Financial Aid and Scholarship Payments

Financial aid (federal and private loans, grants, internal scholarships, and waivers) disburses and is typically applied to your student account the week prior to the start of classes. Disbursement of financial aid will occur once you have completed all requirements and provided all necessary documentation/information. If you are expecting financial aid and do not see it applied, review your financial aid award online to confirm all requirements have been completed. Visit the financial aid office for your campus for more information.

Please direct all scholarship payment checks to the financial aid office at the recipient's university.

Urbana-Champaign scholarship checks should be mailed to:

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Office of Student Financial Aid
620 E John Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 333-0100

Chicago scholarship checks should be mailed to:

University of Illinois Chicago
Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships (MC 334)
1200 West Harrison Room 1800
Chicago, IL 60607

Phone: (312) 996-3126

Springfield scholarship checks should be mailed to:

University of Illinois Springfield
Office of Financial Assistance
University Hall 1015, MS UHB 1015
1 University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703-5407

Phone: (217) 206-6724

Student Money Management Center

University Bursar Student Money Management Center (SMMC) has produced the following educational materials to help students understand how to leverage financial aid and student loans responsibly:

• Navigating Financial Aid on YouTube or in the Borrow course
• Student Loans web page, webinars, and Know What You Owe campaign
• Taxability of Graduate Level Tuition & Service Fee Waivers web page, YouTube video, or in the Earn course