Certain undergraduate students who attempt no more than three hours in excess of the minimum number of semester credit hours required to complete the degree under the catalog under which they were graduated may be entitled to a $1,000 tuition rebate after graduation. Several conditions apply and students must meet all of the specified criteria. If you wish to try and qualify for this program, please see the website sfs.tamu.edu for a complete set of student and institutional responsibilities and other criteria.

Students must meet all financial obligations to the University by their due dates to avoid late penalties. Failure to pay amounts owed may result in cancellation of the student's registration and their being barred from future enrollment and receiving official transcripts. State law requires that tuition and fees be paid prior to the first day of classes. Students who wish to pay fees in installments should contact Student Customer Services at (979) 845-8127.

There are severe penalties for failure to pay student account balances and installments by their specified due dates. If a payment is delinquent when a semester ends, the student will be removed from the rolls of the University and will not receive credit for academic work performed. Students will not be readmitted to the University until all past due balances, including late charges, are paid. A $25 late fee will be assessed for each payment not received on or before its due date. If a student is removed from the rolls of the University or is withdrawn for failure to pay amounts owed the University, a $50 reinstatement fee will be assessed in addition to any other late fees or penalties already incurred and must be paid before the student will be reinstated.

Resident students pay $122.50 per semester credit hour. Graduate students pay $170.50 per semester credit hour.

Nonresident and International students pay $380.50 per semester credit hour. Nonresident and International graduate students pay $428.50 per semester credit hour.

If you have any questions concerning your eligibility for exemption from nonresident tuition, you may contact the Student Accounts and Billing Services Office at (979) 845-8130 or your department.

This $8.85 per semester credit hour fee ($4.43 for 5-week summer term and $8.85 for a 10-week summer term) is a University-wide fee assessed to provide advising services not provided to students by members of the faculty. This fee includes but is not limited to support for General Academics, Honors Program, Professional School Advising, Cooperative Education, Center for Academic Enhancement, Placement Center, Office of Graduate Studies, various college advising offices and the infrastructure to support these offices and programs.

This $0.55 per semester credit hour fee ($0.28 for 5-week summer term and $0.55 for a 10-week summer session) is assessed to provide effective and efficient support services for the assessment and collection of student tuition and fees, cashiering services, student long-term and short-term loan management, and student financial debt management.

The computer access/instructional technology fee is charged at the rate of $14.05 per semester credit hour to support equipment and services for student access to computing, networking and instructional technology at the University. The fee will be used to keep the classroom instructional multimedia equipment near state-of-the-art and to support faculty in utilizing instructional technology. During the summer 5-week terms and 10-week session, a fee is charged at the rate of $7.03 per semester credit hour.

Students registering for distance education courses will be assess a $40 per hour charge. This fee is to provide funding for computers, networking and other costs associated with distance education.

Field trip fees are assessed to cover the cost of providing trips and vary depending on the course taken and expected expenses.

This $55 per semester fee ($25 for a 5-week summer term and $55 for a 10-week summer term) is required of all students for the purpose of operating, maintaining and equipping the University Health Center and entitles the student to its services. These services do not include surgical operations or charges for consultations with outside physicians requested by parents.

In the United States it is up to each person to provide for their own and their family's health care expenses. International students (those who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States) enrolled at Texas A&M, are required to have an approved health insurance plan. This is to ensure that medical treatment will be available in the event of injury or illness while enrolled here. This requirement includes students enrolled in extensive English language programs. Students are encouraged to obtain The Texas A&M University System approved student health insurance plan.

Boston Mutual Life
111 East University, Suite 150
College Station, TX 77841
(979) 260-9629

If you are a sponsored student whose program is coordinated by the Sponsored Student Unit of International Student Services at Texas A&M, and your sponsor requires you to have health insurance coverage in order to participate in your program, you are not required to purchase additional health insurance coverage.

If you are eligible to receive University health insurance coverage through your employment at Texas A&M University as a budgeted faculty or staff member working a minimum of 20 hours a week (including 50 percent time graduate assistantships), you are required to purchase coverage for medical expenses ($10,000) and repatriation ($7,500). You must provide evidence of coverage. Please contact:

Student Health Insurance Office
A.P. Beutel Health Center
Texas A&M University
(979) 845-0183

Every student is required to have a student ID card. ID cards are permanent and students are responsible for maintaining a working ID throughout their career at the University. The Aggie Card is used for Aggie Bucks, residence hall access, registration, fee collection, financial aid disbursement, dining halls, athletic event and recreational sports admittance and library privileges. If the student so chooses, the card can be used as an ATM card if the student opens a checking account with either Aggieland Credit Union or Wells Fargo Bank. The charge is $3 per semester. Replacement ID cards are $12. Students who lose their IDs should report the loss immediately to:

Student Financial Services
Aggie Card Office, Pavilion
(979) 845-4661
8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday
or
The Network Availability Center (NAC)
(979) 862-4884
24 hours a day, seven days a week

The instructional enhancement/equipment access fees are charged to students enrolled in certain courses in the colleges/department listed below. The fee is used for the purchase and maintenance of equipment, visual aids, other supplemental materials and educational supplies to provide students with a rich learning environment.

This $4 per semester fee ($2 for a 5-week summer term and $4 for a 10-week summer semester) is assessed to all students to support International education and related activities.

This $46 fee ($23 for a 5-week summer term and $46 for a 10-week summer semester) is required of all International students to offset the cost of services and materials for the special administration of International students such as visa verification, changes and extensions, work permits, social/cultural/academic adjustments and issuing I-20s for travel.

The University is required to assess and collect a laboratory fee not to exceed $30 for each laboratory course to cover in general the cost of laboratory materials and supplies used by a student.

