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If you have been successful in your application, you will receive a formal offer of a place at the University. If you accept the offer you will enter into a contract with the University. Your offer may be contingent on you meeting certain conditions.

Click here for information on your University contract

Jesus College

The current Student Contract and College Handbook can be viewed using the links below. You will be sent a link to the 2025-26 versions in the summer.

College Student Contract

Jesus College Student Handbook

View the Jesus College Bylaws here.

We provide well-equipped, attractive, and reasonably-priced accommodation for most (but not all) full-time graduate students throughout their course (whilst they are paying fees). Please note, college accommodation is not guaranteed for our graduate students.

Further information on rooms and costs is available here.

The current College Postgraduate Accommodation Guide can be viewed here.

Earlier arrivals are possible but must be booked with the Accommodation Office once the accommodation initial offer has been formally accepted. Later departures may also be possible and must be booked via the relevant application (Stay Up form) which will be emailed to all in 4^th week.

Meal times at Jesus College are sociable occasions, and our students enjoy a wide range of good, reasonably priced, food in the College’s historic dining hall.

Self-service breakfast is available every day except Sunday, with a cooked breakfast on offer, as well as toast and cereal. Lunch and the first sitting of dinner also operate on an informal, self-service canteen-style system, with a selection of hot meals and a fresh salad bar to choose from. The second sitting of dinner is a more formal three-course meal served at the table. There are several student guest-night dinners each term, and students often enjoy inviting their friends to these. Throughout the year the College also hosts special occasion dinners, to which students are invited.

Vegetarians are well provided for, and we regularly cater for different dietary requirements. Any student with particular dietary requirements should make them known to College so we can accommodate them.

Students can choose whether or not to eat in College: there is no obligation to do so. All students are issued with a College swipe card, and the cost of meals is charged to a student’s personal termly account on a ‘pay as you go’ basis. Those living in the Ship Street Houses and in College flats on our annexe sites can self-cater.

Food Costs at Jesus College are available here.

The University of Oxford Language Centre offers an Online Pre-sessional English course. This six-week intensive programme provides students with the necessary academic writing and speaking skills to prepare them for studying in English at Oxford. For further information, click here.

Every year we admit a number of students who have individual requirements (for example, dyslexia or a physical disability or a mental health issue) or who have dietary requirements. We would like to help students with these requirements. If you declared a disability in your graduate application, you will be contacted by the College’s Student Support Officer (Katie Crabtree). You will also be contacted by the University’s Disability Advisory Service.

If you have not yet declared a disability, you are strongly encouraged to contact the Student Support Officer as soon as possible if you have any requirements in areas which you are concerned might affect your studies, your ability to take exams in the usual way, or your living arrangements. If you are unsure whether your condition can be classified as a disability, please feel free to contact Katie Crabtree in confidence, she will be happy to discuss your situation with you.

Yes. All offer-holders are welcome to visit the college for a self-guided tour. You will need to check with our Lodge Team that the college will be open to visitors on the day you intend to arrive.

The level of fees charged depends on the course a student is taking, and the student’s fee status (either Home or Overseas from 2022/23). If you have any doubts about your fee status, you should first read the criteria used to assess students’ fee status which is provided by UKCISA. If you would like your fee status to be reassessed, you will need to complete a fee questionnaire and return it to the University’s Student Fees Team (details can be found here).

Invoices for course fees are usually sent to students in 0^th/1^st week of each term and are due for payment in 3^rd week.

College charges (‘Battels’) which include accommodation and food are sent to students in 1^st week of each term and are due for payment in 3^rd week. Your first Battels will include accommodation for the term ahead, as well as any meals you have had up to that point. You will receive instructions about payment when you are billed. There are various ways to pay, including bank transfer and direct debit.

If you have any questions regarding payment of course fees or battels please get in touch with our Accounts Team who will be happy to help.

It is essential that you open a bank account in pounds sterling when you arrive in Oxford, or preferably before if possible, to allow you to manage your money and pay for goods and services. Many banks offer accounts designed specifically for students.

UK law requires banks to carry out identity verification and background checks on new customers opening bank accounts. As a result, it can take up to two weeks before a new bank account can be opened. It is likely that your bank will ask you to provide the following documents:

• Your Enrolment Certificate signed, dated and stamped by the Academic Office. The Enrolment Certificate can be downloaded from Student Self-Service once your registration has been completed on your arrival
• University Card
• Photographic identification (passport/national ID card and visa/biometric residence permit etc.)
• Evidence of your UK address. Banks will usually accept your College ‘battels’ bill (the bill for accommodation etc.)
• Your offer letter from Jesus College
• A bank statement from your home bank, from the past 3 months

The University’s Student Information Team produce an annual guide to opening a student bank account and the UKCISA website also offers a guide on opening a bank account.

Once you have met all academic and financial conditions, our Graduate Administrator will send you fresher information by email. This will include the College student contract, details on registering with the NHS College Doctors’ Surgery, Registration for the Graduate Freshers’ Dinner, information on what to do when you arrive at college and lots more.