Application fee waivers

If you indicate on the application form that you are resident in one of the eligible countries below, you will be asked additional questions relating to this waiver scheme. If your answers to these questions indicate that you are eligible for this waiver, you will not be directed to the payment screens when you submit your application.

To be eligible for this application fee waiver, you must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Your country of ordinary residence is one of the eligible countries below.
2. You would be unable to apply to Oxford without an application fee waiver.
3. You meet the entry requirements for your chosen course, as published on the course page.

This waiver must be requested via the online application form. You should select ‘Standard’ on the ‘Application type’ tab.

If you are, or were, a refugee; stateless person; asylum seeker; or have been otherwise forcibly displaced within or outside your country of origin, you are eligible for an application fee waiver as long as you meet the minimum entry requirements for the course.

To request this waiver, answer ‘yes’ to the appropriate question on the ‘About You’ tab of the application form.

Eligibility

Applicants who applied to UNIQplus at the University of Oxford in the past two years (for the 2024 or 2025 programmes) and met the eligibility criteria may request that the graduate application fee be waived.

How to request a UNIQplus fee waiver

To request a waiver, please contact [email protected] as soon as you have started your application for graduate study, noting that you applied to UNIQplus. Where possible, please use the email address that you used to apply to UNIQplus so that we can verify your request against our records. This waiver code can be applied after starting a ‘standard’ application, so there is no need to wait for the code before starting your application.

When to request it

You must submit your request two weeks ahead of the deadline you are applying to in order to ensure that you receive the code in good time. Where a late request is submitted, it will not be possible to extend the application submission deadline.

If you are currently studying for an Oxford graduate taught course and applying for a research course with no break in your studies, you may be eligible to apply for readmission. You must meet the same deadlines and requirements as other applicants, but you won't be required to pay an application fee. Find more information about readmissions status in this Application Guide.

Approximately 20 research courses that are Centres for Doctoral Training (or DPhils that are similarly structured), are taking part in a scheme that will enable you to be considered for up to three courses with the payment of a single application fee. These courses, which are listed below, are offered by the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) and Medical Sciences divisions:

After you have submitted an application for one of the courses shown above, you can request an application fee waiver for up to two further eligible courses. We recommend that you use your application fee waiver to apply only for eligible courses that are closely related in research area to the course you have chosen.

To be considered eligible for an application fee waiver, each additional course must be:

• doctoral level eg a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) or Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) course; and
• offered by one of the departments in the MPLS Division or one of the departments in the Medical Sciences Division. 

Please refer to the instructions on the relevant course page for further details about how to request an application fee waiver.