Financial Information

Living Costs

On this page you will find information on Living Costs. Elsewhere on the website, you can also find information on Course Fees and Accommodation, as well as available Financial Support. Further information on Living Costs can be found on the University’s website.

Meal Costs

There is a self-service facility for breakfast, brunch, lunch and informal Hall and all items are charged individually. For 2024-25 the average cost of lunch or informal dinner was estimated at £5.42 (vegetarian) to £6.28 (meat). Prices can be seen here.

Payment is made to your battels via University card.

Café Keble and the Robin Geffen Café at the HB Allen Centre normally serves a variety of food and beverages. Details are sent out at the start of term. Payment may be made either on battels using your University card or by debit card.

Living Out

Students who live out of College may incur additional expenses arising from privately–rented accommodation. These may include substantial deposits. Properties occupied by only full-time students are exempt from paying Council Tax. See the Oxford City Council website on Council tax exemptions.

Students living out of College are still able to take meals in Hall and elsewhere in College.

Laundry

There are two Launderettes, one on the Parks Road site (with 6 washing machines and 6 dryers) and one in the H B Allen Centre (with 4 washing machines and 4 dryers).  Washing machines are charged but dryers are free of charge.

Vacation Costs

Publicly-funded non-finalists who are required to stay up outside normal term dates in order to sit University examinations or to undertake extra tutorial work on a tutor’s recommendation (for example, to make up work missed through illness) shall, if living in College accommodation, not be charged rent for those additional days. Self-funded students will be charged for their accommodation at the normal accommodation rate. An undergraduate student may apply to stay up after the end of term to carry out coursework certified as essential by his or her tutor (for example, project or research work); these students and those staying to participate in a ‘Blues’ sporting event will be charged for their accommodation at the normal rate, but may be able to apply for assistance with these costs (through the College or Keble Association administered funds).

Course Costs

Any costs associated with your course of study – graduate or undergraduate – are set by the relevant Department and/or Faculty and not by the College. You should check with the relevant Department.

Some courses involve fieldtrips or electives. Keble students can apply to the Keble Association (KA) for assistance with any costs arising from these. The KA also makes grants and awards for travel and study-related activities. Information of how to apply to the KA, and by when, is circulated to all students each term.

Paid Work

For undergraduates, you may undertake paid employment during term with the written permission of your Director of Studies, provided it does not exceed six hours a week or significantly interfere with your studies. Any employment undertaken must be in line with UK employment law. Paid employment will not be accepted as a reason for not completing academic work set for vacations. During vacations you will be required to complete academic work and this should take priority over other commitments.

Information on paid work, internships and career opportunities can be found here.

Students on an international visa will need to consult the University’s guidelines here.

The College’s policy on paid work by graduates conforms with the University guidelines issued by Education Committee. Full-time graduate students should generally regard their studies as a full-time occupation of at least 40 hours per week, and should normally be available for academic commitments during usual working hours (i.e. 9 am to 7 pm on weekdays). Graduate students on taught courses should regard this as applying to term-time study whilst for students on research courses it applies year-round. The University therefore recommends that full-time graduate students on a taught course (such as a Master’s) do not undertake more than 8 hours’ paid work each week whilst studying.

The number of weeks of fulltime study required will depend on the course structure. Students may find they have substantial study commitments in the Christmas, Easter and summer vacations as well as the University’s three full terms of eight weeks each. Students should check the structure of their own course, and its implications for any paid work, with their department or faculty. Students on research courses (such as a DPhil) are advised that any paid work should still allow them to spend at least 40 hours per week for a minimum 44 weeks of the year on their studies.