Concessionary fees for selected courses

Fee reductions for selected short courses

For those low incomes or full-time higher education students

We operate two concessionary fee schemes:

• Departmental Concessionary Fee Scheme
• Departmental Fee Remission Scheme

Awards are limited (between both schemes) to three courses per person per academic year (a 20-week Weekly Class counts as two courses).

Please carefully read the eligibility criteria for each scheme before applying.

Departmental Concessionary Fee Scheme

A concession (a reduction of 50% of tuition fees) may be granted if all the eligibility criteria are demonstrably met.

Eligible courses

• All courses within our Weekly Classes, Day and Weekend Events, Weekly Oxford Worldwide (WOW) programmes, and the Lecture Series. 
• Short online flexible courses except those that are listed as being for ‘Professional development’.

Use our course search tool to check the course type. If you are unsure whether your course is eligible, please contact the course administrator.

Eligible students

Provide documentary evidence to demonstrate that you meet at least one of the following criteria:

• You are in receipt of a UK state benefit (such as Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Income-based Job Seekers' Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, a reduction under the Council Tax Scheme (students in Wales only), Pension Credit, Carer's Allowance)

or

• You are or will be a full-time student in higher education in the UK during the same academic year that the course is taking place

How to apply

Download a PDF or Word version of the following two documents:

• Concessionary fee application form (PDF)
• Concessionary fee application form (Microsoft Word)
• Enrolment form (editable PDF)*
• Enrolment form (Microsoft Word)

*You can complete this form online. Once you open the pdf in your website browser, please complete all relevant sections and then select the download option. You will then be given a choice to download the pdf with your changes.

Complete and send both forms, along with a copy of your documentary evidence of status or entitlements, to the appropriate course office (listed on the Concessionary Fee Application Form). You should hear the outcome shortly afterwards.

Departmental Fee Remission Scheme

This scheme is also for those on low incomes, but who do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Departmental Concessionary Fee Scheme as outlined above. A fee remission (a reduction of up to 50% of tuition fees) may be granted if all the eligibility criteria are demonstrably met.

Eligible courses

• Courses on the Weekly Classes programme.
• Short online courses except those that are listed as being for ‘Professional development’.

Use our Course search tool to check the Course type. If you are unsure whether your course is eligible, please contact the course administrator.

Eligible students

Applications to the Departmental Fee Remission Scheme should only be made by those who do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Departmental Concessionary Fee Scheme, but who can provide some other form of documentary evidence of low income. A discretionary reduction of up to 50% of tuition fees may be awarded.

How to apply

Download a PDF or Word version of the following two documents:

• Fee Remission Application Form (PDF)
• Fee Remission Application Form (Microsoft Word)
• Enrolment form (editable PDF)*
• Enrolment form (Microsoft Word)

*You can complete this form online. Once you open the pdf in your website browser, please complete all relevant sections and then select the download option. You will then be given a choice to download the pdf with your changes.

Complete and send both forms, along with a copy of your documentary evidence of status or entitlements, to the appropriate course office (listed on the Departmental Fee Remission Scheme Application Form). You should hear the outcome shortly afterwards.