Tuition Fees - Terms of Payment
When to Pay
Tuition must be paid in advance. The payment must be received, in full, before the deadline mentioned in the Invoice.
First semester students are strongly recommended to pay their tuition as soon as possible upon receipt of the invoice, due to the fact that the Swedish Migration Board will not process the application for residence permit until the tuition fee for the first semester is paid in full.
Students that are granted a full scholarship, i.e. 100% reduction, will be notified of it in advance and their tuition fee will be considered as paid.
How to Pay
Important! Please confirm your place offer as soon as possible at University Admissions, after receiving your notification of admission results.
The payment of the tuition should be done by bank transfer. Since international transfers can take some time, it is important to adhere to the following:
- Inform your bank about the payment deadline, Umeå University must have received your payment by that date.
- Ensure that the transferred amount includes bank fees and covers any fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Umeå University should receive the full amount stated in the invoice.
- The invoice number is to be included in the payment transaction so your payment is identified and credited to your account in time.
Payment instructions with detailed bank information will be attached with the invoice.
Payment delays
First-semester students who have not paid their tuition fee on time will not be able to register at Umeå University.
For later semester’s students, non-payment or delay would mean the student would not be able to attend the lectures or take the examinations until the payment is cleared.
Refunds
The tuition fee paid can be reimbursed in full (repaid/returned) only under the following special circumstances:
• If the student has been denied a Swedish Residence Permit by the Swedish Migration Board (first time applicants of Resident Permit)
• If the student is unable to commence studies due to injury, sickness or military duty.
• If the student has been granted postponement/deferral.
Students who wish to apply for the reimbursement due to any of these reasons must;
• Inform the International Office in writing (email or letter) within three three weeks of the start of the studies. It is preferable however, that the International Office is informed as soon as possible.
• Support their refund application with written documentation in English.
Reimbursement applications that don't fulfill these critera will be rejected.
Umeå University will only refund to the same account the tuition was originally paid from. If the payment should originate from an account that belongs to a third-party, the student is obligated to inform the International Office beforehand in writing (email or letter).
