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Regulations on Financial Matters: Part 1 Fees payable for awards of the University

  • 1. All fees payable under this Section are set by Council’s Planning and Resource Allocation Committee on the recommendation of the Joint Fees and Student Support Advisory Group on an annual basis and are available from www.ox.ac.uk/students/fees-funding/fees/rates or from the Planning and Council Secretariat. Fees are payable at one of two rates, ‘home’, and ‘overseas’. The ‘home’ rate is payable by students who meet the criteria given in Schedule 1 of the Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations 2007 and subsequent amendments.  All students not meeting these criteria shall pay fees at the ‘overseas’ rate unless otherwise exempted.

  • 2.

    • (a) Every member of the University shall pay fees at the appropriate annual rate for each academic year in which they are working:

      • (i) For the Degree of BA or the Degree of M.Biochem. or the Degree of M.Biol. or the Degree of MBiomed.Sci. or the Degree of M.Chem. or the Degree of M.Comp.Sci. or the Degree M.Comp.Phil. or the Degree of M.Earth Sci. or the Degree of M.Eng. or the Degree of M.Math. or the Degree of M.Math.Comp.Sci. or the Degree M.Math.Phil. or the Degree of M.Phys. or the Degree of M.Phys.Phil. or the Degree of MSci.

      • (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.

      • (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 Part 3 below.

  • 3. Every member of the University shall pay fees at the appropriate annual rate for each term from and including the term in which they begin to work for the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine up to and including the term in which they complete 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 fees at the appropriate annual rate for each term in which they are registered as a Probationer Research Student or are working for one of the qualifications listed below, from and including the term in which they are first so registered or begin working for such qualification, up to and including the term in which they take the final examination or (in the case of a degree or diploma by thesis only) submit their 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 D.Eng.;

      • (xii) the Degree of D.M.;

      • (xiii) 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) In the case of a degree or diploma that is not by thesis only, the term in which the student takes the final examination is that in which the published submission due date or examination date falls for the final piece of work (which may consist of a dissertation, thesis, essay, other assessed exercise, or written examination). A thesis or other assessed exercise for which the published due date falls other than during Full Term shall be deemed for the purposes of this clause to have been due for submission during the preceding term. 

    • (c) In the case of a degree or diploma by thesis only, 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.

    • (d) Candidates who continue to work for one of the qualifications listed in this clause after attempting an examination shall pay fees for each term in which they receive tuition or supervision; but if they receive no further tuition or supervision, they shall pay no further fees but shall pay the re-entry or re-submission fee prescribed in Part 7 below when they re-enter. Candidates whose thesis submitted for the degree of M.Litt., M.Sc., D.M., or D.Phil., has been referred back shall pay no further fees, but shall pay the re-submission fee prescribed in Part 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 Part 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 fees shall be payable in the same academic year.

    • (e) The fees shall be collected in accordance with Part 3 below.

  • 5.

    • (a) The number of termly 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 between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2025] Candidates for the D.Phil. may count towards this figure up to three termly 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 they are 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 fees payable by candidates for the Doctor of Engineering shall not exceed twelve.

    • (c) The number of termly fees payable under cl. 4 above by those working for any qualification other than the degree of D.Phil. or D.Eng. 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 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 fees for each term in which they receive tuition or supervision;

      • (iii) Candidates under (iv) and (v) below who receive tuition or supervision after attempting an examination or who require an extension of time shall continue to pay fees for each term in which they receive tuition or supervision, provided that the total number of fees shall not exceed the maximum provided in each case;

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

      • (v) Students for the Degree of Master of Science in Evidence-Based Health Care, Experimental Therapeutics, Surgical Science and Practice, or Sustainable Urban Development shall pay all applicable module fees and not more than four annual registration fees;

      • (vi) Part-time students for the MSc in Software Engineering, the MSc in Software and Systems Security, the Postgraduate Diploma in Software Engineering, Postgraduate Diploma in Software and Systems Security, the Postgraduate Certificate in Software Engineering, the Postgraduate Certificate in Object Technology, and the Postgraduate Certificate in Software and Systems Security shall pay all applicable module fees; students who receive tuition or supervision after attempting an examination shall continue to pay fees for each term in which they receive tuition or supervision, provided that they shall not pay more than four annual registration fees for the MSc courses, two annual registration fees for the Postgraduate Diploma courses, and one registration fee for the Postgraduate Certificate courses; students requiring an extension of time shall pay a fee of £100 for each term in which they continue to receive tuition or supervision;

      • (vii) Part-time students for the MSc in Mathematical Finance shall pay not more than two 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 £610 for each term in which they continue to receive tuition or supervision;

      • (viii) Students registered for the Degree of D.M. on or after 1 October 2023 shall pay two fees covering twelve terms of study, payable at the start of the first year and prior to submission of the thesis respectively;

    • (d)   the number of termly 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; Health Data Science;  Industrially Focused Mathematical Modelling; Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing; Interdisciplinary Bioscience; Life Sciences Interface; Mathematics of Random Systems: Analysis, Models and Algorithms; Modern Statistics and Statistical Machine Learning; New and Sustainable Photovoltaics; Oil and Gas; Partial Differential Equations: Analysis and Applications; Science and Technology of Fusion Energy; Sustainable Approaches to Biomedical Science; Synthesis for Biology and Medicine; Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science; Systems Biology;

    • (e)   the number of termly 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 fees while at Oxford;

    • (f)   the number of termly 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; Future Propulsion and Power; Gas Turbine Aerodynamics; Renewable Energy Marine Structures; Science and Application of Plastic Electronic Materials; Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures. Candidates for these programmes may count towards this figure up to the equivalent of three termly fees paid to the relevant partner university;

    • (g)   the number of termly 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 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 fees over twice the applicable length of time for full-time students, except where the fees for the part-time programme are otherwise specified in the regulations, and except where the applicable period is otherwise specified under cl. 5(c) above.

    • (i) For a student who changes from full-time to part-time study or vice-versa, fee liability shall be calculated on the basis that each term of full-time study counts as 1 FTE, and each term of part-time study counts as 0.5 FTE, and the student will be liable to pay fees for at least the minimum number of FTE terms of study as laid down in the regulations governing the relevant qualification, and up to the maximum number of FTE terms of study specified in the Regulations on Financial Matters.

    • (j)

      • (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.

      (k) The number of termly 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.

    • (l) The number of termly 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 fees in respect thereof, any further fees payable in respect of the M.Sc. course for terms in which they are 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 them as may be prescribed by any statute or regulation.