Key College Expenditure
- Food – £3.60 for a main meal including two sides in Queens’ buttery; £3.10 for Queens’ Six (six cooked breakfast items) at breakfast/brunch; £12.95 for formal hall.
- Accommodation – Charges are made quarterly (each term functions as one quarter, with the option to remain over summer given in around April). See table below for costs.
- Energy bills – Consist of gas and electricity charges, added to the following term’s bill. The vast majority of this is gas, with electricity generally being under £5/term. Costs can vary significantly year-on-year due to market fluctuations (and are metered by staircase) but in 2024–25, for a typical Cripps room, the combined gas and electricity charges, rounded to the nearest £5, were: Michaelmas £120; Lent £145; Easter £65.
- Laundry, housekeeping, gym, basic contents insurance – Provided by College free of charge (bring laundry tablets but no need to bring washing up equipment).
- One-off expenses – Bike (allow ~£100); gown (~£40); caution money (a deposit of £300 to College, reimbursed upon graduation); course-specific resources (varies, but try to use College subject grants – see below).
Accomodation for freshers (2025–26)
| Building | Room Type | Cost | Rooms Available |
|---|
| Cripps | En-suite, top floor | £3282 | 9 |
| Cripps | En-suite | £2748 | 83 |
| Cripps | Private bathroom | £2274 | 32 |
| Fisher | En-suite set | £3282 | 10 |
| Friars | Shared bathroom, top floor set | £2274 | 4 |
| Friars | Shared bathroom, Court view | £1812 | 12 |
| Friars | Shared bathroom, King’s view | £1572 | 10 |
Useful Links
Queens’ JCR Vice President – August 2025
Ben Pattison (bp504)
For those that appreciate Ben’s beautiful Latex