Financial Aid

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Current students must be registered in a minimum of 5 credit hours (6 credit hours for professional students) to be eligible for financial aid. If you are enrolled in multiple sessions in summer, the sum of the credit hours from each session must add up to this required total for summer.

There is no separate financial aid application or FAFSA for summer. The FAFSA completed for the 2024-2025 academic year applies to summer 2025. All degree-seeking students who have a FAFSA on file with Office of Student Financial Aid will automatically be considered for financial aid after they register for summer courses. For more information visit Summer Financial Aid. You can also contact your financial aid counselor for more information.

If you receive an award for summer, you will receive an email instructing you to view your Electronic Award Letter by logging in to my.UIC.edu.

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If you have financial aid at UIUC/UIS that you would like to use over the summer at UIC, you must apply to UIC through the Intercampus Registration process. Contact your home school financial aid office to determine if you have financial aid available.

Students who do not have financial aid available at UIUC/UIS should apply as a Summer Session Only Student. Summer Session Only students are non-degree seeking students and not eligible to apply for financial aid directly at UIC.

To contact the UIUC Office of Student Financial Aid, e-mail finaid@illinois.edu or call (217) 333-0100.

To contact the UIS Office of Financial Assistance, e-mail finaid@uis.edu or call (217) 206-6724.

What to do if I filled out the wrong application?

If you realized that you filled out the wrong application, contact us for assistance

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Visiting students should use the Summer Session Only application and are not eligible to apply for financial aid directly at UIC because you will be attending as a nondegree student.

  • If you have financial aid at the school you attend, you can contact your financial aid office and determine if your school will enter into a “consortium agreement” with UIC. This is an agreement that allows students to use their home school financial aid at another school. If your school will enter into a consortium agreement with UIC, your financial aid office will provide you with further instructions.

Students who are not eligible for financial aid can also visit the UIC Office of Student Financial Aid for information on private loans.