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Financial Information

Fees 

Freshers: the costs for Year 1 of your course will have been set out in your Financial Declaration, which you will have returned to the College as part of your offer conditions.

All students should expect their Course Fees to increase annually. Graduates should also be aware of the standard periods of fee liability and the Graduate Continuation Charge.

For details of the Course Fees, payable by all students, undergraduate and graduate, see the University’s web pages on fees and funding. Undergraduates who receive funding from Student Finance for the Tuition Fee will need to apply in Hilary Term to the Student Loans Company each year.

Other expenses

Here is a full list of College room rents for 2024/2025. For more details about paying rent, for charges for electricity and laundry, and for other living expenses you should budget for, see the Financial Information section of the College Handbook.

If you live out in rented accommodation during your course, your expenses will be different and you will need to budget accordingly. Useful sources of information are Oxford SU Advice Service and the University’s Accommodation Service.

Further information

Useful information on the University webpages includes:

Payment

All payments to the College – both fees and non-fee items (including accommodation) — are made on receipt of College bills, known as battels. These are sent out by email in 0th Week of each term (for Michaelmas Term 2024 this is week commencing 7 October 2024), with an additional battels statement issued at the end of Trinity Term. 

If you have taken out a loan with Student Finance, they will pay your Tuition Fee directly to the University on your behalf.

Course fees — If you are paying course fees to Balliol yourself, payment for the full year must be received by the first Friday of Michaelmas Term each year. For the academic year 2024/2025, this will be 18 October 2024. Full details will be circulated with your College account in the week commencing 7 October 2024

Accommodation — If you are living in College accommodation, you will be billed on your battels on a termly basis. Accommodation fees for Michaelmas Term must be paid for by the first Friday of term i.e. 18 October 2024.

You can pay battels by using the online payments system, bank transfer (details will be provided on your battels statement), cheque, debit or credit card. 

Full details about battels, including the consequences for not paying them, are in the College Handbook.

College financial support

Thanks to the generosity of various benefactors to the College, including thousands of Balliol alumni who give regularly to support Balliol students, Balliol is able to support its undergraduate and graduate students financially in many ways, with:

  • funds for financial aid and welfare purposes, available to students in demonstrable need.
  • grants for research, conferences, academic and other worthwhile projects, travel, sport, etc.
  • awards for academic excellence, including scholarships and exhibitions, subject prizes and other academic prizes.

For details of support for which you may be eligible, see the financial support page.

Financial difficulties

If you experience financial difficulties while you are at Balliol, there are plenty of people in College who can help you. Please don’t hesitate to contact anyone on the Wellbeing and Welfare team. If you have any financial aid enquiries, please contact the Student Finance Officer:

Please contact Fiona if you have an enquiry about financial aid.