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Spiral staircase leading up through the college
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Visiting, Recognised and Matriculated non-award students

This webpage provides fee information for students registered as visiting, recognised or matriculated non-award students.

Please note that once you have matriculated you cannot become a non-matriculated visiting student.

All fees are given in pounds sterling (£). Fees will usually increase annually. For details, please see our guidance on likely increases to fees and charges.

Visiting students

Visiting student fees are set and published by each individual college. Please see college websites for details. 

Recognised students

Recognised student fees for 2026/27:

African Studies (Area Studies)£14,170
Anthropology£14,170
Archaeology£13,380
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies£15,940
Biochemistry£14,920
Biology£14,920
Chemistry£14,920
Classical Languages and Literature£15,940
Clinical Medicine£14,920
Computer Science£14,920
Contemporary Chinese Studies (Area Studies)£14,170
Contemporary South Asian Studies (Area Studies)£14,170
Continuing Education£14,140
Earth Sciences£14,920
Economics£13,260
Educational Studies£13,380
Engineering Science£14,920
English Language and Literature£15,940
Experimental Psychology£14,920
Fine Art£15,940
Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics£15,940
Geography£14,170
History£15,940
History of Art£15,940
History of Science£15,940
Human Anatomy and Genetics£14,920
Information, Communication and the Social Sciences£14,170
International Development£13,380
International Relations£14,170
Latin American Studies (Area Studies)£14,170
Law£13,380
Management Studies£11,470
Materials Science£14,920
Mathematics£12,460
Middle Eastern Studies (Area Studies)£14,170
Modern Languages£15,940
Music£15,940
Oncology£14,920
Pathology£14,920
Pharmacology£14,920
Philosophy£15,940
Physics£14,920
Physiology£14,920
Politics£14,170
Population Health£14,920
Psychiatry£14,920
Public Policy£12,140
Russian and East European Studies (Area Studies)£14,170
Social Policy and Social Work£13,380
Socio-Legal Studies£13,380
Sociology£13,380
Statistics£14,920
Theology£15,940

For 2025/26 recognised student fees please visit the Oxford students website.

Matriculated non-award students

Matriculation is a ceremony to confer membership of the University (which is for life and so only happens once), usually at the start of your first course of study.

Matriculated non-award fees are set and published by each individual college. Please see college websites for details.

For further information on whether you will be expected to pay fees at the Home/Republic of Ireland or Overseas rate, visit the fee status page.