Financial Support

Can I Afford It?

Studying at Oxford may not be as expensive as you might think!

Your accommodation and meals will be subsidised by the college, and there are lots of ways in which students can obtain financial help at any stage of their course. Some of these are outlined below. If you want to know how much studying and living in Oxford costs, try the Living Costs Calculator. If you have any queries or concerns about financial matters, please contact the Senior Tutor for advice.

Undergraduate Bursaries

There are two types of bursaries available to home/EU publicly-funded undergraduate students studying at Jesus College.

Oxford Bursaries 2005-6: Provided by the University of Oxford and the colleges. A maximum of £2,500 for your undergraduate course (£1,000 in your first year plus £500 in each subsequent year that you remain eligible). These are available to students who have written proof that they have been granted full tuition fee remission by their LA.
Oxford Opportunity Bursaries 2006-7 onwards: Provided by the University of Oxford. A maximum of £13,000 for your undergraduate course (£4,000 in your first year plus £3,000 in each subsequent year that you remain eligible). These are available to students who have a residual household income below around £33,500. Full details are available on the Oxford Opportunity Bursaries web site.
Jesus College Bursaries 2005-6: Provided by and exclusive to Jesus College. A maximum of £2,500 for your undergraduate course (£1,000 in your first year plus £500 in each subsequent year that you remain eligible). These are available to students who have written proof that they have been granted partial (but not full) tuition fee remission by their LA.
Jesus College Bursaries 2006-7 onwards: The College will publish arrangements on this web site.

You can find more information about the Bursaries, including details of how to apply, on the University's Admissions web site. Further information may be obtained from the Admissions Office or from the Senior Tutor. (Please note that applying for a bursary does not automatically guarantee you will receive one - further eligibility criteria will apply.)

Scholarships and Prizes

Jesus College offers an extensive range of Scholarships (worth £300 a year), Exhibitions (worth £225 a year) and Prizes (books worth up to £150) to reward academic distinction and progress. Further details are available in the Prizes and Grants section.

Academic Funds to Support Your Study

There is a generous Book Grant scheme to help undergraduates and graduates buy books in connection with their studies. Various subject-specific funds are available to assist members of the College. For example, Sankey Scholarships help to meet the expenses of being called to the Bar and funding is available to help with the costs of medical electives. Graduates are assisted with research expenses such as attendance at conferences.

Travelling for Study ... and for Pleasure

The College makes many awards for academic travel and expeditions. The Norman Ellis Award is worth up to £200 for travel to the Far East and the Ann Ward Award, worth up to £200, is for travel to Africa (particularly the Cape region). There are also funds to help with non-academic travel. The Dodd Benefaction provides a range of grants to undergraduates to travel abroad in the vacation for purposes not connected with their studies. Find out more about these awards in the Prizes and Grants section.

Assistance with Financial Difficulties

The College may also award grants and loans to any current members of the College who are judged to need special financial aid, or to enable them to pursue an approved course of special study. We can also advise you on student loans and government bursaries.

Undertaking Field Work as Part of a Course

Some courses include compulsory field trips or the option to do part of a compulsory thesis or dissertation away from Oxford. Students are welcome to apply to the travel awards described above for help with the costs incurred by such work, however, such funds are not guaranteed. Jesus College has developed the following policy to ensure that all students are treated equally.

"The College will not automatically meet the costs of compulsory field trips or other compulsory academic activities associated with a student's course. It is the clear responsibility of the department or faculty to flag these costs to potential applicants in their publicity material and in their course handbooks. However, should any student consider he or she is in financial difficulty through needing to meet such costs, he/she is welcome to submit a hardship application for assistance from college and/or public funds. In cases where the field work or other academic activity is compulsory but the scale of it is within the control of a student (e.g. it could be done in a student's home area or more expensively further afield) a student who believes he/she will face hardship in meeting the costs of his/her proposed work must apply to the Hardship Committee prospectively rather than retrospectively, so that the Committee can let the student know how much, if any, financial help could be made available, and the student can then make an informed choice about resources."

Further Information

For further details of the financial costs involved in studying at Oxford, including a guide to living expenses and tuition fees, information for overseas students (non-EU) and useful contacts, please see the University's Student Funding web page. Specific information for Welsh students is available from Student Finance Wales, a department of the Welsh Assembly. Please contact the Senior Tutor if you have any questions or require any further information about the financial support available to our students.

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