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Whether you need a visa to study, the type of visa and how to apply before travelling to the UK.
You will not need a student visa or immigration permission to study in the UK, if the following applies:
Otherwise, you will need a Student visa to attend a full-time course. For short courses, part-time courses or distance learning you will need a visitor visa/permission. If you hold another visa type that allows you to study, for example a dependant visa, or ancestry visa you may be allowed to study with this permission and will not need to switch to a Student visa.
See our section for visas for your family members to check if they would be able to accompany you.
For information about the invasion of Ukraine and visa and immigration matters see the University webpage.
As an international student coming to the University to study a full-time course of more than six months, you must apply for and obtain a Student visa before coming to the UK to start your course. For shorter courses, or part-time or distance learning courses, check the Before you arrive page to find out if studying as a Visitor may be appropriate.
You can use the Standard Visitor route for courses of up to six months, for longer 'distance learning' courses where you are based outside the UK and only need to be in Oxford for short periods, for research of up to six months where this is part of your degree course outside the UK, to sit an examination or to take a DPhil viva.
