FEES

General

1. The fee for each degree, other than degrees for which the fees are included in a University Composition Fee, is specified in the regulations for the particular degree.

2. The fee for admission to any degree by incorporation shall be £5.

3. The fee for any examination not included in a University Composition Fee shall be as specified in the regulations for the particular examination.

An unmatriculated student who takes any University examination before coming into residence shall pay a fee of £3 in respect of each such examination.

4. A fine of £5 shall be incurred by a candidate whose entry for any University Studentship, Scholarship, Exhibition, Prize, or Medal is received late, but who is nevertheless admitted to the examination or competition.

5. The Registrary shall inform the several Colleges of any fees and fines that may be due in respect of their members under these regulations. Candidates for any examination who are not entered by a College shall themselves send any fee that may be due to the Registrary when sending in their names; they shall not be admitted to the examination unless the fee and any fine or fines that they may have incurred have been paid.

6. The proper fee, if any, and any fine or fines that may have been incurred must be paid in respect of every candidate whose name has been entered for an examination and whose withdrawal has not been received at the Registry by the latest day prescribed for the receipt of entries. Nevertheless, the Council may in case of hardship remit the whole or part of any fee or fine incurred in connection with candidature for an examination or competition or degree. Applications for such remission must be sent to the Registrary without delay. An application made on grounds of illness should be accompanied, if possible, by a certificate signed by a medical practitioner.

7. Except where it is otherwise provided in any particular regulations all fees and fines payable under Ordinance shall be paid to the Treasurer.

University Composition Fees

Amended by Graces 1 of 10 October, 1 of 5 December 2007, 2 and 3 of 12 March, 1 of 18 June, and 1 of 6 August 2008

1. Except as provided otherwise in the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student, a matriculated student who is pursuing a course leading to a qualification specified in the following regulations or a Graduate Student not registered as a candidate for any qualification shall pay a University Composition Fee, at the rate specified in Regulation 10, as follows:

1. (a)Students taking the following courses shall pay a fee for each year of the course:
2.   The course leading to the M.B.A. Examination.
3.   The course leading to an examination for the M.St. Degree.
4. (b)Any other student shall pay a fee
5.  (i)for each term which the student has kept by residence;
6.  (ii)for each term in which the student has been in residence, or has been engaged in a course of study in the University, for twenty-one days or more;
7.  (iii)for each term allowed by the Council as a term of residence.

2. In addition to the requirements of Regulation 1, a matriculated student pursuing a course leading to one of the following examinations or qualifications shall pay the University Composition Fee at the appropriate rate prescribed for any term or terms in which, as part of the arrangements for the course, he or she has not been in residence:

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos

Chemical Engineering Tripos

Education Tripos

Engineering Tripos

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos

Mathematical Tripos

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Natural Sciences Tripos

Oriental Studies Tripos

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

Final M.B. Examination for the M.B., B.Chir. Degrees (if a student pursues his or her clinical studies   in the University)

Bachelor of Theology for Ministry

Doctor of Engineering

3. Payment of a University Composition Fee under these regulations shall entitle a student without additional fee

1. (a)to attend any course within the University except the following courses which, except with the special permission of the General Board, are open only to candidates for the examinations to which they lead, that is to say

1.  (i)courses of class work or practical instruction,
2.  (ii)any other course notified as being specially restricted,

1.  provided that, if a student wishes to attend a course of instruction in any subject without subsequently taking an examination in that subject, he or she shall be permitted to do so only if accommodation is available after provision has been made for all those students for whom the course is primarily intended;
2. (b)to be admitted or readmitted to any University examination, unless the regulations for the particular examination provide otherwise;
3. (c)to be admitted to any primary degree or to receive any diploma or certificate for which he or she has become qualified;
4. (d)to be admitted to the M.A. Degree on becoming qualified therefor.

4. In addition to paying a University Composition Fee a student shall be liable to pay

1. (a)any fines that he or she may incur under Ordinance;
2. (b)any deposit or charge required by a Faculty Board or the Head of a Department to cover the cost of breakages, loss of equipment on loan, or abnormal supplies of material.

5. A member of the University who is not liable to pay a University Composition Fee under Regulation 1 or 2 of these regulations and for whom no provision is made in any other regulation, but who has been given permission by the General Board to attend a course of instruction, shall pay a fee of such amount for each term or year as shall be determined by the General Board from time to time; provided that a graduate of the University who is not reading for a University examination may attend without payment any lectures announced in the Reporter by a Faculty Board with the approval of the General Board as being available to such a person.

6. A candidate for any of the degrees of Ph.D., Eng.D., M.A., LL.M., M.Sc., M.Litt., Mus.B., or B.A. who has at no time paid one of the University Composition Fees prescribed in these regulations or in any other regulations for University Composition Fees shall pay a fee of £5 for admission to each degree.

