Financial planning for your Undergraduate years is difficult without reliable, unbiased information. The Undergraduate Finance Guide has been created to give you impartial, clear guidance on the costs you can expect to incur during your Undergraduate degree course. It anticipates the most commonly asked questions, and seeks to provide comprehensive guidance, including points of contact if you have further financial questions you would like to ask, and including some useful web links to further information.
Student Loans
Mainstream government funding has two parts: loans for fees and loans for maintenance or non-repayable maintenance grants (for some Home students only). You must apply for every year of your course. It is your responsibility to ensure that you apply early and we recommend no later than the Easter Vacation before the start of the next academic year.
Eligibility for support in each of the four UK nations can be checked at:
England: Student Finance England (SFE)
Northern Ireland: Student Finance NI
Scotland: Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)
Wales: Student Finance Wales (SFW)
You can find more details in the Undergraduate Finance Guide.
Fees
Fees are due in full at the start of each academic year and no later than Friday 1st week.
Please note non-payment of fees by the deadline will trigger the University’s suspension proceedings.
Please make sure to contact the College Finance team – finance.office@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk if there are any issues or delays with making payment of your fees on time.
For Course fee increases you can find the amount of your expected course fees for the next academic year by following this link Fees from 2012/13 onwards | University of Oxford. You will need to enter the academic year you started at the University (important). Year of the fees you want to know the expected amount for, Course Level, Division (not important), and the Department of your course. Then click search to find the list of courses and select your course.
Accommodation
Accommodation is generally paid termly and is due before arrival in College. If you are paying this with a student loan you must have a direct debit in place in order for payment to be collected on Friday 1st week.
The main exception to this is students that are granted a 9 month lease. This will be invoiced monthly and must be paid immediately on receipt of invoice and no later than 15th each month. We strongly encourage you to have a direct debit in place so payment can be collected automatically around 1st each month.
Please note non-payment of accommodation by the deadline will mean you are in breach of your license to occupy and will result in the college taking action.
Other invoices
During your time at the college you may incur costs such as printing, lost key charges and library fines. These are due within 14 days or will be collected by direct debit if you have one in place.
You can find the list of most charges by following this link Rooms – St Hugh’s College and going to the fifth paragraph and click on Damage list.
At the end of your course any debts still outstanding with the college may impact your ability to formally graduate.
