Fee liability timescales

Students registered on a DPhil programme will pay a maximum of 9 terms of fees (minimum 6), with the exception of a small number of courses*.
Students registered on an MSc by Research programme will pay a maximum of 6 terms of fees (minimum 3).
Students registered on a taught MSc programme will usually pay 3 terms of fees. However students receiving tuition or supervision after failing an examination will continue to pay fees, or if they receive no further tuition or supervision, will pay a fee on re-entering the examination.

Fees are charged for each term in which a student is working for a graduate qualification, whether or not s/he is working in Oxford - i.e. even if a student is dispensed from any part of the residence requirements, s/he will remain liable for the fees for each term from admission until the course is completed or the maximum fee liability is met. The only circumstance in which the series of fee payments is broken is when a student’s status is formally suspended.

Fees may also be payable if you need to re-sit an exam or need to re-submit a thesis or dissertation. More details on these fees are available on the other charges page.

Continuation charges

Graduate students who have reached the end of their standard period of fee liability are required to pay a termly University continuation charge.
The University continuation charge will be £488 per term in 2019/20. The amount is reviewed on an annual basis as part of the annual fee review process.
Most colleges also charge their own continuation fee. The college continuation charge varies by college - check the college continuation charge list for how much your college charges.
The same rate will apply to all students (regardless of fee status).

The University continuation charge will normally be waived for all students* in the 4^th year of their Medical Sciences Graduate School DPhil programme and in the 3^rd year of their Medical Sciences Graduate School MSc by Research programme. That will be the full extent of the financial aid provision associated with the continuation charge within the Medical Sciences Division. The continuation charge will apply to all students in the 5^th and subsequent years of their DPhil programme and in the 4^th and subsequent years of their MSc by Research programme without any provision for waivers.

The waiver applies to part-time students pro rata. For example, for part-time DPhil students studying at a 50% rate, the charge will be waived for their first six terms out of fee liability.

*Several of the Doctoral Training Centre programmes within the Medical Sciences Division are of 4 years duration and a student under active supervision is liable for fees in each of the 4 years; the continuation charge and its waiver therefore do not apply to the 4th year of these programmes but the continuation charge will be levied on all students on these programmes in the 5th and subsequent years.