Office of the Bursar
Billing, Payments, and Refunds
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Learn about how the billing process for both partner and non-partner programs, and understand聽refund considerations.
Billing and payments
For University-partner programs
If you plan to study abroad in the fall, your fall semester statement will be available online in mid-July. If you plan to study abroad in the spring, your spring semester statement will be posted online in mid-December. You won鈥檛 receive a bill in November unless you still owe money from the fall semester. Students in a full-year program will be billed on a semester basis.
Your balance must be paid in-full from the prior semester to register for a study abroad program. If you have a past due balance, you can settle your account with the鈥�.
Payment considerations
- Billing address: Update your billing address on your UR Student account before you leave, and again when you return, if the billing address changes.
- Billing contact: If someone other than you will be handling your financial affairs while you鈥檙e abroad, share the information on this page with that individual.
- Endorsements: Contact the before you leave if you鈥檙e receiving an outside scholarship or alternative loan that requires your endorsement. We鈥檒l make arrangements with you to have the check(s) signed so that you will be credited with the funds
- Payments and cancellations: Be aware that your study abroad registration might be canceled if:
- If you have an overdue balance in your student account.
- You submit a check that is returned by the bank.
For non-partner programs
For non-partner programs, 蘑菇传媒 will bill you for the study abroad fee $2,164 (2025-2026).鈥痀ou鈥檒l be billed directly for the program cost by the college or university that sponsors your program.
Refund considerations
Partner programs
For students participating in a partner-sponsored program, the cannot issue a refund until at least ten days before the start of classes at URochester. If you鈥檙e receiving NYS TAP, which is usually certified in October for the fall semester or in March for the spring semester, you won鈥檛 receive that portion of your refund until those funds can be credited.
Non-partner programs
If you鈥檙e on a non-partner program and have completed a consortium agreement, the Financial Aid Office will need to verify your registration before financial aid can be credited to your account and a refund check issued. Your registration cannot be verified until your program start date so you should plan to have saved a minimum of one month’s expenses before the refund will be available.
To issue your refund check to your study abroad program, you must indicate that you want the funds to go to them on the consortium/contractual agreement. If this section is left blank, the refund will be made payable to you and sent to your billing address.
Financial aid refund
If you鈥檙e expecting to receive a refund of financial aid, you need to contact the before you leave to make arrangements to receive this refund.
Withdrawal policy
Refunds for program withdrawal follow 蘑菇传媒鈥檚 standard refund schedule and on recoverable costs. The refund schedule is applied according to the calendar of the education abroad program. If you enroll in a non-partner program no refund is possible for the study abroad fee and you鈥檒l need to talk to your program about any possible refunds.