for the whole year. The increased bursary payments will be calculated as if the student had been eligible for that level from the start of the academic year;

• (d) If a student fails to provide information requested by their funding agency, as a result of which the financial assessment is withdrawn, the University will suspend bursary payments until the student's assessment has been completed by the funding agency, at which point their bursary entitlement will be re-assessed;

• (e) The amount paid per term will be one third of the total annual bursary to which the student is eligible. Students will be expected to repay their bursary for any term where they have suspended or withdrawn before the bursary payment date, currently Week 4 in Michaelmas term and Week 2 in Hilary and Trinity terms.

9. The arrangements for adjustments to fee liability and tuition fee reductions during an academic year are as follows:

• (a) Each of the regulations in this clause will be subject to the dates and regulations listed in cl. 7;

• (b) Students whose revised household income assessment has increased will not be liable for increased University fees, unless the initial tuition fee reduction was obtained due to incorrect information being knowingly submitted to the student's funding agency by the student or his or her sponsor;

• (c) If a student's revised household income assessment has reduced, resulting in an entitlement to a larger tuition fee reduction, he or she will receive an additional tuition fee reduction. The level of the tuition fee reduction will calculated as if the student had been eligible for that level from the start of the academic year.

10. The arrangements for changes to bursary and tuition fee reduction entitlement between years are as follows:

• (a) Students entitled, in accordance with the criteria set out in §1, cl. 1, to be charged University fees at the appropriate 'home' (and EU) rate, and who are entitled to be financially assessed by Student Finance England, Student Finance Northern Ireland, Student Finance Wales, the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, the SLC or the NHS, are required by these funding agencies to apply for financial support each year if they wish to access means-tested support. The assessment of their household income by their funding agency may change from year to year, and consequently their entitlement to a bursary and/or tuition fee reduction is subject to change each year. Special regulations are set out in cll. 11 and 12 for financial assessments for members of the University working for the Preliminary Examination in Medicine (Part II) and Bachelor of Medicine (Second Examination);

• (b) Students entitled, in accordance with the criteria set out in §1, cl. 1, to be charged fees at the appropriate 'home' (and EU) rate, and who are entitled to be financially assessed by the Student Finance Services Non UK Team may have their household income assessed in the first year of study only. Students who wish to have their household income reassessed or continuing year students who wish to be financially assessed for the first time must submit a request to the Student Fees and Funding section, Examination Schools, Oxford, OX1 4BG.

• (c) Students will only be eligible to be assessed for a bursary and/or tuition fee reduction for the period in which they are entitled, in accordance with the criteria set out in §1, cl. 1, to be charged University fees at the appropriate 'home' (and EU) rate.

11. Special regulations apply for members of the University who are working in Oxford for the Preliminary Examination in Medicine (Part II) and Bachelor of Medicine (Second Examination) where these students were admitted on the accelerated four-year course. These are as follows:

• (a) The household income of students in years two to four of their course will be estimated on the basis of the financial assessment of their household income in year one of their course or from their latest NHS (or corresponding authority) bursary assessment as evidenced by the student;

• (b) Students not eligible for fee support from the NHS/SLC because their funding agency does not provide fee support for this course will be eligible to be assessed for a tuition fee reduction in all years of their course where household income will be estimated on the basis of the financial assessment of their household income in year one of their course. A tuition fee reduction is not available to those students who are eligible for fee support from the NHS/SLC after the first year of their course;

• (c) Students will be eligible to be assessed for a bursary for all years of the course.

12. Special regulations apply for members of the University who are working in Oxford for the Bachelor of Medicine (Second Examination) in years four to six of the six-year medicine course:

• (a) The household income of students in years five and six of the six-year medicine course will be estimated on the basis of the financial assessment of their household income in year four of their course or from their latest NHS (or corresponding authority) bursary assessment as evidenced by the student;

• (b) Students in year four of the course will be eligible to be assessed for a tuition fee reduction;

• (c) Students will be eligible to be assessed for a bursary for all years of the course.

13. Members of the University working in Oxford for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education will be eligible to only be eligible to be assessed for an Oxford bursary if their full entitlement to government maintenance support (including a government teacher training bursary or affiliated scholarship) amounts to less than £9,000.

14. If a student believes that his or her bursary or tuition fee reduction has not been processed according to these regulations and/or the bursary and tuition fee reduction rates approved by Council's Education Committee and Planning and Resource Allocation Committee, he or she should contact the Student Fees and Funding section, Examination Schools, Oxford OX1 4BG. Any question of doubt or difficulty relating to the eligibility of individual students for tuition fee reductions and/or Oxford bursaries shall be determined by the Fees Panel, as described in §3, cl. 3.

2. Every person shall pay £10 on supplicating for admission to the degree of MA, provided that:

• (a) No fee shall be payable by any person on whom a degree has been conferred by special resolution or who incorporates in virtue of having obtained an educational position in the University;

• (b) No fee shall be payable by a Master of Surgery on supplicating for admission to the Degree of Master of Arts.

3. A fee shall be paid by every person accumulating the Degrees of Bachelor and Doctor of Civil Law. The fee for the current academic year is available from www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/fees/information/maxlib/otherfees/ or from the Planning and Resource Allocation Section.

2. Other programmes of study may carry additional charges for optional fieldwork, projects or placements that are not a requirement of the programme.

2. The head of each department shall have discretion to fix a fee or fees for any member of the University who is working in his or her department, unless that member is liable to pay University fees under the provisions of §1 or §2 cl. 1 or would be liable but for the provisions of §1 cl. 5 thereof.

3. The head of each department shall maintain, andRegulations on requestFinancial sendMatters: toPart the Secretary of the Chest not later than the end of the third week of Full Term, or in the case of students working in the vacation only, as soon as may be, a list of the names of the students attending lectures or working in his or her department other than those liable to pay a fee covering that term under §1 or §2.

4. No fee shall be payable under the provisions of this subsection by any person who is paying a fee under the provisions of §4, or whose name is on the Register of Recognized Students or the Register of Visiting Students, or by any salaried employee who is receiving instruction or supervision in the department in which he or she is working.

5. For the purposes of this subsection the word 'Term' shall include the vacation following.

2. The Regius Professor of Medicine shall have discretion to fix fees for persons attached to the clinical school who are not under regular instruction but who would otherwise be liable to pay a fee or fees under cl.1 above.

3. Within fourteen days of the last day of every Full Term the Regius Professor of Medicine shall:

• (a) Send to the Secretary of the Chest a schedule specifying (a) the names of all the persons who were liable to pay any of the fees referred to in cll. 1 and 2 above since the preparation of the previous schedule, and (b) the particular fees payable by such persons, and

• (b) Account to the curators for the fees so specified between those at the 'home' and 'overseas' rates, for the remainder of the course then being undertaken.