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Finance Information for Home Fee Status and Financial Information Form

Finance information for Home Fee Status and Financial Information Form (2024 entry)

When applying to university, you'll need to consider a range of costs, including tuition fees and living costs. The information on this page is for offer holders with Home fee status. However, if your Student Support application is unsuccessful on grounds of residence or immigration status, then you may be reclassified as having International fee status, and be subject to the higher rate of tuition fees and a College fee. If this happens to you, then you must inform the College in writing. 

There’s a range of financial help available to students at Cambridge, including Government Financial Support and Cambridge Financial Support. Eligibility for other government and University funding usually depends on your financial circumstances.

 
 International students (including those from the Channel Islands/Isle of Man) should check International fees and costs.


 The information on this page has been divided into the following sections for ease of navigation. Please have a look at the information as relevant to you: 

  1. Tuition fees and categories
  2. College fee
  3. Living costs
  4. Government Financial Support
  5. Cambridge Financial Support
  6. What to do if you are applying for Government Financial Support (i.e. Student Loan)
  7. What to do if you are paying your own Tuition Fees (i.e. self-funding), and not applying for Government Financial Support

     

1. Tuition fees and categories

  • Tuition fees for Home students

The tuition fee for Home fee status students starting their first undergraduate degree in 2024 will be £9,250 for the year. The government regulated tuition fee for 2025-26 hasn't been set. It may be different from the tuition fee for 2024 and details will be published here as soon as they are available.  
Home fee status students can take out a government loan for their tuition fees. At the moment, payment of this loan can be deferred until you've left university and are earning a minimum salary, at which point the loan is repaid in instalments. Please check information on government financial support and contact the appropriate student finance award agency for details about tuition fee support.

  • Tuition fees for affiliate students

Tuition fees for Home fee status students taking a second undergraduate degree (regardless of whether they are taking the affiliate or full course) may be different to the standard Home fee. See the second undergraduate degrees page for details.

  • Year abroad tuition fees

If your course includes a year abroad, the tuition fee for that year is different. Currently, the fee for a Home student on a full year abroad is set at 15 per cent of the tuition fee for that year in Cambridge .
 

2. College Fee

All overseas fee status students, and those Home fee status students who aren't eligible for tuition fee support (e.g.: affiliate students), normally have to pay the College fee in addition to University tuition fees. The College fee covers the cost to your College of providing a range of educational, domestic and pastoral services and support. The annual College fee may vary between Colleges and in many cases are fixed for the duration of your course.

 

3. Living Costs

'Living costs' cover whatever you need to pay for, excluding tuition fees, while you're at university – for example, accommodation, food, study materials, personal expenses and transport. Find out more 

 

4. Government Financial Support

Support arrangements can also vary according to where you're from in the UK. You should refer to the appropriate finance award agency website, listed below, for the most up-to-date information, guidance and how to apply:

You’re strongly advised to apply for financial support as early as possible, and you don’t need a confirmed place at a university to apply for this. We expect student finance applications for full-time undergraduates to launch in early March. 
 

Additional support
Some students may also be eligible for additional government funding, depending on particular circumstances/needs. For example:

  • Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs)
  • Childcare Grant
  • Parents’ Learning Allowance
  • Adult Dependants’ Grant

Please check the relevant student finance award agency website for details of what additional financial support is available and eligibility criteria.

 

5. Cambridge Financial Support

Cambridge Bursary Scheme: You must apply for a student loan/financial assistance through your own regional Student Finance body (see above) in order to be eligible for the Cambridge Bursary. There is no separate application process for the bursary. Your household income figure calculated by your student finance body is used as the basis on which to determine the level of Cambridge Bursary you will receive. 

 

6. What to do if you are applying for Government Financial Support (i.e. Student Loan)

  1. You’re Strongly Advised: to apply for financial support as early as possible to the appropriate finance award agency. 
  2. Data Sharing Consent: we recommend that you/your parents do not tick the boxes signifying refusal to allow data sharing from Student Finance to us.  If the boxes are left un-ticked, then Student Finance can communicate directly with the College about your entitlement to support, which will enable us (a) to evaluate your entitlement to the Cambridge Bursary, and (b) to issue you with appropriate bills for University Tuition Fees, having deducted your Tuition Fee Loan.
  3. It is important: that you apply to, and respond to, the relevant Student Finance body promptly. We recommend that you log on to your online account regularly and check whether your Student Finance body needs any further information to progress your application, so that it is not unduly held up. If you are likely to be away from home at any stage between now and when you start at College, you should make arrangements for someone else to act on your behalf in these and all other matters concerning your start at university. 
  4. For further help: in meeting the financial requirements please see: www.gov.uk/apply-for-student-finance

What to do next?

