There are two different rates of University tuition fee depending on your fee status. Home pay a lower fee and Overseas students pay a higher fee. Some students will also pay a College fee.
Scholarships information
For information about various scholarships and awards, click here.
University tuition fees and fee status
The fee rates are published by the University of Cambridge. Your fee status is determined by your nationality and your country of ordinary residence in the three years preceding the beginning of the University course – see the University of Cambridge for further details. The UKCISA website also has a helpful explanation of how the fee status is applied. If you are still uncertain about your fee status please contact the College Admissions Office. The University website also has specific information about fees rates for overseas students.
College fee
In addition to the University tuition fee, certain students pay a College fee.
Who pays the College fee?
The following students do not pay the College fee.
- Home undergraduate students, who are eligible for public finance / have assessments from the appropriate Student Finance Agency
- Home PGCE students who are eligible for public finance /have assessments from the appropriate Student Finance Agency.
- MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design
- Master of Architecture (MArch)
The following students must pay the College fee themselves, or via a private sponsor:
- Overseas students
- Home ELQ students
- MASt students
- Students not registering for a full degree
- Others who are ineligible
Fee rates
Students starting their course (matriculated) in 2016 and later, pay a College fee fixed for the entire course at the following annual rates:
- matriculated Michaelmas Term 2017 - £8,500/year
- matriculated Michaelmas Term 2018 - £9,150/year
- matriculated Michaelmas Term 2019 - £9,400/year
- matriculated Michaelmas Term 2020 - £9,700/year
- matriculated Michaelmas Term 2021 - £10,185/year
- matriculated Michaelmas Term 2022 - £10,694/year
Students who intermit/disregard term or otherwise extend their studies, for more than 3 terms (to be counted cumulatively), will be charged at the relevant fixed rate for the cohort to which they return.
Funding to pay fees
Home students usually apply for a fee loan from the Student Finance agencies. Overseas students may have a scholarship or decide to pay the fee privately. The University of Cambridge website provides information on Student Finance Agency loans and other scholarships.
Questions about fee payment
See College Bills FAQs.