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The Financial Assistance team serves as a liaison to our medical students by partnering with FIU Student Financials in providing high-quality, comprehensive service to students as well as ensuring that all interaction related to students and the activity on the student accounts complies with federal, state and Florida Board of Governors regulations.

Students receive a notification regarding tuition payment:

  • 30 days prior to tuition payment deadline: notification that tuition has been applied to student account
  • 7 days prior to tuition payment deadline: reminder of tuition payment deadline
  • Tuition payment due date: reminder of tuition payment deadline and application of late fee

A late fee in the amount of $100 is applied when a balance is due after the tuition payment deadline. Prior term balances not paid and declined payments (returned checks, declined credit cards) are also subject to the $100 late fee.

Four weeks after the tuition payment deadline, nonpayment results in cancellation of current enrollment; the student is blocked from all College of Medicine courses and activities. Nonpayment of tuition and fee charges may also result in the student being reported to a collections agency.

Payment Methods

  • Financial Aid

    Students who have been awarded and accept sufficient financial aid to cover their charges before the payment deadlines do not need to make a payment out of pocket. The aid will automatically cover tuition and fees charges first.

    Students awarded financial aid must pay the difference (charges due) between the outstanding balance and the pending aid.

    Students waiting for external scholarships or third-party benefits to be applied must email our office at medfin@fiu.edu every term 30 days before the payment deadline.

  • Pay with e-Check (Recommended)

    Pay with no processing fees and no physical check required. Just provide your bank routing and account number, and your payment will be deducted from your checking account.

    1. Log onto MyFIU. See Access MyFIU for help.
    2. Click on Financial Account.
    3. Click Make a Payment.
    4. Select e-Check as your payment method.
    5. Enter your bank routing and account number. How to find your bank routing and account number.
    6. You can make a partial payment by check online.
    7. Click Next to continue with the online payment process.

    Please note payments cannot be canceled once they have been submitted.

  • Pay with Debit or Credit Card (Transaction fees apply)

    Credit card payments are accepted from MasterCard, American Express, Visa and Discover. A 2.65% non-refundable convenience fee is applied to all domestic credit card payments and a 4.25% non-refundable convenience fee for all international credit card payments. The credit/debit card payment option is only available as an online service via MyFIU.

    FIU does not accept credit/debit card payments in person, over the phone or by mail.

    The following cannot be processed online: credit card cash advance checks, money market checks and home equity checks.

    1. Log onto MyFIU. See Access MyFIU for help.
    2. Click on Financial Account.
    3. Click Make a Payment.
    4. Select debit or credit card as your payment method.
    5. Enter the desired payment amount. You can make partial payments or pay the full amount.
    6. Click Next to continue with the online payment process.

    Please note payments cannot be canceled once they have been submitted.

  • Pay on Campus at a Self-service Station

    Self-service stations are available 24/7 and accept cash, checks, money orders, cashier’s checks and traveler’s checks. Self-service stations are located at Modesto A. Maidique Campus in Primera Casa (PC) next to PC 120, University Towers and on the first floor of the Student Academic Success Center.

    Self-service stations do not accept debit/credit card payments at either campus. Log onto MyFIU to pay with a debit/credit card.

  • Pay in Person

    The Student Financial cashier's counter accepts cash, money orders, personal checks drawn on a U.S. financial institution in U.S. currency, cashier's checks, traveler's checks and the FIU One Cards.

    • Make checks payable to the order of Florida International University and include your Panther ID number.
    • We do not accept debit/credit card payments at either campus. Log onto MyFIU to pay with a debit/credit card.
    • FIU One Card payments are not accepted online and are not refundable at the cashier's counter.
  • Pay by Mail

    Make checks payable to the order of Florida International University and include your Panther ID number. Mail checks and money orders to:

    Florida International University
    Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Office of Student Affairs
    11200 SW 8th Street
    AHC2 373
    Miami, FL 33199

    Please email us at medfin@fiu.edu to notify us you will pay by mail. Make sure to send the checks or money orders three weeks before the payment deadline to allow processing time.

  • Tuition Refunds

    The College of Medicine refunds tuition and fees in accordance with the Board of Trustees Regulation FIU-1114 Tuition and Fees Refunds. For all medical students, the amount refunded is based on the timing of withdrawal:

    • 100 percent refund (tuition and fees for the term)
      • Granted to a student in any academic year if withdrawal or dismissal occurs in writing before:
        • The first day of academic year 1 classes (Fall term)
        • First Monday of academic year 1 classes in January (Spring term)
        • First Monday of April (Summer term)
    • 50 percent refund (tuition only for the term)
      • Granted to a student in any academic year if withdrawal or dismissal occurs in writing before the end of the fourth week following the 100 percent refund date.
      • There is no refund of fees.
    • 25 percent refund (tuition only for the term)
      • Granted to a student in any academic year if withdrawal or dismissal occurs in writing before the end of the sixth week following the 100 percent refund date.
      • There is no refund of fees.
      • No refund of tuition or fees is available after the end of the sixth week following the 100 percent tuition refund date for each term.

    Pursuant to Florida Board of Governors Regulation 7.002 (10 & 11), a student who withdraws from classes after the tuition refund deadline may petition for a 100% refund of tuition and fees paid for the term if the withdrawal was due to extenuating circumstances.

    Extenuating circumstances are those determined to be exceptional and beyond the control of the student, and include, but are not limited to the following:

    • Illness of a student of such severity or duration, as confirmed in writing by a physician, to preclude completion of the course(s).
    • Death in the immediate family (parent, step-parents, spouse, child, sibling, or grandparents). Petition must be accompanied by family member’s death certificate and appropriate documentation (i.e., birth certificates) to indicate the student’s relation to the deceased).
    • Involuntary call to active military duty. This does not include voluntary active duty or annual training that has been given prior notice. Student petition must be accompanied by a copy of military orders.

    A written petition, accompanied by documentation of the extenuating circumstance, must be submitted to the Financial Assistance team no later than six months after the end of the term from which the student withdrew. Failure to submit supporting documentation results in denial of the petition.