6.1 Complete the College Financial Information Form.  If you answer 'Yes' to Questions 1, 2 and 3, simply add your name and subject to the form only. You do not need to give any further details, or complete, or sign the declaration on the next page. 


Important note about the Financial Information Form; all offer holders must provide this financial information which is then passed to our finance office. 

Email the completed form to apply@robinson.cam.ac.uk (by 9am on Monday 10th June 2024).  


6.2 If your Student loan application is successful, you will receive a financial document from Student Finance, entitled ‘University or College Payment Advice’ (UK applicants) or an 'Award Letter' (Scottish applicants). You should be able to download a copy by logging in to the relevant Student Finance website and downloading the required pages as .gif files (usually the third page) from the ‘view letters & correspondence’ section.

You will need to send a copy of this document to the College as confirmation of your loan as soon as you receive it. We understand that Student Finance Agencies experience a high workload at certain times in the year and that this may result in a delay. We therefore also use this date as the point at which we will contact you for an update on your progress.

If you are not able to meet these deadlines, please contact the Admissions Team at the College; apply@robinson.cam.ac.uk

 

7. What to do if you plan to pay your own Tuition Fees (i.e. if you are Self-Funding), and you are not applying for Government Financial Support

If you do not plan to apply for a Student Loan to finance your studies, you are asked to send further information to us which indicates that you understand the overall financial cost of paying for your tuition fees and your living costs for the duration of your course, plus details on how you intend to fund such costs. This may include your own personal savings, your parents' earnings and/or savings, any grant or scholarship you may have been awarded, or any other gift you have received. We may ask for further evidence and documentation to support your statement. 


7.1 Prepare to complete College Financial Information Form, where you are asked to explain how you are going to pay for your tuition fees and your living costs for the duration of your course

7.2 Calculate the total cost of your tuition fees for the duration of your course:

  • If your course is 3/4 years, please provide information for the duration of 3 years
  • If your course is 5/6 years, please provide information for the duration of 5 years

7.3 Calculate the total cost of your living costs (maintenance) for the duration of your course:

  • Please read the University's advice on living costs here; we would like you to calculate living costs for the duration of your course
  • Please note that the term 'living costs' includes accommodation, food, study materials, personal expenses and transport
  • The signature on the form must be a real signature
  • Once you have completed the form, please sign and then copy and scan the form and return it to us at apply@robinson.cam.ac.uk.

Important note about the Financial Information Form; all offer holders must provide this financial information which is then passed to our finance office for assessment. 

Email the completed form to apply@robinson.cam.ac.uk (by 9am on 10th June 2024).

 

8. What to do if you plan to apply for Government Financial Support for your tuition fees, but you plan to self-fund your living costs

8.1 Apply for a Student Loan to cover your tuition fees as soon as possible. If your Student loan application is successful, you will receive a financial document from Student Finance, entitled ‘University or College Payment Advice’ (UK applicants) or an 'Award Letter' (Scottish applicants). You should be able to download a copy by logging in to the relevant Student Finance website and downloading the required pages as .gif files (usually the third page) from the ‘view letters & correspondence’ section.

You will need to send a copy of this document to the College as confirmation of your loan (by 9am on 10th June 2024). We understand that Student Finance Agencies experience a high workload at certain times in the year and that this may result in a delay. We therefore also use this date as the point at which we will contact you for an update on your progress.

8.2 Prepare to complete the Financial Information Form, where you are asked to explain how you are going to pay for your living costs for the duration of your course

  • Please read the University's advice on living costs here; we would like you to calculate living costs for the duration of your course
  • Please note that the term 'living costs' includes accommodation, food, study materials, personal expenses and transport
  • The signature on the form must be a real signature
  • Once you have completed the form, please sign and then copy and scan the form and return it to us.

Important note about the Financial Information Form; all offer holders must provide this financial information which is then passed to our finance office for assessment. 

Email the completed form to apply@robinson.cam.ac.uk (by 9am on 10th June 2024).

Updated January 2024