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Financial support

We welcome students of all backgrounds at Murray Edwards, so we provide financial support if you need it
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We strongly believe that no student should be deterred from studying at Murray Edwards because of financial barriers. We provide a range of financial help, including grants to ensure all our students can really take advantage of the many opportunities Cambridge has to offer. We provide funding to help you travel, take up work experience placements, and even buy tickets to the University's famous May Balls.

Depending on your household income, you may also qualify for the , which provides free financial support of up to £3,500 a year for full-time undergraduate students, to help with your Cambridge fees or living costs. You don't need to pay it back and it doesn’t matter what you’re studying or which college you’re at.

The College also offers a wide range of scholarships, awards and prizes for to recognise success and effort in academic study, sports, travel and music - find out more here.

Find out more below about what it costs to study at Murray Edwards and what financial support is available from the College and the University. A guide on what you might expect to spend on food and other necessities is available on the .

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Tuition fees and College bills

You can find the latest information on fees and finance for students applying for undergraduate courses at Cambridge .

For further advice on student finance and what support is available to you as a home student, please consult the Government's webpages.

There is more government information on student finance and how you will be financially assessed and paid.

Further details

Tuition Fee Loans (Home & International students)

If you receive a loan for tuition fees, the amount will be paid by the Student Loan Company directly to Â鶹ƵµÀ in three instalments, at the beginning of each term.

US Loans

Information relating to Federal Direct Loans and Private Loans is on the . Further details can also be found under the on the US Loans website.

Contact us

We're here to help. If you have any queries about fees, College charges or arrangements for payment, please contact Student Accounts by calling 01223 762241 or emailing student.accounts@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk.

We email you an invoice for fees, rent and any fixed College charges at the start of each term, and you have 14 days to pay. We have a policy of including charges within one bill, rather than adding them as extras (as some Colleges do). This means you have no surprises and makes it much easier to budget.

Charges are imposed for late payment of invoices, but we recognise there may be exceptional circumstances - you need to discuss these with your Tutor. We can make then make special arrangements if necessary.

The College requires all new undergraduates and postgraduates to pay £200 'Caution Money', included in their first College bill. We keep this as a deposit in case you don't pay outstanding bills. If it's not needed, we return it when you permanently leave Cambridge on the completion of your studies or for other reasons. 

For more information, please email our Student Accounts team.

 

Support for financial difficulties

Applications are considered in strict confidence by the College's Student Funding Committee.  
Applicants will be expected to have applied for any other funds for which they may be eligible and to have applied for the maximum loans for which they are eligible.

The is a centrally-administered fund which can consider a range of student hardship applications. Applicants must be candidates for the BA Degree who have shown proficiency in their studies and who are recommended by their Tutor. The Awarders aim to distribute the funds as fairly as possible to those undergraduates in greatest need and pay particular attention to financial problems caused by unforeseen change of circumstance.

The is a means-tested bursary scheme available for UK and EU students, including clinical veterinary and medical students, who come from a household with an annual income of between £25,000 and £42,620.  These bursaries are now administered by . The bursaries are a gift, not a loan, and are calculated for the University by Student Finance.

Eligibility and application: UK students who are eligible for a student loan do not need to apply but will be assessed automatically on the basis of the information submitted to Student Finance.  Please read the information available on the .

A similar bursary scheme is offered to every student from Scotland who qualifies for a Students Outside Scotland Bursary; to every student from Northern Ireland who qualifies for a ; and to every student from Wales who qualifies for a .

The will support ten recipients of full bursaries on a yearly basis over the course of three years, starting in October 2021.

The Enhanced Bursary Scheme builds and expands on the success of the , which was set up to enhance the Cambridge Bursary Scheme by:

  • Extending the reach of financial support to a wider range of students â€“ particularly those students whose household incomes are between £42,620 and £63,000 per year.
  • Increasing financial support to students who had already qualified for the Cambridge Bursary Scheme â€“ based on a fairer and smoother sliding scale.

Your eligibility will be calculated from information you submitted to . 

The offers a range of useful information for student parents, including a section on finance and funding.

The government's guide 'Childcare Grant and other support for student parents in higher education' is available on the Department for Education and gives detailed information on the Childcare Grant and other financial help available to HE students.

As Â鶹ƵµÀ is a participating member of thes scheme, eligible overseas and EU students may apply for the University's Childcare bursary to help with the costs of government-regulated childcare. Funds are available to assist with meeting childcare costs for pre-school age children, and for after-school care costs. The bursary is funded by a mixture of College contributions and Government funding.

is the principal medical charity in the University. It exists to provide financial assistance to members of the University who are in residence and need treatment for physical or mental health problems, or for injuries resulting from accidents, provided that the treatment cannot be obtained under the NHS.

Applications to the Crane's Charity are made via a student’s Tutor and should to be supported by adequate medical evidence.

If you are referred for a diagnostic assessment for a Specific Learning Difficulty by the DRC [Disability Resource Centre], the College will pay for 50% of the cost of the assessment.

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