When do I have to pay my course fees?

If accepted, the University Composition Fee (UCF) is paid directly to your College at the start of term, or just before the start of term. The UCF includes the fee to cover membership of a College (for all qualifications except MASt programmes, which are treated as undergraduate courses for fees purposes and therefore overseas students are charged separate College fees). Your College will invoice you for the payment.

Some Colleges may invoice termly, and other Colleges may ask for full payment at the start of the year. Any queries regarding how to make this payment or the details of your invoice should be directed to your assigned College. If you have a scholarship that covers fees, you will need to make arrangements for the College to invoice the funding body.

A small number of courses have additional costs, for example, paying for fieldwork trips or accreditation with professional bodies. These additional costs will not be paid to the College. These are noted in the individual course details pages in the Course Directory. 

Some of these are payable in full at the beginning of the course to the department. Contact the department that runs the course for information on methods and dates of payment.
You can withdraw after receiving or accepting an offer without paying for tuition you have not yet received. For information on withdrawing after starting your course, please see the Withdrawing from the University page on the Cambridge Students website.