Your campus will bill you for the program by following the campus' established procedures.  Please note that the academic credit for your classes is granted by your school, and your school will implement its own system for determining the cost of off-campus programs.  While some schools charge their students the exact fees of the off-campus program, other schools charge the campus tuition price.  Still other schools charge the tuition, room and board costs of being on campus.  Since each school determines their own system for charges, you should confirm your school’s policies with the Off-Campus Study Coordinator on your campus. 

You can expect to use all of your federal and state financial aid to study off-campus through the BestSemester programs. Additionally, most campuses allow students to transfer some of their institutional financial aid, scholarships and grants to BestSemester  programs. Contact your Off-Campus Study Coordinator or Financial Aid Office for more information and to determine how much financial aid can be applied to your off-campus experience.

Expenses covered by OSP fees:

• Tuition for recommended 6 hours of credit
• Room and partial board (7 lunches provided at Wycliffe Hall)
• All necessary expenses for local field trips

Expenses students are expected to cover:

• Travel between home and Oxford
• Books
• Personal medical expenses, if incurred
• Local transportation, if not class-related
• Personal discretionary expenditures
• Food for all meals except lunch during the first week of the program
• Cost of passport if you don't already have one ($97 for regular service)

Refund Policy

Students who are accepted into a summer program (e.g. OSP) and confirm their participation with the non-refundable deposit and withdraw 30 days prior to the beginning of the program are responsible for paying housing plus 25% of the summer program tuition ((less deposit).

A partial refund of tuition will be made if students withdraw or are dismissed from a summer program after arriving at the program site.  Within the first week of the program, 50% of tuition will be refunded; after the second week, 25% of tuition; and no tuition will be refunded after the second week of the program.  Room fees will not be refunded.  Refunds are calculated from the date a written statement of withdrawal is received by the program director or the date of dismissal.

All fees are required to be paid in full at least 15 days prior to the start of the Oxford Summer Programme (June 4).

Changing a Seminar

Should you wish to change or drop a seminar you must do so by May 15. The request must be emailed to Aaron Stuvland in Washington, D.C. He will then forward your request to the OSP manager in Oxford. If the seminar you wish to transfer into is still available at the time the OSP manager receives the request in Oxford, you will be registered for that seminar. Should you wish to make a seminar change after May 15, you must contact Nichole Fazio-Veigel in Oxford. She will accommodate your request if it is feasible to do so.

Further details will be in the Basic Information Guide (BIG) which you will receive once you have been accepted and complete the registration process.