Students who fail to pay fees and installments when due are assessed a $25 late payment fee for each payment or installment paid late.

All students pay this fee at the rate of $21.80 per hour ($18.80 for summer term). These funds are used to provide new acquisitions, materials, etc. for campus libraries.

Students who fail to pay all fees by the last day of the semester will be administratively withdrawn from the University and charged a $50 reinstatement fee.

This $78 per semester fee ($39 for a 5-week summer term and $78 for a 10-week summer semester) is assessed to all students attending the University for use of the recreational sports center.

This $1.25 per semester credit hour fee ($0.63 for 5-week summer term and $1.25 for a 10-week summer semester) is assessed to provide campus-wide software site licenses for students and the associated administrative costs of managing these licenses.

This $40 fee ($20 for a 5-week summer term and $40 for a 10-week summer semester) is required of all students for operating, maintaining, improving and equipping the Student Center Complex.

All students pay this fee at the rate of $11.86 per semester credit hour not to exceed $142.32 per semester ($71.16 for a 5-week summer term and $142.32 for a 10-week summer term). It entitles the student to receive The Battalion newspaper, reduced admission to many Memorial Student Center (MSC) programs and the services of the Student Legal Advisor, MSC, Student Counseling Service, Student Activities Office and Recreational Sports.

This $50 per semester fee ($25 for a 5-week summer term and $50 for a 10-week summer semester) is assessed to provide unlimited free access to all students to on-campus and off-campus services, and expanded service and revenue for a long-term bus replacement plan. In addition, revenue will pay for operating expenses and the enhancement of bus facilities on campus. Fee subject to change.

This $8 per semester fee is assessed to undergraduates to provide support for the administrative and tutorial costs of the University Writing Center. The Center was established to enhance students' writing skills and to incorporate "writing-across-the-curriculum" approaches to instruction.

Students who choose to pay using the three-payment installment plan pay a $15 installment payment service charge. This charge is non-refundable once a payment has been made.

Graduate: $50; Undergraduate: $50; International: $75

Every student, unless registered in absentia , must make a property deposit to protect the University from damage to or loss of University property. Charges will be billed directly to the student or collected by the department upon reissue of supplies or property. Failure to pay the charges promptly will cause the student to be barred from re-admission and receiving an official transcript from the University. If a student withdraws from the University without paying the charges, the deposit will be held for 30 days after the close of the semester or a student's withdrawal, so that all charges and fines may be totaled from the various departments. This deposit, less outstanding charges, will be returned upon request to the student graduating or withdrawing from school. Deposits not requested within four years from date of last attendance will be forfeited into a student deposit scholarship account.

A student may drop courses during the first four days of a fall or spring semester. Students also may drop classes with special permission of the dean between the 6th and 12th class days. Full refunds will be given for courses dropped during these periods. Refunds will not be issued for classes dropped after the 12th class day. As of the first day of the semester, students may not drop all of their courses through the drop/add process, but instead must go to the office of their dean to officially withdraw. A student may add courses during the first five days of a fall or spring semester. Refunds are mailed to billing or local addresses.

If a student withdraws, moves off campus or in any other way terminates the housing contract, a refund of residence hall rent may be made according to the above schedules. Any changes to the rent refund schedule will be detailed in the housing contract. If a student cancels the academic year housing contract during the contract period, the $300 deposit is subject to forfeiture. The academic year contract period is from the time the contract is signed to the end of the fourth week of classes in the spring semester. Exceptions to this policy may be made for students who cancel their contract for the following reasons: co-op or student teaching assignment, academic restriction, graduation and medical withdrawal.

Refunds are not allowed for individual games or games missed. A prorated refund is permitted until the option is used to pick up a ticket for any one game. Once a ticket option has been used, prorated refunds will be given only in the event of withdrawal from the University. For information on refunds, contact the Athletic Business Office at (979) 845-2313, 113 G. Rollie White Coliseum.

Campus Dining Options and services listed are based on information available at time of printing and are subject to change.

The Department of Food Services follows the University's refund schedule for Tuition and Fee Adjustments which are given on the percentage basis (see Tuition and Fee Adjustments) listed for students dropping fee options or officially withdrawing from the University. Following University Rules, no one else is authorized to use your student ID card (or Aggie Card). Therefore, Campus Dining Options are non-transferable between students. Meals not eaten do not carry forward to the next semester and are not refundable.

Students may purchase a Campus Dining Option or change to more meals at any time through the Campus Dining Office. Changes to a Campus Dining Option with fewer meals or requests to drop are permitted only through the fourth week of classes. The appropriate fee is paid to the Office of Student Financial Services. Allow for the number of days remaining within the semester when choosing your Option. Members of the Corps of Cadets are required to select one of the Corps Dining Options and dine according to Corps regulations.

Visit food.tamu.edu (or ) for Dining Options information. Contact the Campus Dining Office by email dining@food.tamu.edu or call (979) 845-0152. To reach the Department of Food Services Administrative Offices, email info@food.tamu.edu or call (979) 845-3005.

No refund available for this fee.

Yearbook charges are refundable in full during the semester in which payment is made. Thereafter, no refunds will be made on orders canceled in subsequent semesters. Yearbooks must be picked up during the academic year in which they are published. Students who will not be on campus when the yearbooks are published must pay a mailing and handling fee. Yearbooks will not be held, nor will they be mailed, without payment of the mailing and handling fee. Refunds will not be made on books not picked up within one semester of the publication date. Refunds will not be made before 21 days from the date of payment. Refund policies contained herein reflect policies in effect at the time of publication and are subject to change.

No reduction will be made in the charge of room rent and board in case of entrance within 10 days after the opening of a semester or summer term, nor will a refund be made in case of withdrawal during the last 10 days of a semester or summer term, or the last days for which payment is made.