7. The Council shall have power

1. (a)to determine the appropriate fee for a student other than a Graduate Student in cases of doubt;
2. (b)to reduce or remit fees in cases of hardship, provided that no student shall be entitled to a remission of part of a University Composition Fee for any term on the ground that he or she has not made use of any of the facilities provided by the University.

8. The Board of Graduate Studies shall have power

1. (a)to determine the appropriate fee for a Graduate Student in cases of doubt;
2. (b)to reduce or remit fees in accordance with the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student.

9. Overseas students shall be as defined in the Appendix to these regulations, and all students thereby excluded from that category shall be home students.

10. Subject to the provisions of Regulations 11 and 12, University Composition Fees shall be payable at the rates shown in the Schedule to these regulations, according to students’ status as home or overseas students15 and according to their subject of study.16 The rates of fees shall be as specified in the table appended to these regulations. A student who is dissatisfied with her or his categorization for the purposes of University Composition Fees shall proceed under the Students Complaint Procedure17 and, for the purpose of that Procedure, the matter complained of shall be taken to have occurred at the time of commencement of the course of study.

11. The Board of Graduate Studies shall have power to vary the category of a particular Graduate Student in consideration of the facilities required by the student in pursuing his or her course of study.

12. With effect from 1 August 2006, the rate of University Composition Fees charged to students beginning courses on or after that date in categories A–C of the Schedule, shall be the amount determined by the Secretary of State as the higher amount under Part 3 of the Higher Education Act 2004, subject to the approval of the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education; failing which the basic amount determined under the Act; that the rate for category N of the Schedule shall be half rate A or such other amount that may be determined by the Secretary of State for this category.

Note: Bands 1, 2, and 3 are defined as follows: Band 3 includes clinical courses, Band 2 includes other courses with a substantial laboratory or workshop component, and Band 1 includes all courses not covered by Bands 2, 3, and 4. In the case of students from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, Band 2 is subdivided: Band 2(b) includes courses in science, engineering, and technology, while Band 2(a) includes other subjects with a substantial high-cost component. Band 4 includes M.Phil. courses for which a higher fee is charged. Where an M.Phil. course is taken on a part-time basis over two years the fee payable each term is half that shown above.

* For 2008–09 the rate of £1,255 (or £625 for Category N) shall apply to home and EU undergraduate student members of the University who started a relevant course before 1 September 2006 or who had deferred entry to the course from an earlier year (continuing students); the rate of £3,145 (or £1,570 for Category N) shall apply to home and EU undergraduate student members of the University who start a relevant course with effect from 1 September 2006 and have not deferred entry to the course from an earlier year (students commencing in 2006–07).

** £625 for clinical medical students following a course under the Revised Regulations for the M.B., B.Chir. Degree, in their final Michaelmas Term.

† The fee for the M.B.A course is due in a single payment for the year; there is no provision for payment by termly instalments. M.B.A. students pay fees at the H, I, J, or K rate according to the number of terms or weeks spent in residence. The open course is not currently taught.

†† Three terms in residence only.

SCHEDULE

Amended by Graces 1 of 5 December 2007, 2 and 3 of 12 March, 1 of 18 June, and 1 of 6 August 2008

APPENDIX

Amended by Grace 1 of 6 August 2008

Definition of an overseas student for the purposes of University Composition Fees

An overseas student is a person to whom the University may lawfully charge higher fees than persons not so categorized by virtue of the provisions of the Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations, as they may be amended from time to time.23

Certificates of Degrees and Examinations and Matriculation

1. The Registrary shall issue a degree certificate free of charge to every person proceeding to a degree, but a fee of £4 shall be charged by the Registrary for issuing a copy of a degree certificate or a copy of a Diploma or Certificate.

2. The Registrary may issue on request a degree certificate of an alternative design, bearing the arms of the University printed in colour; a fee shall be charged for such a certificate, of such sum as shall be determined from time to time by the Council.

3. The Registrary may issue certificates attesting matriculation, or the passing of any examination, or the class obtained by a candidate in a Tripos Examination or the degrees or University awards held by the candidate. A fee of £4 shall be charged for each such certificate.

4. In addition to certificates supplied under Regulation 4 of the regulations for the disclosure of examination marks, the Registrary may issue more detailed certificates than the certificates specified in Regulation 3 above to the candidate to whom the information relates. A person who has proceeded to a degree or who has completed a course leading to a University award shall receive such a certificate relating to the examination or examinations for that degree or award free of charge; a fee of £7 shall be charged for issuing a copy of the certificate or for issuing a certificate to a person who has not proceeded to a degree or completed a course leading to an award.