Your fee status determines the level of tuition fees you'll be charged and the type of financial support available to you, so it's important that you're classified correctly.
If you're made an offer of admission to the University, your offer will state what we believe your fee status to be, based on the information you have provided in your application and on regulations and guidance published by the UK Government.
All students whose fee status is not classified as 'Home' will be classified as 'Overseas'.
If you're unsure of your fee status, please visit the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) website for further information.
Fee status assessment
Please visit the University's Fee Status webpage for information on fee status criteria and eligibility before raising a fee status assessment request.
If you're a new applicant and you have been made an offer of admission but you believe that we have misclassified your fee status, you may request a fee status assessment via the steps below.
If you're a current Cambridge student or graduate (undergraduate or postgraduate) and you're made an offer of admission for a new postgraduate course, your fee status will be reassessed for your new course at the point of offer. If you believe that we have misclassified your fee status, you may request a fee status assessment via the steps below.
We are not able to process any fee status assessments prior to an offer of admission.
How to request a fee status assessment
For applicants and continuing students:
- Complete the
Fee status assessment questionnaire - Upload the form and any supporting evidence to your Self-Service account under the ‘Fee Status’ category. We cannot accept documents by email.
If you have difficulties uploading the document, please visit our Help Centre for more information. We are aware of the file size of the questionnaire, we advise you to print it as a new PDF and upload it to your portal
Decisions on fee status assessment will be based on the evidence that you submit. Although the form includes guidance on the types of evidence required, you should also upload any further evidence you think would be relevant/helpful to your assessment.
The fee status assessment should take no more than 10 working days.
Current students
If you're already studying a postgraduate course at the University of Cambridge and you'd like to request a reassessment of your fee status in relation to your current postgraduate course, please complete the Fee status assessment questionnaire and return it to: FeeStatusandPolicy@admin.cam.ac.uk.
Disclaimer
The information above is intended to be a general guide to tuition fee status and may be subject to change.
The decision made by the University in respect of a student’s fee status will be subject to the relevant UK legislation and guidance in force at the time of the student’s application to study at the University.
Students should be aware that being classified for Home fee status does not mean you'll be eligible for financial support from Student Finance England. You should consult the guidance provided by Student Finance England on whether you qualify for student finance support for your course.
