Billing & Payment Procedures
E-Notification
A monthly email will be sent to your student campus email address with links to your account if you have a balance due. Paper bills are no longer sent out, so this email serves as your official billing notice. Failure to receive an official university tuition and fee bill/e-notification does not relieve any student of responsibility for payment by the due dates.
E-Notification will include the tuition due date, a link to SIS where you can access detailed account information and make credit card payments. It will be your responsibility to access your UM-Flint student email account for E-Notification regarding your balance due and payment due date. Any unpaid balance will receive a 1.5% interest charge each month. Students can forward the email to their parents or print a copy.
Payment Options
The University of Michigan - Flint will accept payments in person of cash, personal checks, money orders and cashiers checks. Online payment options include E-Check (ACH payments by checking or savings accounts) with no additional cost to you (new July 2009) and by credit cards (American Express, MasterCard & Discover) via SIS or Student Account Center. Effective July 10, 2009, a 2.75% non-refundable convenience fee will apply. Please visit FAQs for more important regarding the convenience fee charge.
In person payments of checks and money orders must include the student's UMID number to ensure prompt and correct credit to their student account. Tuition payments by check or money order may be made as follows:
- At the Cashiers/Student Accounts Office during regular office hours (M-F 8:30-5)
- The Cashiers/Student Accounts drop box. A secure drop site for payments located right outside our office. Available anytime the building is open.
- Mailed to the Cashiers/Student Accounts Office. Please address all mail as follows:
Cashiers/Student Accounts Office
261 University Pavilion
Flint, MI 48502-1950
Please remember to always include your UMID number on the check.
A $20.00 charge is applied to all returned checks. In addition, returned checks related to hold releases for registration will result in disenrollment with applicable fees.
Online Payments:
New - July 10, 2009 - Pay by Electronic Check (E-Check)
Enter your own checking or savings account routing and account numbers through our Student Account Center. Once you have your checking/savings account information entered, you can pay by E-Check through the SIS website or through the Student Account Center.
American Express, MasterCard & Discover are accepted for tuition payments through SIS & the Student Account Center. Effective July 10, 2009, a 2.75% non-refundable convenience fee will apply. Please visit FAQs for more important regarding the convenience fee charge.
3-Month Payment Plan is also offered for the Fall and Winter semesters. This plan gives you the opportunity to pay your tuition and fee charges over a 3-month period. Please visit Payment Plan for further information.
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Third Party Billing
If an outside agency is paying for your tuition you need to provide the Cashiers/Student Accounts Office with a Voucher or Letter of Authorization to Bill. Vouchers must list the exact classes the student is registered for and vouchers must be submitted in a timely manner to avoid penalties (preferably the first 3 weeks). Vouchers that are turned in after the semester has ended will not have penalties removed.
If you are receiving other forms of Financial Aid it is important that you include the voucher information to the office of Financial Aid so that it is calculated in your Financial Aid package.
You will not see your Voucher or Letter of Authorization to Bill post to your account until after the Add / Drop period has ended.
Many vouchers can be printed from their websites. Some common websites include:
- General Motors
www.uaw-gm.org
To access the General Motors website you will start with the employee’s last name and social security number.
- Michigan Education Trust (MET)
www.michigan.gov/setwithmet
Students with MET Contracts must contact MET and request them to authorize UM-Flint to bill.